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impairment
Overview of noun impairment
The noun impairment has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) damage, harm, impairment -- (the occurrence of a change for the worse)
2. deterioration, impairment -- (a symptom of reduced quality or strength)
3. disability, disablement, handicap, impairment -- (the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment")
4. impairment -- (damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality)
5. stultification, constipation, impairment, deadening -- (the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine))
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun impairment
5 senses of impairment
Sense 1
damage, harm, impairment
=> change, alteration, modification
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
deterioration, impairment
=> decay
=> unsoundness
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
disability, disablement, handicap, impairment
=> unfitness, softness, poor shape, bad condition
=> ill health, unhealthiness, health problem
=> pathological state
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
impairment
=> damage, harm, hurt, scathe
=> change of integrity
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
stultification, constipation, impairment, deadening
=> degradation, debasement
=> change of state
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun impairment
3 of 5 senses of impairment
Sense 1
damage, harm, impairment
=> detriment, hurt
=> distortion, deformation
=> run, ladder, ravel
Sense 2
deterioration, impairment
=> corrosion
=> devastation, desolation
=> decrepitude, dilapidation
=> wear
Sense 3
disability, disablement, handicap, impairment
=> bowleg, genu varum, tibia vara
=> anorgasmia
=> dysphasia
=> disability of walking
=> astasia
=> amputation
=> hearing impairment, hearing disorder
=> dysomia
=> visual impairment, visual defect, vision defect, visual disorder
=> prolapse, prolapsus, descensus
=> hypoesthesia, hypesthesia
=> knock-knee, genu valgum, tibia valga
=> pigeon toes
=> bow leg, bow legs, bandy legs
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun impairment
5 senses of impairment
Sense 1
damage, harm, impairment
=> change, alteration, modification
Sense 2
deterioration, impairment
=> decay
Sense 3
disability, disablement, handicap, impairment
=> unfitness, softness, poor shape, bad condition
Sense 4
impairment
=> damage, harm, hurt, scathe
Sense 5
stultification, constipation, impairment, deadening
=> degradation, debasement
Antonyms of noun impairment
Member Holonyms of noun impairment
Substance Holonyms of noun impairment
Part Holonyms of noun impairment
Member Meronyms of noun impairment
Substance Meronyms of noun impairment
Part Meronyms of noun impairment
Meronyms of noun impairment
Holonyms of noun impairment
Attributes of noun impairment
Derived Forms of noun impairment
2 of 5 senses of impairment
Sense 1
damage, harm, impairment
RELATED TO>(verb) impair#1
=> impair
Sense 4
impairment
RELATED TO>(verb) impair#2
=> mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate
Domain of noun impairment
Domain Terms of noun impairment
Familiarity of noun impairment
impairment used as a noun is common (polysemy count =5)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun impairment
5 senses of impairment
Sense 1
damage, harm, impairment
> change, alteration, modification
=> acceleration
=> deceleration, slowing, retardation
=> avulsion
=> break
=> mutation
=> sublimation
=> surprise
=> birth, nativity, nascency, nascence
=> separation, breakup, detachment
=> vagary
=> variation, fluctuation
=> conversion
=> death, decease, expiry
=> decrease, lessening, drop-off
=> destabilization
=> increase
=> easing, moderation, relief
=> deformation
=> transition
=> transformation, transmutation, shift
=> twinkle, scintillation, sparkling
=> shimmer, play
=> transmutation
=> damage, harm, impairment
=> development
=> revolution
=> mutation, genetic mutation, chromosomal mutation
=> sex change
=> loss of consciousness
Sense 2
deterioration, impairment
> decay
=> putrefaction, rot
=> decomposition, disintegration
=> deterioration, impairment
=> rancidity
Sense 3
disability, disablement, handicap, impairment
> unfitness, softness, poor shape, bad condition
=> infirmity, frailty, debility, feebleness, frailness, valetudinarianism
=> disability, disablement, handicap, impairment
Sense 4
impairment
> damage, harm, hurt, scathe
=> impairment
=> defacement, disfigurement, disfiguration
=> wound, wounding
=> burn
=> defloration
Sense 5
stultification, constipation, impairment, deadening
> degradation, debasement
=> dehumanization, dehumanisation
=> brutalization, brutalisation, animalization, animalisation
=> barbarization, barbarisation
=> bastardization, bastardisation
=> corruption, subversion
=> demoralization, demoralisation
=> stultification, constipation, impairment, deadening
=> popularization, popularisation, vulgarization, vulgarisation
=> profanation
=> humiliation, abasement
=> vulgarization, vulgarisation
Meronyms of noun impairment
5 senses of impairment
Holonyms of noun impairment
Grep of noun impairment
hearing impairment
impairment
olfactory impairment
visual impairment
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