sufferers
People in pain
Sufferers are people who experience pain, illness, hardship, or distress.
The word typically appears with a modifier identifying what afflicts them: allergy sufferers, migraine sufferers, sufferers of chronic fatigue.
It emphasizes ongoing endurance rather than a single event—one speaks of cancer sufferers but not car accident sufferers.
Those receiving medical treatment
- chronicPersisting over time
- acuteIntensely severe or perceptive
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- symptomsIndicators of disease
disease · illness · treatment · therapy · medication · afflicted · prognosis · condition
Severe difficulty or suffering
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- struggleLabored effort against resistance
- challengeTest of ability
- obstacleSomething blocking the way
setback · burden · trial · tribulation · plight · ordeal · difficulty · misfortune
One harmed by another
- casualtyPerson harmed in disaster
- afflictedSuffering from something harmful
- woundedHaving sustained harm
- harmedCaused injury to
traumatized · oppressed · persecuted · exploited · abused · vulnerable · helpless · aggrieved
One still alive after
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- strengthPower to exert force
overcome · endurance · tenacity · courage · grit · determination · hope · healing
Sharing another's emotions
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- solidarityUnity among allies
- understandingMental comprehension of something
kindness · caring · concern · consolation · solace · comfort · advocacy · awareness
patients
Those receiving medical treatment
symptoms · disease · illness · treatment · therapy · medication · afflicted · prognosis · condition · disorder
adversity
Severe difficulty or suffering
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- struggleLabored effort against resistance
- challengeTest of ability
obstacle · setback · burden · trial · tribulation · plight · ordeal · difficulty · misfortune · distress
victim
One harmed by another
- casualtyPerson harmed in disaster
- afflictedSuffering from something harmful
- woundedHaving sustained harm
harmed · traumatized · oppressed · persecuted · exploited · abused · vulnerable · helpless · aggrieved · wronged
survivor
One still alive after
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
strength · overcome · endurance · tenacity · courage · grit · determination · hope · healing · coping
empathy
Sharing another's emotions
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- solidarityUnity among allies
understanding · kindness · caring · concern · consolation · solace · comfort · advocacy · awareness · charity
- victimsvictim, victims, casualty, survivors, fatality
- invalidsinvalid, invalids, infirm, bedridden, incapacitated
- patientspatient, inpatients, inpatient, outpatients, outpatient
sufferersperpetrators
Those who commit wrongs
tormentors · oppressors · abusers · healers · victimizers
- allergy suffererPerson with immune hypersensitivity
- migraine sufferersThose afflicted by migraines
- panic attack sufferersThose having acute anxiety episodes
- PTSD suffererOne with stress disorder