chronic: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 14 letter points · starts with C · ends with C
Meaning of chronic
adj
Being problematic over an extended period of time.
Example: chronic unemployment; chronic poverty; chronic anger; chronic life
Prolonged or slow to heal.
Example: chronic cough; chronic headache; chronic illness
Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal.
Example: Chronic patients must learn to live with their condition.
Inveterate or habitual.
Example: He's a chronic smoker.
Listed forms: chronick.
Source: Wiktionary — chronic.
noun
- countable, slang, uncountable
Marijuana, typically of high quality.
- countable, uncountable
A condition of extended duration, either continuous or marked by frequent recurrence. Sometimes implies a condition which worsens with each recurrence, though that is not inherent in the term.
- countable, uncountable
A person who is chronic, such as a criminal reoffender or a person with chronic disease.
Listed forms: chronics, chronick.
Source: Wiktionary — chronic.
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Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for chronic.
adjective
persisting for a long time
adjective
habitual
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is chronic in our word lists?
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| American English | Found |
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Letter-value score of chronic
C(3) + H(4) + R(1) + O(1) + N(1) + I(1) + C(3) = 14 points.
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Anagrams of chronic
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from chronic
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