What is another word for valetudinarian?

Pronunciation: [vˌalɪtjˌuːdɪnˈe͡əɹi͡ən] (IPA)

A valetudinarian is someone who is overly concerned about their health and is constantly worried about falling ill. While the word valetudinarian is quite unique, there are many synonyms that can be used in its place. A few synonyms for valetudinarian include hypochondriac, neurotic, worrier, fusspot, and finicky person. Each of these words highlights some aspect of a person who is overly concerned about their physical or mental health. Whether someone is constantly seeking out medical advice or worrying about every minor symptom, these synonyms help to describe someone who is very focused on their well-being.

What are the hypernyms for Valetudinarian?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Valetudinarian?

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Usage examples for Valetudinarian

Life, true life such as Christ calls us to, with all its obligations to others, its honest and spontaneous devotion to spiritual ends, its risks, its reality, and purity, does not seem attractive to the spiritual valetudinarian.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
This same valet, finding her influence to be omnipotent with his master, determines on marrying her secretly, that they may join in plundering the valetudinarian, whose infirmities furnish a perpetual subject for the coarse pleasantries of both these ungrateful menials.
"The Idler in France"
Marguerite Gardiner
It is of great importance that, while taking the needful care of himself, he should not degenerate at an early age into a hopeless valetudinarian, especially as an every-day increasing mass of evidence warrants us in believing that under the influence of medicine and climate a large number of these patients gradually recover their health and lead useful lives, and, with due care, lives of no inconsiderable duration.
"The South of France--East Half"
Charles Bertram Black

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