Meanings
comparative more hypochondriac · superlative most hypochondriac · alternative obsolete hypochondriack
- Related to, or affected by hypochondria.
Synonyms: hypochondrial
- Related to, or located in the hypochondrium.
Synonyms: hypochondrial
plural hypochondriacs · alternative obsolete hypochondriack
- A person affected with hypochondria.
Synonyms: valetudinarian
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveRelated to, or affected by hypochondria.
adjectiveRelated to, or located in the hypochondrium.
nounA person affected with hypochondria.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivesuffering from hypochondria
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekὑποχονδριακός“of the region between the ribs and navel”
- Frenchhypocondriaque
- Englishhypochondriac
From French hypocondriaque, from Ancient Greek ὑποχονδριακός (hupokhondriakós, “of the region between the ribs and navel”), from ὑποχόνδριος (hupokhóndrios, “the space between the ribs and the navel”), from ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + χόνδρος (khóndros, “cartilage”). See also hypochondrium, hypochondria, and Wikipedia at hypochondriasis § Etymology.
More words from French, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan hipocondríac, hipocondríac
- hipocondríacaffected by hypochondria
- hipocondríacperson affected with hypochondria
Chinese Mandarin 疑病的, 季肋部的
- 疑病的 (yíbìng de)affected by hypochondria
- 季肋部的 (jìlèibù de)related to the hypochondrium
- 疑病患者 (yíbìng huànzhě)person affected with hypochondria
Czech hypochondrický, hypochondr
- hypochondrickýaffected by hypochondria
- hypochondrperson affected with hypochondria
Dutch hypochonder, hypochonder
- hypochonderaffected by hypochondria
- hypochonderperson affected with hypochondria
Esperanto hipokondria, hipokondriulo
- hipokondriaaffected by hypochondria
- hipokondriuloperson affected with hypochondria
Finnish luulosairas, luulosairas
- luulosairasaffected by hypochondria
- luulosairasperson affected with hypochondria
French hypocondriaque, hypocondre
- hypocondriaqueaffected by hypochondria
- hypocondreaffected by hypochondria
- hypocondriaquerelated to the hypochondrium
- hypocondriaqueperson affected with hypochondria
German hypochondrisch, Hypochonder
- hypochondrischaffected by hypochondria
- Hypochonderperson affected with hypochondria
- Hypochonderinperson affected with hypochondria
Greek υποχόνδριος, υποχόνδριος
- υποχόνδριος (ypochóndrios)affected by hypochondria
- υποχόνδριος (ypochóndrios)person affected with hypochondria
Hungarian hipochondriás, hipochonder
- hipochondriásaffected by hypochondria
- hipochonderperson affected with hypochondria
- képzelt betegperson affected with hypochondria
Icelandic ímyndunarveikur, ímyndunarveiki-
- ímyndunarveikuraffected by hypochondria
- ímyndunarveiki-affected by hypochondria
- geislungasvæðis-related to the hypochondrium
Irish hipeacoindreach, galareaglach
- hipeacoindreachaffected by hypochondria
- galareaglachaffected by hypochondria
- hipeacoindreachperson affected with hypochondria
- galareaglachperson affected with hypochondria
Italian ipocondriaco, ipocondriaco
- ipocondriacoaffected by hypochondria
- ipocondriacoperson affected with hypochondria
Polish hipochondryczny, podżebrowy
- hipochondrycznyaffected by hypochondria
- podżebrowyrelated to the hypochondrium
- hipochondrykperson affected with hypochondria
- hipochondryczkaperson affected with hypochondria
Portuguese hipocondríaco, hipocondríaco
- hipocondríacoaffected by hypochondria
- hipocondríacoperson affected with hypochondria
Russian ипохондрический, подрёберный
- ипохондрический (ipoxondričeskij)affected by hypochondria
- подрёберный (podrjóbernyj)related to the hypochondrium
- ипохондрический (ipoxondričeskij)related to the hypochondrium
- ипохо́ндрик (ipoxóndrik)person affected with hypochondria
Spanish hipocondríaco, hipocondriaco
- hipocondríacoaffected by hypochondria
- hipocondriacoaffected by hypochondria
- hipocóndricorelated to the hypochondrium
- hipocondríacoperson affected with hypochondria
- hipocondriacoperson affected with hypochondria
Swedish hypokondrisk, hypokondriker
- hypokondriskaffected by hypochondria
- hypokondrikerperson affected with hypochondria
Thai ผู้คิดว่าตนป่วย
- ผู้คิดว่าตนป่วยperson affected with hypochondria
Turkish hipokondriyak, hastalık hastası
- hipokondriyakaffected by hypochondria
- hastalık hastasıaffected by hypochondria
Ukrainian іпохондри́чний, іпохо́ндрик
- іпохондри́чний (ipoxondrýčnyj)affected by hypochondria
- іпохо́ндрик (ipoxóndryk)person affected with hypochondria
Cite this entry
hypochondriac. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypochondriac
“hypochondriac.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypochondriac. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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