motion sickness

noun

A feeling of nausea or dizziness caused by a disagreement between visually perceived movement and the vestibular system's sense of movement; typically resulting from travel in a vehicle such as a ship or car.

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kinesiakinetosisswing sickness
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Meanings

nounmotion sickness (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineA feeling of nausea or dizziness caused by a disagreement between visually perceived movement and the vestibular system's sense of movement; typically resulting from travel in a vehicle such as a ship or car.

    Synonyms: kinesia, kinetosis, swing sickness

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA feeling of nausea or dizziness caused by a disagreement between visually perceived movement and the vestibular system's sense of movement; typically resulting from travel in a vehicle such as a ship or car.

Similar
kinesiakinetosisswing sickness

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe state of being dizzy or nauseated because of the motions that occur while traveling in or on a moving vehicle

Similar
kinetosis
Broader
ailmentcomplaintillnauseasickness
Also see
kinetosismotion discomfortrailroad sicknessswing sickness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Ancient Greek ναυτία
  • ναυτία (nautía)nausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
Arabic دُوَار اَلْبَحْر
  • دُوَار اَلْبَحْر (duwār al-baḥr)nausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
Catalan cinetosi
  • cinetosinausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
Chinese Mandarin 暈動病 /晕动病
  • 暈動病 /晕动病 (yùndòngbìng)nausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
Czech kinetóza
  • kinetózanausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
Danish transportsyge
  • transportsygenausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
Dutch reisziekte
  • reisziektenausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
Esperanto movmalsano
  • movmalsanonausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
Finnish liikepahoinvointi, matkapahoinvointi
  • liikepahoinvointinausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
  • matkapahoinvointinausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
French mal des transports, cinétose
  • mal des transportsnausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
  • cinétosenausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
  • cinépathienausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
German Reisekrankheit, Bewegungskrankheit
  • Reisekrankheitnausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
  • Bewegungskrankheitnausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
  • Kinetosenausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
Greek ναυτία
  • ναυτία (naftía)nausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
Hebrew מחלת נסיעה
  • מחלת נסיעה (maḥălat nesiʿa)nausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
Hindi मोशन सिकनेस
  • मोशन सिकनेस (mośan siknes)nausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
Hungarian tengeribetegség
  • tengeribetegségnausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
Icelandic ferðaveiki
  • ferðaveikinausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
Indonesian mabuk
  • mabuknausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
Irish tinneas gluaisne
  • tinneas gluaisnenausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
Italian chinetosi
  • chinetosinausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
Japanese 加速度病, 乗り物酔い
  • 加速度病 (kasokudobyō)nausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
  • 乗り物酔い (norimonoyoi)nausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
  • 船酔い (funayoi)nausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
  • 車酔い (kurumayoi)nausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
Latvian kinetoze
  • kinetozenausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
Malay mabuk
  • mabuknausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
Norwegian Bokmål reisesyke
  • reisesykenausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
Polish choroba lokomocyjna
  • choroba lokomocyjnanausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
Portuguese cinetose
  • cinetosenausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
Romanian rău de mișcare
  • rău de mișcarenausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
Russian ука́чивание, кинето́з
  • ука́чивание (ukáčivanije)nausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
  • кинето́з (kinetóz)nausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
Spanish cinetosis, mareo
  • cinetosisnausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
  • mareonausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
Swedish åksjuka, rörelsesjuka
  • åksjukanausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
  • rörelsesjukanausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
Turkish hareket hastalığı, kinetozis
  • hareket hastalığınausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
  • kinetozisnausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
Welsh salwch symud
  • salwch symudnausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle — see also kinetosis
Cite this entry
APA

motion sickness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/motion%20sickness

MLA

“motion sickness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/motion%20sickness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “motion sickness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/motion%20sickness.

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