Meanings
adjectiveparaplegic (not comparable)
- not comparableOf, related to, or suffering from paraplegia. Paralyzed from the lower half of the body down.
The guard looks at you with a troubled, uncomfortable glare, like that of a man who must explain to his paraplegic daughter that her dreams of becoming a ballerina will never come true.
2011,, Kazerad, Katia: Talk to guard, in: Prequel -or- Making A Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), March 14 2011
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivesuffering complete paralysis of the lower half of the body usually resulting from damage to the spinal cord
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans parapleeg
- parapleegof, related to, or suffering from paraplegia
Catalan paraplègic, paraplègic
- paraplègicof, related to, or suffering from paraplegia
- paraplègicperson who suffers from paraplegia
Czech paraplegik
- paraplegikperson who suffers from paraplegia
Esperanto paraplegia, paraplegiulo
- paraplegiaof, related to, or suffering from paraplegia
- paraplegiuloperson who suffers from paraplegia
Finnish alaraajahalvaantunut, parapleginen
- alaraajahalvaantunutof, related to, or suffering from paraplegia
- parapleginenof, related to, or suffering from paraplegia
- parapleegikkoperson who suffers from paraplegia
- alaraajoista halvaantunutperson who suffers from paraplegia
French paraplégique
- paraplégiqueof, related to, or suffering from paraplegia
German querschnittsgelähmt, paraplegisch
- querschnittsgelähmtof, related to, or suffering from paraplegia
- paraplegischof, related to, or suffering from paraplegia
- Querschnittsgelähmterperson who suffers from paraplegia
- Querschnittsgelähmteperson who suffers from paraplegia
- Paraplegikerperson who suffers from paraplegia
- Paraplegikerinperson who suffers from paraplegia
Icelandic þverlamaður, lamaður fyrir neðan mitti
- þverlamaðurof, related to, or suffering from paraplegia
- lamaður fyrir neðan mittiof, related to, or suffering from paraplegia
- maður lamaður fyrir neðan mittiperson who suffers from paraplegia
Italian paraplegico, paraplegica
- paraplegicoof, related to, or suffering from paraplegia
- paraplegicaof, related to, or suffering from paraplegia
Māori pararūtiki
- pararūtikiof, related to, or suffering from paraplegia
Portuguese paraplégico, paraplégica
- paraplégicoof, related to, or suffering from paraplegia
- paraplégicaof, related to, or suffering from paraplegia
- paraplégicoperson who suffers from paraplegia
- paraplégicaperson who suffers from paraplegia
Romanian paraplegic
- paraplegicof, related to, or suffering from paraplegia
Spanish parapléjico, parapléjico
- parapléjicoof, related to, or suffering from paraplegia
- parapléjicoperson who suffers from paraplegia
- parapléjicaperson who suffers from paraplegia
Swedish paraplegisk, paraplegiker
- paraplegiskof, related to, or suffering from paraplegia
- paraplegikerperson who suffers from paraplegia
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with paraplegic
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APA
paraplegic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paraplegic
MLA
“paraplegic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paraplegic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paraplegic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paraplegic.
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