invalid

Meaning

Adj

Not valid; not true, correct, acceptable or appropriate.

Noun

1. (dated, offensive, sometimes) Any person with a disability or illness.
2. (dated, offensive, sometimes) A person who is confined to home or bed because of illness, disability or injury; one who is too sick or weak to care for themselves.
3. (archaic) A disabled member of the armed forces; one unfit for active duty due to injury.

Verb

1. (British, transitive) To exempt from (often military) duty because of injury or ill health.
2. (transitive) To make invalid or affect with disease.

Synonyms

cripple

void

disabled person

disabled

null and void

sick person

ineffective

handicapped person

inoperative

shut-in

disable

defective

nugatory

incapacitate

unfounded

feeble

sick

🤢

weak

handicap

bad

👎

patient

unfit

groundless

good-for-nothing

diminutive

indefensible

inconsiderable

inefficacious

ineligible

infirm

picayune

paltry

incapacitated

futile

casualty

inaccurate

no-account

impropriety

niggling

nickel-and-dime

illogical

meaningless

lousy

not valid

illicit

faulty

little

limited

illegitimate

irrelevant

Translations

inválido

inválido

invalido

ungültig

invalide

nulo

nullo

🙅

invàlid

άκυρος

Invalide

geçersiz

infirme

infermo

ongeldig

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈvæl.ɪd/

Etymology

From in- + valid.