symptom

Meaning

1. A perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disease or disorder, such as fever, headache or rash; strictly, a symptom is felt or experienced by the patient, while a sign can be detected by an observer.
2. (figuratively) A signal; anything that indicates, or is characteristic of, the presence of something else, especially of something undesirable.

Synonyms

sign

indication

signal

mark

omen

manifestation

condition

token

prodrome

syndrome

implication

parameterization

phenomenon

stamp

state

suggestion

indication of illness

abnormal

sign of disease

aspect

badge

brand

clue

earmark

emblem

evidence

feature

hallmark

Translations

symptôme

Symptom

síntoma

sintomo

σύμπτωμα

symptoom

sintoma

símptoma

teken

verschijnsel

belirti

Anzeichen

araz

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɪm(p)təm/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, “a happening, accident, symptom of disease”), from stem of συμπίπτω (sumpíptō, “Ι befall”), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + πίπτω (píptō, “I fall”).