attention deficit disorder

Questions about attention deficit disorder

What is another word for attention deficit disorder?

It depends which attention deficit disorder you mean. In the sense “a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders”, the synonyms are ADD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, hyperkinetic syndrome, minimal brain dysfunction, minimal brain damage, MBD. Across all 1 sense there are 7 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of attention deficit disorder?

WordNet records no antonym for attention deficit disorder. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for attention deficit disorder come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of attention deficit disorder

• Full entry for attention deficit disorderAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for attention deficit disorderWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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