attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Questions about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

What is another word for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder?

It depends which attention deficit hyperactivity disorder you mean. In the sense “a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders”, the synonyms are attention deficit disorder, ADD, 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 hyperactivity disorder?

WordNet records no antonym for attention deficit hyperactivity 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 hyperactivity 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 hyperactivity disorder

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