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Synonyms of trauma

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Another word for trauma is injury. Other synonyms of trauma are insult, wound, scath, scathe and lesion.

Synonyms and similar words for trauma

nounAny injury to the body of a living thing.

Meaning of trauma

  1. noun Any injury to the body of a living thing.
  2. noun Serious injury, resulting from predation, violence, an accident such as a fall, a vehicle crash, etc.
  3. noun An emotional wound leading to psychological injury.

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Questions about synonyms of trauma

What is another word for trauma?
Trauma has 7 synonyms on Word.ws, such as injury, insult, wound, scath, scathe, lesion and dere.
What does trauma mean?
Trauma means any injury to the body of a living thing.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trauma (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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