Meaning & use
chronic
Persisting for a long time or constantly recurring, especially describing an illness or problem.
See it in a sentence
He has suffered from chronic back pain ever since the accident.
The city faces a chronic shortage of affordable housing that no policy has managed to fix.
A note on using this word
Chronic contrasts with 'acute', which describes a condition that comes on suddenly and severely but does not necessarily last long.
Words with a similar meaning
persistentlong-lasting
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Words with an opposite meaning
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