Meaning
- (noun) A person recovering from illness. “I had been ill in health, but am now a convalescent.”
- (adjective) Recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness
- (adjective) Of convalescence or convalescents “She stayed in a convalescent hospital for two weeks before returning home.”
Letter breakdown
- Convalescent contains 12 letters: 4 vowel(s) and 8 consonant(s).
- It uses 9 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 4.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 19.
Connected words
Other 12-letter words
- abbreviating
- abbreviation
- abolitionist
- abominations
- abortionists
- abrasiveness
- abridgements
- abstractedly
- abstractions
- abstractness
- abstruseness
- academically
- academicians
- accelerating
- acceleration
- accelerators
- accentuating
- accentuation
Words starting with CON
- con
- concatenate
- concatenated
- concatenates
- concatenating
- concatenation
- concatenations
- concave
- concavities
- concavity
- conceal
- concealed
- concealing
- concealment
- conceals
- concede
- conceded
- concedes
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Words ending with ENT
Words from these letters
- convalesce
- conclaves
- covenants
- canteens
- cleanest
- coalesce
- conceals
- conclave
- connects
- convenes
- convents
- covenant
- enclaves
- ensconce
- neonates
- valences
- accents
- acetone
- alcoves
- cancels
- canteen
- cantons
- celesta
- cleanse
- cleaves
- coevals
- concave
- conceal
- connect
- consent
- convene
- convent
- enclave
- enclose
- enslave
- lactose
- lancets
- leanest
- leavens
- locates
- nascent
- neonate
- octaves
- scalene
- solvent
- valence
- accent
- accost
- alcove
- ascent
- atones
- calves
- cancel
- cannot
- canoes
- canons
- canton
- cantos
- castle
Reader questions
What does Convalescent mean?
A person recovering from illness.
How many letters are in Convalescent?
Convalescent has 12 letters.
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