SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
vertigo
noun
A sensation that you or your surroundings are spinning or moving.
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Sensation of spinning
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Usage distinction
Return to topVertigo involves a sense of movement or spinning. Dizziness is broader, and lightheadedness or imbalance can occur without vertigo.
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See vertigo in use
The narrator described a moment of vertigo as the imagined room seemed to spin.
In a dream chapter, disorientation leaves a traveler unable to recognize the station or determine which journey she is supposed to be making. Vertigo appears when the motionless platform seems to rotate beneath her, giving the scene a distinct sensation of movement.
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Synonym reference scope and sources
The groups distinguish the senses selected for this study entry. Closest synonyms and broader related expressions have separate labels. The listed sources support lexical selection; not every phrase is a direct quotation from a source.
- MedlinePlus: Dizziness
- VERTIGO Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
- Princeton WordNet 3.0: wn30-n-14372513
How the synonym reference was prepared / WordNet 3.0 license