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motion sickness

motion sickness

11 3.0
Feeling dizzy and sick when you travel in cars, boats or planes
  • noun
  • /ˈmoʊʃən ˈsɪk.nəs/
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  • She took medication designed to prevent motion sickness before the boat trip.
  • vertigo and motion sickness

I've been getting a little bit of motion sickness recently.

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Examples

  • I've been getting a little bit of motion sickness recently.

  • Travel calm tablets, I get really bad motion sickness or travel sickness, so having tablets are really important.

  • I get motion sickness, too.

  • My greatest concern for the technology is for individuals who suffer from motion sickness.

    Blog text (17)
  • Motion sickness can be a problem for children, especially between the ages of 3 and 12 years.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Motion sickness is a common problem and can make air travel a misery.

    Academic text (2012)
  • According to NASA, about half of astronauts sent into space experience some amount of motion sickness.

    Blog text (27)
  • Not that it’s a big surprise, but motion sickness is actually a huge problem for astronauts.

    Blog text (27)
  • For the first time in days he's feeling queasy, so he sticks a motion-sickness patch behind his ear.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Then I gave Rabia a gift—an acupressure wristband that is supposed to help motion sickness.

    Fiction book (2002)

Synonyms

nausea
vsmotion sickness
91 3.0

A sick feeling in your stomach that makes you want to vomit

is the specific travel-induced form of that stomach feeling
seasickness
vsmotion sickness
6 3.5

A feeling of being sick with nausea and dizziness on a moving boat

is the broader term covering similar sickness in any moving vehicle
air sickness
vsmotion sickness
1 3.2

A feeling of sickness and dizziness during a plane flight

is the general term that applies across transport types rather than only flights
car sickness
vsmotion sickness
1 3.0

A feeling of being sick and dizzy when you travel in a car

is the general term for similar travel sickness across vehicles
airsickness
vsmotion sickness
1 5.6

Feeling sick and dizzy on a plane

is the broader term covering similar travel sickness in any vehicle
kinetosis
vsmotion sickness
  • Specialized
9.5

A feeling of dizziness and sickness when traveling in a car or boat

is the common nontechnical term for the same travel-induced dizziness
mal de mer
vsmotion sickness
9.9

A feeling of sickness and dizziness on a boat because of movement

is the general term for similar travel sickness across different vehicles
naupathia
vsmotion sickness
  • Archaic
9.9

A feeling of sickness and dizziness when you travel on water, like on a boat

is the common, nonmedical term rather than the specialized label

Antonyms

190 1.0

A feeling of physical ease and being free from pain

How Sick

vomiting
7 2.0
motion sickness
11 3.0
nausea
91 3.0
unease
19 4.4
well-being
178 2.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

motion + sickness

The noun phrase 'motion sickness' directly combines 'motion' (movement) and 'sickness' (nausea), so the meaning — feeling nauseous as a result of movement — is plainly derivable from the constituents. This causal compounding is common across languages and follows a standard English noun-noun composition, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.

Etymology

Motion sickness comes from a simple image: motion means movement and sickness means feeling ill. So the phrase means 'feeling sick because of movement'.