Home › Words › A › asthmaticasthmatic/æsˈθmætɪk/asthmatic means having the characteristics of asthma.asthmatic is pronounced /æsˈθmætɪk/.EtymologyLearned borrowing from Latin asthmaticus. By surface analysis, asthma + -ic.adjHaving the characteristics of asthma.e.g.“asthmatic cough”nounOne who suffers from asthma.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.asthmatically 70% match — In an asthmatic manner. vs asthmatic →antasthmatic 66% match — Relieving the symptoms of asthma. vs asthmatic →asthmatoid 65% match — Resembling asthma. vs asthmatic →antiasthmatic 64% match — antasthmatic vs asthmatic →asthmalike 62% match — Resembling asthma vs asthmatic →asthmogenic 62% match — That causes an asthmatic attack vs asthmatic →astigmatic 62% match — Suffering from astigmatism. vs asthmatic →ataxic 62% match — Pertaining to ataxia vs asthmatic →