/ Thesaurus / S Synonyms of sweating sickness Find synonyms for: Noun1. sweating sickness, animal diseaseusage: a disease of cattle (especially calves)2. sweating sickness, miliary fever, infectious diseaseusage: epidemic in the 15th and 16th centuries and characterized by profuse sweating and high mortalityWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: languid Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language