Synonyms for virus

noun

  1. An infection

    sickness, communicability, illness; see disease, infection.

  2. An organism

    microorganism, bacillus, phage; see germ 3.

See virus in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II


noun

Anything that is injurious, destructive, or fatal:

bane, canker, contagion, poison, toxin, venom. See help

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