Epidemic Synonyms and Antonyms

ĕpĭ-dĕmĭk
A sudden increase in something, as the occurrence of a disease
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. plague
  2. outbreak
  3. pestilence
  4. rash
  5. pandemic
  6. scourge
  7. catching
  8. communicable
  9. contagious
  10. infectious
  11. widespread
Prevalent and spreading rapidly among many individuals in a community at the same time
(Adjective)
Antonyms:
  1. endemic
  2. ecdemic
Widespread
(Adjective)
Antonyms:
  1. limited

Words Related to Epidemic

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. disease
  2. increase
  3. endemic pandemic
  4. cholera
  5. sars
  6. tuberculosis
  7. epidemic-disease
  8. epizootic
  9. malaria
  10. malnutrition
  11. infectious disease
  12. famine

Epidemic Sentence Examples

  • In 1888 there was an epidemic of yellow fever.

  • In 1903 the city was devastated by an epidemic of plague.

  • An epidemic of a fatal character had ruined the French silk producers.

  • The health of the city of Hamburg and the adjoining district may be described as generally good, no epidemic diseases having recently appeared to any serious degree.

  • The village was abandoned in or before 1758, owing probably to an epidemic of smallpox, and the fort was abandoned in 1759.

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