Outbreak Synonyms and Antonyms

outbrāk
A sudden increase in something, as the occurrence of a disease
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. epidemic
  2. plague
  3. rash
A sudden violent appearance
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. explosion
  2. eruption
  3. burst
  4. blowup
  5. outburst
  6. fit
  7. irruption
  8. ebullition
  9. disruption
  10. access
  11. bursting
  12. bursting (forth)
  13. detonation
  14. thunder
  15. commotion
  16. rending
  17. break
  18. breaking-out
  19. breaking forth
  20. gush
  21. gushing forth
  22. outpouring
  23. pouring forth
  24. breaking bonds
  25. tumult
  26. spurt
  27. sundering
  28. snapping apart
  29. discharge
  30. volley
  31. blast
  32. crash
  33. roar
  34. earthquake
  35. temblor
  36. squall
  37. paroxysm
  38. spasm
  39. convulsion
  40. flare-up
  41. ictus
  42. effervescence
  43. boiling
  44. flash
  45. flare
  46. crack
  47. gust
Antonyms:
  1. peace
  2. tranquility
  3. quiet

Words Related to Outbreak

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. disorder
  2. increase
  3. revolution
  4. cholera
  5. foot-and-mouth-disease
  6. fmd
  7. pandemic
  8. sars
  9. out-break
  10. influenza
  11. epizootic
  12. infectious disease
  13. smallpox

Outbreak Sentence Examples

  • The origin of the outbreak is uncertain.

  • The cause was the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War (1618).

  • There was another outbreak in 1831 and frequent disorders down to 1848, when they culminated in another unsuccessful revolution.

  • In consequence of this outbreak of patriotic enthusiasm, the school was soon after closed by Louis XVIII., and the young student was compelled to seek some other career instead of that of the soldier.

  • The effect of the outbreak was in every way disastrous.

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