Antonyms for germ
dʒɜrmgerm

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1. germ

   Antonyms:
   fruit, development, result

   Synonyms:
   seed, nucleus, embryo, origin, bud

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.0 / 4 votes

1. source, seed, germnoun

   anything that provides inspiration for later work

   Synonyms:
   generator, rootage, seeded player, seed, bug, reference, informant, seminal fluid, beginning, semen, cum, root, microbe, come, source, ejaculate, author, origin, reservoir

2. germnoun

   a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism

   Synonyms:
   seed, source, microbe, bug

3. microbe, bug, germnoun

   a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

   Synonyms:
   seed, hemipteran, hemipterous insect, bug, glitch, source, microbe, hemipteron

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1. germnoun

   Synonyms:
   origin, first principle, embryo, bud, seed, spore

How to use germ in a sentence?

1. John McInnes:

   It was working with the germ theory of the day, fresh air and sunlight were an important part of the curative process. There were a lot of times that was all we had to offer.

2. Mike McGrew:

   The idea is you have to now be able to do this with pigeon species. And that’s the big, hard part jumping from chicken species, which many labs in the world do, to other bird species, i’ve been trying for about 10 years to culture germ cells from other bird species. It’s hard.

3. Mike McGrew:

   I’ve been trying for about 10 years to culture germ cells from other bird species. It’s hard.

4. Tom Robbins, _Skinny Legs and All_, 1990, p. 305.:

   ...to emphasize the afterlife is to deny life. To concentrate on Heaven is to create hell. In their desperate longing to transcend the disorderliness, friction, and unpredictability that pesters life; in their desire for a fresh start in a tidy habitat, germ-free and secured by angels, religious multitudes are gambling the only life they may ever have on a dark horse in a race that has no finish line."

5. James Scott:

   It is important for people to understand that this study is specifically concerned with one particular germ that is increasingly implicated in hospital-acquired infections, this study really only applies to the specific environment of hospitals, and I'm confident that alcohol-based disinfectants will continue to remain highly effective in general use.

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