Synonyms for VIRUS
ˈvaɪ rəsvirus

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. virusnoun

   (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein

   Synonyms:
   computer virus

2. virusnoun

   a harmful or corrupting agency

   "bigotry is a virus that must not be allowed to spread"; "the virus of jealousy is latent in everyone"

   Synonyms:
   computer virus

3. virus, computer virusnoun

   a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer

   "a true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance"

   Synonyms:
   virus, computer virus

Matched Categories

1. • Agency
   • Infectious Agent
   • Malevolent Program
   • Microorganism

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. virusnoun

   Synonyms:
   poison (of a morbid nature), VENOM

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "virus":

   viruses, viral, hiv, antivirus, anti-virus, t-virus

Suggested Resources

1. virus

   Song lyrics by virus -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by virus on the Lyrics.com website.

How to pronounce VIRUS?

How to say VIRUS in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use VIRUS in a sentence?

1. Phil Smith:

   At this point, this person has not tested positive for the Ebola virus.

2. Erin Bromage:

   Each person has a different amount of virus that they need, somebody that is immunosuppressed, or somebody that is stressed, for example, may need less of a [ virus ] challenge in order to get the same outcomes as somebody that is in a healthy condition.

3. Erin Bromage:

   It's worse in regards to energy, but the more outside air we bring in, the more dilution of the virus we have and then the safer you are, how to safely avoid sunburn in the age of coronavirus.

4. Richard Soliz thanks:

   I am certain that there is truth to this virus, and not being vaccinated leaves you vulnerable to the extent of possibly really taking a person's life, i personally know that, because I was not vaccinated. I did not act, I wasn't certain, and I nearly lost my life.

5. Marion Gruber:

   We are hearing that we need the vaccines soon and we need them soon in children because we do not know what the virus will be doing in fall and kids are back in school and indoors, if we wait too long and do these clinical trials with large numbers of pediatric subjects, we may not be ready to have these tools available when we need them.