epidemic
epidemic is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Spreading widely, or generally prevailing; affecting great numbers, as an epidemic does; as, epidemic rage; an epidemic evil. It was the epidemical sin of the nation. Bp. Burnet.
- 2.(Med.) An epidemic disease.
- 3.Anything which takes possession of the minds of people as an epidemic does of their bodies; as, an epidemic of terror.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- abroad
- all
- always
- and
- anybody
- average
- azotic
- besetting
- better
- broad
- catching
- catholic
- catholical
- catholicism
- catholicity
- collective
- common
- comprehensive
- contagion
- contagious
- covered
- customary
- deadly
- death
- deleterious
- dispersed
- dragnet
- ecumenical
- encyclopedical
- epizootic
- every
- everybody
- everyone
- for
- general
- generality
- generalization
- generalize
- generally
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is epidemic.
- What is spreading widely, or generally prevailing; affecting great numbers, as an epidemic does; as, epidemic rage; an epidemic evil. It was the epidemical sin of the nation. Bp. Burnet called?
- What is anything which takes possession of the minds of people as an epidemic does of their bodies; as, an epidemic of terror called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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