Synonyms of infection

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infection

noun

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as in virus

an abnormal state caused by contact with harmful organisms (such as bacteria or viruses)

There is a viral infection spreading among the schoolchildren.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• virus
• germ
• disease
• epidemic
• attack
• contagion
• contagious disease
• contagium
• plague
• illness
• fever
• sickliness
• bout
• lameness
• invalidism
• unhealthiness
• pestilence
• pandemic
• debility
• indisposition
• debilitation
• invalidity
• unsoundness
• ailment
• sickishness
• decrepitude
• malaise
• feebleness
• sickness
• unwellness
• fit
• spell
• malady
• ill
• dysfunction
• disorder
• distemper
• weakness
• complication
• pest
• pip
• bug
• weakliness
• frailty
• ail
• frailness
• infirmity
• upset
• disfunction
• matter
• condition
• distemperature
• trouble
• affection
• complaint
• affliction

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fitness
• health
• lustiness
• healthiness
• soundness
• robustness
• hardiness
• wholeness
• shape
• heartiness
• wholesomeness
• wellness
• cure
• antidote
• fettle
• antivenom
• antivenin
• panacea
• elixir
• mithridate
• cure-all

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• fitness
• health
• lustiness
• healthiness
• soundness
• robustness
• hardiness
• wholeness
• shape
• heartiness
• wholesomeness
• wellness
• cure
• antidote
• fettle
• antivenom
• antivenin
• panacea
• elixir
• mithridate
• cure-all

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