Synonyms for pandemic
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Epidemic — general, widespread
epidemic, prevalent, universal, common, ubiquitous, rife, prevailing, predominant, regnant
2. Pandemical — of a disease, epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population…
pandemical dated, pandemial dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of a disease: epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population; also, of or pertaining to a disease of this nature.
- adj. 2
General, widespread.
Related words
- Word family
- pandemical pandemia pandemial
- Phrases
- pandemic baby
Example sentences
- epidemic Wuhan is the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic.
- ubiquitous Sparrows are ubiquitous in the Netherlands.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| pandemic | rising | |
| epidemic | rising | |
| ubiquitous | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- rife1
- 6 letters
- common2
- 7 letters
- regnant
- 8 letters
- epidemic4
- 9 letters
- universal4, prevalent3, pandemial
- 10 letters
- prevailing3, ubiquitous4, pandemical
- 11 letters
- predominant4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (common2 = 2 syllables).