Synonyms for vaccine

Most common

vaccinate · inoculate · immunize

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Verb

Noun

Adjective

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A substance given to stimulate a body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease without causing the disease itself in the treatment, prepared from the agent that causes the disease (or a derivative of it; or a related, also effective, but safer disease), or a synthetic substitute; also, a dose of such a substance.

2. adj. 1

   Of, pertaining to, caused by, or characteristic of cowpox.

Related words

Word family

vaccinist vaccinate vaccination vaccinia

Forms

Plural

vaccines → vaxins…

Past participle

vaccined
e.g. vaccined → vaccinated, immunized, inoculated…

Example sentences

• vaccinate "Because you can't go vaccinate bats," he added.
• immunize It is important to immunize children against polio.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters

vaxin

6 letters

bovine²

8 letters

immunize³, immunise, vaccinum

9 letters

vaccinate³, inoculate⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bovine² = 2 syllables).