BLACK DEATH Synonyms
There are 9 hypernyms of the phrase black death. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for BLACK DEATH
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epidemic | nounn | |||||||
adjective • (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously noun • a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time | ||||||||
pandemic | nounn | |||||||
noun • an epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world adjective satellite • epidemic over a wide geographical area • existing everywhere | ||||||||
pestilence | nounn | |||||||
noun • a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal • any epidemic disease with a high death rate • a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of | ||||||||
plague | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal • any epidemic disease with a high death rate • a swarm of insects that attack plants • any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God) • an annoyance verb • cause to suffer a blight • annoy continually or chronically | ||||||||
black plague | nounn | |||||||
noun • the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe |