Virus

//ˈvaɪ.ɹəs//

Synonyms for "virus" (127 found)

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Closest matches (26)

Strong matches (38)

Noun(1 words)
computer virus

Related words (63)

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More general

9 entries

More specific

91 entries

Showing 16 of 91 words.

Related terms

1 entries

at location

2 entries

capable of

7 entries

causes

3 entries

derived

83 entries

Showing 16 of 83 words.

desires

1 entries

has context

2 entries

has property

1 entries

is a

9 entries

not has_property

1 entries

receives action

1 entries

related to

10 entries

Translations

219 translations across 104 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • rekenaarvirus noun (computer virus)
  • virus noun (infectious organism)

Albanian

1 entries
  • virus noun (infectious organism)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ቫይረስ noun (infectious organism)

Arabic

4 entries
  • حُمَة noun (infectious organism)
  • فَيْروس noun (infectious organism)
  • فَيْرُوس noun (infectious organism)
  • فَيْرُوس noun (computer virus)

Armenian

3 entries
  • համակարգչային վիրուս noun (computer virus)
  • վիրուս noun (infectious organism)
  • վիրուս noun (computer virus)

Assamese

1 entries
  • ভাইৰাছ noun (infectious organism)

Asturian

1 entries
  • virus noun (infectious organism)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • virus noun (infectious organism)
  • virus noun (computer virus)
  • virus proqramları noun (computer virus)

Basque

1 entries
  • birus noun (infectious organism)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • ві́рус noun (infectious organism)
  • ві́рус noun (computer virus)
  • кампу́тарны ві́рус noun (computer virus)

Bengali

1 entries
  • ভাইরাস noun (infectious organism)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • ви́рус noun (infectious organism)
  • ви́рус noun (computer virus)
  • компю́търен ви́рус noun (computer virus)

Burmese

3 entries
  • ကွန်ပျူတာ ဗိုင်းရပ်စ် noun (computer virus)
  • ဗိုင်းရပ်စ် noun (infectious organism)
  • ရောဂါပိုးမွှား noun (infectious organism)

Catalan

2 entries
  • virus noun (infectious organism)
  • virus noun (computer virus)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 病毒 noun (infectious organism)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 病毒 noun (infectious organism)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 病毒 noun (infectious organism)
  • 病毒 noun (computer virus)
  • 電腦病毒 /电脑病毒 noun (computer virus)

Cornish

2 entries
  • virus noun (infectious organism)
  • virus noun (computer virus)

Czech

2 entries
  • virus noun (infectious organism)
  • virus noun (computer virus)

Danish

1 entries
  • virus noun (infectious organism)

Dhivehi

1 entries
  • ވައިރަސް noun (infectious organism)

Dutch

3 entries
  • computervirus noun (computer virus)
  • virus noun (infectious organism)
  • virus noun (computer virus)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 病毒 noun (infectious organism)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • viruso noun (infectious organism)

Estonian

2 entries
  • arvutiviirus noun (computer virus)
  • viirus noun (infectious organism)

Faroese

3 entries
  • telduvirus noun (computer virus)
  • virus noun (infectious organism)
  • virus noun (computer virus)

Finnish

4 entries
  • tietokonevirus noun (computer virus)
  • virus noun (infectious organism)
  • virus noun (disease)
  • virus noun (computer virus)

French

2 entries
  • virus noun (infectious organism)
  • virus informatique noun (computer virus)

Galician

2 entries
  • virus noun (infectious organism)
  • virus noun (computer virus)

Georgian

4 entries
  • ვირუსი noun (infectious organism)
  • ვირუსი noun (disease)
  • ვირუსი noun (computer virus)
  • კომპიუტერული ვირუსი noun (computer virus)

German

3 entries
  • Computervirus noun (computer virus)
  • Virus noun (infectious organism)
  • virus noun (infectious organism)

Greek

1 entries
  • ιός noun (infectious organism)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • વિષાણુ noun (infectious organism)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 病毒 noun (infectious organism)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • וִירוּס noun (infectious organism)
  • וִירוּס noun (computer virus)
  • וִירוּס מַחְשֵׁב noun (computer virus)
  • מגפה noun (disease)

Hindi

3 entries
  • वाइरस noun (infectious organism)
  • वाइरस noun (computer virus)
  • विषाणु noun (infectious organism)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • számítógépes vírus noun (computer virus)
  • számítógépvírus noun (computer virus)
  • vírus noun (infectious organism)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • veira noun (infectious organism)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • pathik noun (infectious organism)
  • virus noun (infectious organism)

Irish

1 entries
  • víreas noun (infectious organism)

Italian

1 entries
  • virus noun (infectious organism)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ウィルス noun (infectious organism)
  • ウイルス noun (infectious organism)
  • コンピューター・ウイルス noun (computer virus)
  • バイラス noun (infectious organism)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ವೈರಸ್ noun (infectious organism)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • вирус noun (infectious organism)

Khmer

3 entries
  • មេរោគកុំព្យូទ័រ noun (computer virus)
  • វីរុស noun (infectious organism)
  • វីសាណូ noun (infectious organism)

Korean

4 entries
  • 바이러스 noun (infectious organism)
  • 병독 noun (infectious organism)
  • 비루스 noun (infectious organism)
  • 컴퓨터 바이러스 noun (computer virus)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • вирус noun (infectious organism)

Ladino

1 entries
  • virus noun (infectious organism)

Lao

2 entries
  • ເຊື້ອ noun (infectious organism)
  • ໄວຣັສ noun (infectious organism)

Latin

1 entries
  • vīrus noun (infectious organism)

Latvian

1 entries
  • vīruss noun (infectious organism)

Limburgish

2 entries
  • virus noun (infectious organism)
  • virus noun (computer virus)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • virusas noun (infectious organism)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • вирус noun (infectious organism)
  • сметачки вирус noun (computer virus)

Malay

3 entries
  • virus noun (infectious organism)
  • virus noun (disease)
  • virus komputer noun (computer virus)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • വൈറസ് noun (infectious organism)

Maltese

1 entries
  • vajrus noun (infectious organism)

Marathi

2 entries
  • विषाणू noun (infectious organism)
  • व्हायरस noun (infectious organism)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • вирус noun (infectious organism)
  • ᠸᠢᠷᠦ᠋ᠰ noun (infectious organism)

Māori

4 entries
  • huaketo noun (infectious organism)
  • ngārara rorohiko noun (computer virus)
  • wheori noun (infectious organism)
  • wheori noun (computer virus)

Nepali

2 entries
  • भाइरस noun (infectious organism)
  • विषाणु noun (infectious organism)

Newar

1 entries
  • विषाणु noun (infectious organism)

North Frisian

1 entries
  • Wiirus noun (infectious organism)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • vîrûs noun (infectious organism)

Northwestern Ojibwa

1 entries
  • zenibaanh-aakoziwin noun (infectious organism)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • datavirus noun (computer virus)
  • virus noun (infectious organism)
  • virus noun (computer virus)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • datavirus noun (computer virus)
  • virus noun (infectious organism)
  • virus noun (computer virus)

Occitan

1 entries
  • virus noun (infectious organism)

Odia

1 entries
  • ଭୂତାଣୁ noun (infectious organism)

Pashto

1 entries
  • ويروس noun (infectious organism)

Persian

2 entries
  • ویروس noun (infectious organism)
  • ویش noun (infectious organism)

Polish

3 entries
  • wirus noun (infectious organism)
  • wirus noun (computer virus)
  • wirus komputerowy noun (computer virus)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • vírus noun (infectious organism)
  • vírus noun (computer virus)
  • vírus de computador noun (computer virus)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਵਿਸ਼ਾਣੂ noun (infectious organism)

Quechua

2 entries
  • añaw noun (infectious organism)
  • ch'iñi khuru noun (infectious organism)

Romanian

2 entries
  • virus noun (infectious organism)
  • virus noun (computer virus)

Russian

3 entries
  • ви́рус noun (infectious organism)
  • ви́рус noun (computer virus)
  • компью́терный ви́рус noun (computer virus)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • vírus noun (infectious organism)
  • ви́рус noun (infectious organism)
  • компјутерски вирус noun (computer virus)
  • рачунални вирус noun (computer virus)

Sinhalese

2 entries
  • පරිගණක වෛරස noun (computer virus)
  • වෛරස noun (infectious organism)

Slovak

2 entries
  • počítačový vírus noun (computer virus)
  • vírus noun (infectious organism)

Slovene

2 entries
  • računalniški virus noun (computer virus)
  • virus noun (infectious organism)

Spanish

2 entries
  • virus noun (infectious organism)
  • virus noun (computer virus)

Swahili

1 entries
  • virusi noun (infectious organism)

Swedish

4 entries
  • datavirus noun (computer virus)
  • datorvirus noun (computer virus)
  • virus noun (infectious organism)
  • virus noun (computer virus)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • birus noun (infectious organism)
  • haykap noun (infectious organism)
  • salot noun (computer virus)

Tajik

1 entries
  • вирус noun (infectious organism)

Tamil

1 entries
  • தீ நுண்மம் noun (infectious organism)

Tatar

1 entries
  • вирус noun (infectious organism)

Telugu

1 entries
  • వైరస్ noun (infectious organism)

Thai

4 entries
  • เชื้อ noun (infectious organism)
  • ไวรัส noun (infectious organism)
  • ไวรัส noun (computer virus)
  • ไวรัสคอมพิวเตอร์ noun (computer virus)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ནད་དུག noun (infectious organism)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ቫይረስ noun (infectious organism)

Turkish

3 entries
  • bilgisayar virüsü noun (computer virus)
  • virüs noun (infectious organism)
  • virüs noun (computer virus)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • wirus noun (infectious organism)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • ві́рус noun (infectious organism)
  • ві́рус noun (computer virus)
  • комп'ю́терний ві́рус noun (computer virus)

Urdu

2 entries
  • حُمہ noun (infectious organism)
  • وائرس noun (infectious organism)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • ۋىرۇس noun (infectious organism)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • virus noun (infectious organism)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • siêu vi noun (infectious organism)
  • siêu vi noun (computer virus)
  • siêu vi khuẩn noun (infectious organism)
  • siêu vi trùng noun (infectious organism)

Volapük

1 entries
  • virud noun (infectious organism)

Welsh

4 entries
  • feirws noun (infectious organism)
  • feirws noun (disease)
  • feirws noun (computer virus)
  • firws noun (infectious organism)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • firus noun (infectious organism)

Wu Chinese

1 entries
  • 病毒 noun (infectious organism)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • איבערגאַנג noun (disease)
  • ווירוס noun (infectious organism)

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

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Scientists are fighting to stem the spread of the AIDS virus.

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In short, it is because the 'plan.doc' file I attached in the previous email was infected with a virus.

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That looks like the work of a virus.

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The virus cut down many elephants in Africa.

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