Word Type

Noun

Verb

Adjective

The word "aids" can be used as noun, verb and adjective.

Word Relationships

Coordinate Terms

HIV

Derived Terms

AIDS baby AIDS cocktail AIDS ribbon AIDS virus AIDS-related complex AIDSer AIDSphobia AIDSy ARC HIV/AIDS pre-AIDS

Derived From

acquired immune deficiency syndrome

Inflected/Variant Forms

aid

Has Part

many complex symptoms

Context

disease

Has Property

fatal

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

immunodeficiency infectious disease

Type Of (IsA)

aquired immune defeciency syndrom disease hiv infection immunodeficiency infectious disease life threatening condition sexually transmitted disease virus

Not Has Property

limited to infection of homosexuals

Part Of

tfz

Receives Action

caused by human immuno deficiency virus contracted through sex spread by using intravenous drugs transmitted through human blood

Related Terms

acquired immune deficiency syndrome aid

Similar Terms

hiv

Synonym Network

gay cancer gay plague grid

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.