Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "measles" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

3-day measles French measles German measles Liberty measles antimeasles beef measles black measles blue measles false measles measles party measleslike measly porcine measles postmeasles sheep measles three-day measles

Distinct From

chickenpox

Etymologically Related To

measle

Inflected/Variant Forms

measle

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

contagion contagious disease

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

10-day measles 7-day measles German measles hard measles red measles

Type Of (IsA)

common childhood disease contagious disease disease viral infection

Related Terms

acute bumps chicken chicken pocks chicken pox childhood childhood disease childhood illness contagious cough disease eye fever german measles illness itchy itchy disease larval leprosy like like mumps lumps measles virus morbillivirus mumps nose pocks pox rash red red lumps red spots rubeola runny sickness similar skin skin bumps small small spot spot spots spotty spotty illness tapeworm

Synonym Network

morbilli rubeola

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