Word Type

Noun

Verb

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

Word Relationships

Typical Location

body computer

Capable Of

cause cold destroy cells infect make computer malfunction make person sick mutate reproduce

Causes

cold disease infection

Derived Terms

AIDS virus Choclo virus Ebola virus disease Four Corners virus Muerto Canyon virus Omicron virus adenovirus antiviral bacteriovirus baculovirus badnavirus becurtovirus bidnavirus birnavirus carcinovirus cardiovirus countervirus curtovirus encephalovirus enterovirus entomovirus frankenvirus girus halovirus hepatitis A virus hepatitis B virus hepatitis C virus hepatitis D virus hepatitis E virus hepatitis G virus hypovirus immunovirus influenzavirus intervirus leukaemiavirus lymphocryptovirus macrovirus megavirus microvirus mimivirus mind virus mycovirus myxovirus neurovirus nonvirus oncovirus palaeovirus paleovirus papillomavirus parainfluenzavirus paramyxovirus parvovirus phycovirus phytovirus poliovirus polyomavirus poxvirus protovirus provirus pseudovirus retrovirus ribodeoxyvirus ribovirus spiravirus subvirus supervirus tetravirus ultravirus viral viricide virion viroid virokine virosis virus-proof viruscide virusemia virusless viruslike virusoid virusproof virussy woke mind virus

Desires

live

Context

computing virology

Has Property

lethal

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

agency delegacy infectious agent infective agent malevolent program malware micro-organism microorganism representation

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

African swine fever virus B virus BK virus Bourbon virus Bunyamwera virus CCP virus China virus Chinese virus Chronic bee paralysis virus DNA virus Ebola virus Epstein-Barr virus GB virus C Grampus griseus endogenous virus HIV virus Hosta virus X JC virus Jamestown Canyon virus Junin virus Kakugo virus Kunjin virus Lassa virus Machupo virus Marburg virus Marburg virus disease Neethling virus Nipah virus Norwalk virus Qalyub virus RNA virus Reston virus Ross River virus Rous sarcoma virus Schmallenberg virus Sendai virus Shope papilloma virus Tulane virus West Nile virus Wuhan virus Zika virus adeno-associated virus adenovirus alphahypovirus antivirus bacteriophage black queen cell virus cachavirus camelpox virus canine distemper virus chuvirus cloudy wing virus corona virus corona-virus coronavirus cowpox virus crown virus cryptovirus cucumber mosaic virus cytomegalovirus cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus deformed wing virus enterovirus filovirus giant virus helper virus hepatitis delta virus herpes simplex virus herpesvirus human immunodeficiency virus human immunodeficiency virus 1 human immunodeficiency virus 2 hypovirus idea virus macro virus mosaic virus passenger virus phage picornavirus potato virus X respiratory syncytial virus retrovirus rhabdovirus rhinovirus rotavirus simian immunodeficiency virus sugarcane mosaic virus tulip-breaking virus varicella zoster virus varicosavirus virophage walleye epidermal hyperplasia virus

Type Of (IsA)

infectious agent malevolent program malware microorganism organism parasite program replicates representation species

Not Has Property

alive

Receives Action

used as weapon

Related Terms

prion

Related Terms

computer virus disk dna immune system prion program protein replicate rna venom

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