epidemic

/ˌɛpədˈɛmɪk/ · 4 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously
   “an epidemic outbreak of influenza”

noun

1. a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time

Synonyms for epidemic

• epiphytotic
• epizootic
• pandemic
• pestilent

Antonyms of epidemic

• endemic
• ecdemic

Words that rhyme with epidemic

• endemic
• academic
• pandemic
• polemic
• epistemic
• ischemic
• systemic
• demick
• emick
• emmick
• glycemic
• nemec
• nonacademic
• remic
• remick