germ

/dʒˈɝm/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

1. anything that provides inspiration for later work
2. a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism
3. a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

Synonyms for germ

• source
• seed
• microbe
• bug

Words that rhyme with germ

• firm
• term
• confirm
• worm
• affirm
• midterm
• berm
• bookworm
• infirm
• squirm
• cutworm
• earthworm
• endosperm
• herm
• reaffirm
• reconfirm
• sperm
• therm
• ferm
• germe
• hurm
• longterm
• nicoderm
• schirm
• shortterm
• sturm
• thurm
• wurm