virus - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

(virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein

Synonyms

• virus

More generic

• infectious agent
• infective agent
• micro-organism
• microorganism

More specific

• animal virus
• arborvirus
• arbovirus
• bacteriophage
• phage
• plant virus
• slow virus
• tumor virus
• vector

Noun

a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer

Synonyms

• computer virus
• virus

More generic

• malevolent program

Noun

a harmful or corrupting agency

Synonyms

• virus

More generic

• agency
• delegacy
• representation

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