pandemic
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world
Types & categories
- epidemic hypernym
Related & opposite
- pandemic derivation
Sense 2 adjective
epidemic over a wide geographical area
a pandemic outbreak of malaria
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adjective
existing everywhere
pandemic fear of nuclear war
Related & opposite
- general similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pandemic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | epidemic |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pandemic |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | epidemic |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | general |