Synonyms & related words for virulence

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of virulence — including infectiousness, contagiousness, deadliness, perniciousness, lethality, harmfulness. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to virulence

Explore words related to virulence — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include pathogenicity, avirulent, virulent, nonvirulent, pathogen, pathogenic, morbific, nonpathogenic. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for virulence

Common synonyms for virulence include infectiousness, contagiousness, deadliness, perniciousness, lethality, harmfulness, viciousness — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does virulence come from?

The word virulence breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root vir-, from Latin virus (“poison”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.