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pestilence
Overview of noun pestilence
The noun pestilence has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. plague, pestilence, pest, pestis -- (a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal)
2. plague, pestilence, pest -- (any epidemic disease with a high death rate)
3. pestilence, canker -- (a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of; "racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation"; "according to him, I was the canker in their midst")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pestilence
3 senses of pestilence
Sense 1
plague, pestilence, pest, pestis
=> epidemic disease
=> infectious disease
=> communicable disease
=> disease
=> illness, unwellness, malady, sickness
=> ill health, unhealthiness, health problem
=> pathological state
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
plague, pestilence, pest
=> epidemic disease
=> infectious disease
=> communicable disease
=> disease
=> illness, unwellness, malady, sickness
=> ill health, unhealthiness, health problem
=> pathological state
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
pestilence, canker
=> influence
=> determinant, determiner, determinative, determining factor, causal factor
=> cognitive factor
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun pestilence
1 of 3 senses of pestilence
Sense 1
plague, pestilence, pest, pestis
=> bubonic plague, pestis bubonica, glandular plague
=> pneumonic plague, pulmonic plague, plague pneumonia
=> septicemic plague
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pestilence
3 senses of pestilence
Sense 1
plague, pestilence, pest, pestis
=> epidemic disease
Sense 2
plague, pestilence, pest
=> epidemic disease
Sense 3
pestilence, canker
=> influence
Antonyms of noun pestilence
Member Holonyms of noun pestilence
Substance Holonyms of noun pestilence
Part Holonyms of noun pestilence
Member Meronyms of noun pestilence
Substance Meronyms of noun pestilence
Part Meronyms of noun pestilence
Meronyms of noun pestilence
Holonyms of noun pestilence
Attributes of noun pestilence
Derived Forms of noun pestilence
2 of 3 senses of pestilence
Sense 2
plague, pestilence, pest
RELATED TO>(adj) pestilential#1
=> pestilent, pestilential, pestiferous, plaguey
RELATED TO>(adj) pestilent#2
=> pestilent, pestilential, pestiferous, plaguey
Sense 3
pestilence, canker
RELATED TO>(adj) pestilent#1
=> baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilent
Domain of noun pestilence
Domain Terms of noun pestilence
Familiarity of noun pestilence
pestilence used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun pestilence
3 senses of pestilence
Sense 1
plague, pestilence, pest, pestis
> epidemic disease
=> plague, pestilence, pest
=> plague, pestilence, pest, pestis
=> epidemic pleurodynia, epidemic myalgia, myosis, diaphragmatic pleurisy, Bornholm disease
Sense 2
plague, pestilence, pest
> epidemic disease
=> plague, pestilence, pest
=> plague, pestilence, pest, pestis
=> epidemic pleurodynia, epidemic myalgia, myosis, diaphragmatic pleurisy, Bornholm disease
Sense 3
pestilence, canker
> influence
=> imponderable
=> imprint
=> morale builder
=> pestilence, canker
=> support
=> temptation, enticement
Meronyms of noun pestilence
3 senses of pestilence
Sense 1
plague, pestilence, pest, pestis
=> epidemic disease
=> infectious disease
=> communicable disease
=> disease
HAS PART: symptom
HAS PART: sign
HAS PART: syndrome
Sense 2
plague, pestilence, pest
=> epidemic disease
=> infectious disease
=> communicable disease
=> disease
HAS PART: symptom
HAS PART: sign
HAS PART: syndrome
Holonyms of noun pestilence
Grep of noun pestilence
pestilence
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