All influenza synonyms

noun influenza

• invasion — an act or instance of invading or entering as an enemy, especially by an army.
• scourge — a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture.
• contagion — Contagion is the spreading of a particular disease by someone touching another person who is already affected by the disease.
• pandemic — (of a disease) prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world; epidemic over a large area.
• curse — If you curse, you use rude or offensive language, usually because you are angry about something.
• infection — an act or fact of infecting; state of being infected.
• outbreak — a sudden breaking out or occurrence; eruption: the outbreak of war.
• infestation — the act of infesting; state of being infested.
• pestilence — a deadly or virulent epidemic disease.
• ravage — to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
• rash — acting or tending to act too hastily or without due consideration.
• affliction — An affliction is something which causes physical or mental suffering.
• hydra — A minute freshwater coelenterate with a stalklike tubular body and a ring of tentacles around the mouth.
• flu — influenza.
• cold — Something that is cold has a very low temperature or a lower temperature than is normal or acceptable.
• virus — an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA or DNA core, a protein coat, and, in more complex types, a surrounding envelope.
• bug — A bug is an insect or similar small creature.
• epidemic — A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.