Word.ws English Dictionary

anti-viral

anti-viral is the alternative form of antiviral.

Meaning of antiviral

Adjective

antiviral (not comparable)

  1. Inhibiting the growth and reproduction of a virus.
  2. Eliminating or inhibiting the action of a computer virus.

See all 3 meanings of antiviral

Origin of anti-viral

From anti- + viral.

Questions about anti-viral

What is anti-viral the alternative form of?
Anti-viral is the alternative form of antiviral.

Words near anti-viral in the dictionary

  1. anti-verses
  2. anti-Viagra
  3. anti-Vietnamese
  4. anti-villain
  5. anti-villains
  6. anti-viral
  7. anti-virus
  8. anti-viruses
  9. anti-war
  10. anti-westernism
  11. anti-whale

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: anti-viral (page history and authors); antiviral (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “anti-viral.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/anti-viral. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.