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Synonyms of coronavirus

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Another word for coronavirus is crown virus. Other synonyms of coronavirus are corona, rona, Wuhan virus, Wuhan coronavirus and China virus.

Synonyms and similar words for coronavirus

nounMember of the family Coronaviridae.

  • crown virus rareA member of the family Coronaviridae; a coronavirus.

nounMore synonyms

nounThe disease COVID-19.

Meaning of coronavirus

  1. noun A member of the family Coronaviridae, comprising viruses which infect animals and human beings, and the genome of which consists of a single strand of RNA.
  2. noun SARS-CoV-2, the specific coronavirus that causes the infectious disease COVID-19.
  3. noun An illness caused by a coronavirus.

Full definition of coronavirus

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Questions about synonyms of coronavirus

What is another word for coronavirus?
Coronavirus has 9 synonyms on Word.ws, such as crown virus, corona, rona, Wuhan virus, Wuhan coronavirus, China virus, Chinese virus and Wuhan flu.
What does coronavirus mean?
Coronavirus means a member of the family Coronaviridae, comprising viruses which infect animals and human beings, and the genome of which consists of a single strand of RNA.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: coronavirus (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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