epidemic
/ˌɛpɪˈdɛmɪk/
adjective
- Spreading rapidly and affecting many people at the same time.
- The government took emergency measures to control the epidemic outbreak.
- The disease became epidemic within weeks, overwhelming local hospitals.
- Epidemic levels of stress are being reported among college students.
- Very common or widespread in a negative sense.
- Violence in the city had become epidemic, affecting every neighborhood.
- Corruption was epidemic in the government at that time.
- The problem of plastic pollution has reached epidemic proportions.
Antonyms
noun
- A widespread occurrence of a disease in a community at a particular time.
- The city declared a public health emergency after the flu epidemic spread rapidly.
- During the cholera epidemic, officials set up clean water stations across the region.
- Schools closed for two weeks to slow the epidemic of measles.
- A sudden, widespread occurrence of something undesirable, such as a social problem or behavior.
- The country is facing an epidemic of misinformation about vaccines.
- The rise in obesity has been called an epidemic by health experts.
- There is an epidemic of loneliness among young people who spend too much time online.