Synonyms for plague

Other words for “plague”, grouped by meaning.

We found 15 synonyms for “plague”. The most common are pestilence, pest, pestis, infestation, blight.

noun 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

noun any epidemic disease with a high death rate

noun a swarm of insects that attack plants

Synonymsinfestation

verb cause to suffer a blight

Synonymsblight

verb annoy continually or chronically

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University