1. epidemic

noun. ['ˌɛpəˈdɛmɪk, ˌɛpɪˈdɛmɪk'] a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time.

Rhymes with Epidemic

• nonacademic
• systemic
• pandemic
• glycemic
• academic
• polemic
• endemic
• remick
• remic
• nemec
• demick
• emmick
• emick

How do you pronounce epidemic?

Pronounce epidemic as ˌɛpɪˈdɛmɪk.

US - How to pronounce epidemic in American English

UK - How to pronounce epidemic in British English

Sentences with epidemic

1. Noun, singular or mass
Obesity is a major epidemic not only in humans, but also in their fluffy counterparts -- dogs!

2. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Are you concerned about the type 2 diabetes epidemic in America?

3. Adjective
Obesity is at an epidemic level in the United States.

Quotes about epidemic

1. I cannot understand anti-abortion arguments that centre on the sanctity of life. As a species we've fairly comprehensively demonstrated that we don't believe in the sanctity of life. The shrugging acceptance of war, famine, epidemic, pain and life-long poverty shows us that, whatever we tell ourselves, we've made only the most feeble of efforts to really treat human life as sacred.
- Caitlin Moran, How to Be a Woman

2. epidemic

adjective. ['ˌɛpəˈdɛmɪk, ˌɛpɪˈdɛmɪk'] (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously.