Synonyms for endemic
ɛnˈdɛm ɪken·dem·ic

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. endemicadjective

   Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs.

   Kangaroos are endemic to Australia.

   Synonyms:
   native

   Antonyms:
   introduced, alien

2. endemicadjective

   (Especially of plants and animals.) Peculiar to a particular area or region; not found in other places.

   The endemic religion of Easter Island arrived with the Polynesian settlers.

   Synonyms:
   indigenous

3. endemicadjective

   Antonyms:
   systemic

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. endemic, endemic diseasenoun

   a disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location

   Synonyms:
   endemic disease

   Antonyms:
   pestiferous, pestilential, epizootic, ecdemic, cosmopolitan, widely distributed, epiphytotic, foreign, plaguey, pestilent, strange, epidemic, pandemic

2. endemicadjective

   a plant that is native to a certain limited area

   "it is an endemic found only this island"

   Synonyms:
   endemic disease

   Antonyms:
   pestilent, pestilential, strange, epiphytotic, ecdemic, pandemic, widely distributed, plaguey, foreign, epizootic, pestiferous, epidemic, cosmopolitan

3. endemic, endemicaladjective

   of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality

   "diseases endemic to the tropics"; "endemic malaria"; "food shortages and starvation are endemic in certain parts of the world"

   Synonyms:
   autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemical, indigenous

   Antonyms:
   pestilent, strange, epidemic, widely distributed, cosmopolitan, plaguey, epizootic, epiphytotic, pandemic, pestiferous, ecdemic, pestilential, foreign

4. endemicadjective

   native to or confined to a certain region

   "the islands have a number of interesting endemic species"

   Synonyms:
   autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemical, indigenous

   Antonyms:
   pestilential, pandemic, pestilent, widely distributed, epizootic, pestiferous, epiphytotic, ecdemic, foreign, cosmopolitan, strange, epidemic, plaguey

5. autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic, indigenousadjective

   originating where it is found

   "the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo"; "autochthonous rocks and people and folktales"; "endemic folkways"; "the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan"

   Synonyms:
   endemical, autochthonous, autochthonic, autochthonal, indigenous

   Antonyms:
   foreign, widely distributed, pandemic, epizootic, ecdemic, epiphytotic, pestilential, plaguey, strange, pestiferous, epidemic, pestilent, cosmopolitan

Matched Categories

1. • Disease
   • Ecology

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. endemicadjective

   Synonyms:
   (Med.) of a particular district

2. endemicnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Med.) endemical disease

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "endemic":

   rampant, endemicity, hiv-endemic, rife, widespread, pervasive

Suggested Resources

1. Endemic

   Endemic vs. Epidemic -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Endemic and Epidemic.

How to pronounce endemic?

How to say endemic in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use endemic in a sentence?

1. Mike Ryan:

   This virus just may become another endemic virus in our communities and this virus may never go away. HIV hasn't gone away, i'm not comparing the two diseases but I think it is important that we're realistic. I don't think anyone can predict when or if this disease will disappear.

2. Marcos Espinal:

   It's a mosquito that is endemic in the whole of Latin America and the Caribbean, and the population of the Americas was not exposed to the virus, so there's no immunity to it.

3. Tom Hayes:

   I could've done a million things to reduce the trail, the practice was tried and tested, it was so endemic within the bank (UBS), I just thought ... this can't be a big issue because everybody knows about it ... (it was) such an open secret.

4. Zsuzsanna Jakab:

   Until malaria is eradicated globally, people traveling to and from malaria-endemic countries can import the disease to Europe, and we have to keep up the good work to prevent its reintroduction.

5. Abhishek Rimal:

   There have been discussions among scientists around the world -- what will be the fate of Covid moving forward ? one possible scenario is that it will be an endemic disease moving forward... We are tilting toward Covid( being) part and parcel of our life.