Synonyms for fungus
ˈfʌŋ gəs; ˈfʌn dʒaɪ, ˈfʌŋ gaɪfun·gus

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1. fungusnoun

   Synonyms:
   mushroom, mold

2. fungusnoun

   Any member of the kingdom Fungi; a eukaryotic organism typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.

   Synonyms:
   mushroom, mold

Princeton's WordNet

1. fungusnoun

   an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia

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1. fungusnoun

   Synonyms:
   spongy excrescence

2. fungusnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Bot.) flowerless plant (as the mushroom, toadstool, &c.), cryptogamous plant

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1. fungusnoun

   Synonyms:
   thallogen, thallophyte, granulation, proud flesh

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1. List of paraphrases for "fungus":

   mushroom, fungal, fungi, mushrooms, mold, mould

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1. Joe Graedon:

   I've been recommending VapoRub as a safe, easy way to get rid of nail fungus for years, you coat the nail once or twice a day.

2. Matt Nelsen:

   We share a lot of biochemical similarities, and so when we are trying to kill off the fungus, we need to be careful that we’re not also killing ourselves.

3. Youssef Sadaki:

   A terrorist militia now controls the capabilities of millions and threatens Kurdish areas as well. HTS controls every point, and the troops coming in from Arsal on the Lebanese border are only giving more power to HTS. That means no group on the ground has the strength to fight them, this is a real war and this will affect the U.S interests outside the Middle East. These non-state actors spread like fungus everywhere.

4. Hemant Thacker:

   The fungus takes the window of opportunity, invades the body, this body has a small opening because of Covid, because of the sugars( high glucose levels), because of the antibiotics -- because of so many other things,( black fungus) gets a foothold.

5. Devin Shomaker:

   There is zero disease pressure here, the constant swirling airflows reduce pressure from fungus. And we have exposure for days.