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Synonyms for germ
dʒɜrmgerm

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 2 votes

  1. germ

    Synonyms:
    seed, nucleus, embryo, origin, bud

    Antonyms:
    fruit, development, result

Princeton's WordNet2.0 / 4 votes

  1. source, seed, germnoun

    anything that provides inspiration for later work

    Synonyms:
    generator, rootage, seeded player, seed, bug, reference, informant, seminal fluid, beginning, semen, cum, root, microbe, come, source, ejaculate, author, origin, reservoir

  2. germnoun

    a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism

    Synonyms:
    seed, source, microbe, bug

  3. microbe, bug, germnoun

    a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

    Synonyms:
    seed, hemipteran, hemipterous insect, bug, glitch, source, microbe, hemipteron

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. germnoun

    Synonyms:
    ovary, embryo, seed-bud, young bud

  2. germnoun

    Synonyms:
    origin, first principle

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. germnoun

    Synonyms:
    origin, first principle, embryo, bud, seed, spore

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How to use germ in a sentence?

  1. Tom Robbins, _Skinny Legs and All_, 1990, p. 305.:

    ...to emphasize the afterlife is to deny life. To concentrate on Heaven is to create hell. In their desperate longing to transcend the disorderliness, friction, and unpredictability that pesters life; in their desire for a fresh start in a tidy habitat, germ-free and secured by angels, religious multitudes are gambling the only life they may ever have on a dark horse in a race that has no finish line."

  2. Kevin Forsyth:

    The theory is that if people in close contact with the infant are not carrying the germ, then they can not transmit it to the infant, yes, it works, but practically it is not really feasible.

  3. Pearl Sydenstricker Buck:

    Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.

  4. Victoria Sowards:

    Bringing one from home, you know it is clean and germ free.

  5. James Scott:

    It is important for people to understand that this study is specifically concerned with one particular germ that is increasingly implicated in hospital-acquired infections, this study really only applies to the specific environment of hospitals, and I'm confident that alcohol-based disinfectants will continue to remain highly effective in general use.


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