Sweeping epidemic Synonyms

Definitions for Sweeping


  • (adjective) having considerable extent
  • (adjective) taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination
  • (adjective) ignoring distinctions

Definitions for Epidemic


  • (adjective) exciting a similar feeling or reaction in others
  • (noun) a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease ; many people are infected at the same time
  • (adjective) (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously