Bug
Bug noun - An abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning.
Usage example: I can't go to work today because I've caught some bug that's going around
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| similar | similar bug | similar plague |
| common | common bug | common plague |
| alien | alien bug | alien plague |
| simple | simple bug | simple plague |
| Other adjectives: nasty, actual, real, massive, large, big, evil, terrible, horrible, major, fatal, last, golden, literal, giant. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- As Trevor collects a specimen of the plague bearing bug from the bloody water, she is shown to collapse into the waters herself in the background presumably from her wounds and/or the effects of the plague.
Source: Instant Death Bullet -
In The Satan Bug, insane millionaire Charles Ainsley makes it very clear to the hero that he's perfectly happy to unleash the title plague and wipe out all life on Earth.
Source: Omnicidal Maniac - They start with quite a few members, but they all either FaceHeel Turn one by one so that by Plague, they're left with just Caine himself, Dianna, Bug, and Penny.
Source: Dwindling Party
Cite this Source
Plague and Bug. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bug/plague
Bug & Plague. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bug/plague>.
Plague or Bug. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bug/plague.
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