Synonyms for endemic
ɛnˈdɛm ɪken·dem·ic

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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

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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

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1. List of paraphrases for "endemic":

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

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1. 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.

2. Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussein:

   The authorities must bring an end to the endemic impunity in Darfur.

3. Eran Raizman:

   The virus is already practically endemic in Nigeria and we fear that other countries that don't have the budget, the human resources and the technical capacity adequate to eliminate the disease will face the( same) risk, in terms of food security and livelihoods it's a severe issue because it hampers people's efforts to progress economically.

4. Daniel Lucey:

   Unless the community understands, and trusts the health care system — national and international — then I don't think we're going to be able to get to zero cases, and the virus is going to become endemic.

5. Michael Dee:

   I do not believe that any individual can turn Deutsche around like this, john's gift is a superior analytical mind, however the problems endemic in the system are well beyond those of pure analysis and extend to the self perception and self analysis of the individuals in the middle of the organisation.