English Explanatory Dictionary

viral

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to a biological virus.
  2. Caused by a virus.
  3. Of the nature of an informatic virus; able to spread copies of itself to other computers.
  4. Spread by word of mouth with minimal intervention, in order to create buzz and interest.
  5. Circulated rapidly and widely from one user to another.
noun
  1. A video, image or text spread by "word of mouth" on the internet or by e-mail for humorous, political or marketing purposes.

Pronunciation

vī′rəl /ˈvaɪɹəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-viral.wav

Word forms

viral virals

Etymology

From virus + -al.

Synonyms

virous

Derived words

adenoviral alphacoronaviral antiviral anti-viral astroviral betacoronaviral bovine viral diarrhea bovine viral diarrhoea cardioviral coronaviral cryptoviral endogenous viral element enteroviral extraviral gammacoronaviral go viral haloviral herpesviral interviral intraviral lipoviral megaviral micro-viral microviral multiviral mycoviral myoviral myxoviral neuroviral nonviral oncoviral panviral phleboviral phycoviral phytoviral postviral poxviral previral proviral pseudoviral retroviral riboviral semiviral subviral superviral viral envelope virality viral load virally viral marketing viral media viralness viral sex viral vector
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