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AIDS¹

  • /eɪdz/

Sounds like aids, aides · Rhymes with -eɪdz

noun Aids

  1. abbreviation, acronym, uncountable Acronym of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome The student-led group has consistently ranked among the top 20 fundraisers for the walkathon, organizers said. Started 15 years ago by a determined 7-year-old named Leo Beckerman, Kids Who Care has raised more than $500,000 for AIDS organizations, according to the Beckerman family, of Studio City.

    Similar: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, AIDS, 4H disease, gay cancer, gay plague, gay-related immunodeficiency, GRID

adjective more AIDS · most AIDS · Aids

  1. offensive, slang, vulgar Extremely annoying or frustrating. Dude, this game is so fucking AIDS.

    Similar: cancer, pure cancer

aids²

  • /eɪdz/ UK, US

Sounds like ades, aides, AIDS

noun

  1. plural plural of aid

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of aid

Aids³

noun

  1. uncountable Alternative letter-case form of AIDS (“acquired immune deficiency syndrome”). If you were a South African health journalist during the late 1990s and early 2000s, you were mostly an Aids reporter.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hiv, pandemic, epidemic, infection, acquired, disease, syndrome, prosthetics, prosthesis, prosthetic, bug, facet, sida, illness, sickness, sick

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noun acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

EspañolSIDA, sida
한국어에이즈 eijeu
日本語エイズ eizu
中文艾滋病 àizībìng, 愛滋病 /爱滋病 àizībìng, 愛死病 /爱死病 àisǐbìng
हिन्दीएड्स eḍs
KiswahiliUKIMWI
PortuguêsSIDA, AIDS
FrançaisSIDA
DeutschAids
ItalianoSIDA, AIDS
ΕλληνικάAIDS
RomânăSIDA
РусскийСПИД SPID
Tiếng ViệtAIDS, SIĐA, SIDA
العربيةإِيدْز ʔīdz, سِيدَا sīdā
עבריתאיידס eyds

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@misc{aids_2026,
  title = {aids},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aids},
  urldate = {2026-11-05}
}