Synonyms of the word

germ

• n. (biology) The small mass of cells from which a new organism develops; a seed, bud or spore.
• n. A pathogenic microorganism.
• n. The embryo of a seed, especially of a seed used as a cereal or grain. See Wikipedia article on cereal…
• n. (figuratively) The origin of an idea or project.
• n. (mathematics) An equivalence class that includes a specified function defined in an open neighborhood.
• v. To germinate.
• v. (slang) To grow, as if parasitic.

bug

• n. (colloquial) Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath.
• n. An insect of the order Hemiptera (the "true bugs").
• n. (colloquial) Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.
• n. Various species of marine or freshwater crustaceans; e.g. a Morton Bay bug, mudbug.
• n. (chiefly computing) A problem that needs fixing.
• n. A contagious illness; a bacterium or virus causing it.
• n. An enthusiasm for something; an obsession.
• n. An electronic intercept device.
• n. A small and and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page,…
• n. (broadcasting) A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program…
• n. (aviation) A manually positioned marker in flight instruments.
• n. A semi-automated telegraph key.
• n. (obsolete) A bugbear; anything that terrifies.
• n. (chiefly LGBT, "the bug") HIV.
• n. (poker) A limited form of wild card in some variants of poker.
• n. (paleontology, slang) A trilobite.
• v. (informal, transitive) To annoy.
• v. (transitive) To install an electronic listening device or devices in.

inspiration

• n. (physiology, uncountable) The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the…
• n. (countable) A breath, a single inhalation.
• n. A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified…
• n. The act of an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.
• n. A person, object, or situation which quickens or stimulates an influence upon the intellect, emotions…
• n. A new idea, especially one which arises suddenly and is clever or creative.

micro-organism

• n. Alternative spelling of microorganism.

microbe

• n. (microbiology) Any microorganism, but especially a harmful bacterium.

microorganism

• n. (microbiology) An organism that is too small to be seen by the unaided eye, especially a single-celled…

seed

• n. (countable) A fertilized grain, initially encased in a fruit, which may grow into a mature plant.
• n. (countable, botany) A fertilized ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
• n. (uncountable) An amount of fertilized grain that cannot be readily counted.
• n. (uncountable) Semen.
• n. (countable) A precursor.
• n. (countable) The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the…
• n. (now rare) Offspring, descendants, progeny.
• n. Race; generation; birth.
• v. (transitive) To plant or sow an area with seeds.
• v. To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
• v. (transitive) To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.
• v. (sports, gaming) To allocate a seeding to a competitor.
• v. (Internet, transitive) To leave (files) available for others to download through BitTorrent.
• v. To be able to compete (especially in a quarter-final/semi-final/final).
• v. To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.
• v. (dialectal) simple past tense and past participle of see.

source

• n. The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
• n. Spring; fountainhead; wellhead; any collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which…
• n. A reporter's informant.
• n. (computing) Source code.
• n. (electronics) The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
• v. (chiefly US) To obtain or procure: used especially of a business resource.
• v. (transitive) To find information about (a quotation)'s source (from which it comes): to find a citation…

structure

• n. A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
• n. The underlying shape of a solid.
• n. The overall form or organization of something.
• n. A set of rules defining behaviour.
• n. (computing) Several pieces of data treated as a unit.
• n. (fishing, uncountable) Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend…
• n. A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.
• n. (logic) A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.
• v. (transitive) To give structure to; to arrange.