cold sore

Questions about cold sore

What is another word for cold sore?

It depends which cold sore you mean. In the sense “caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1)”, the synonyms are oral herpes, herpes labialis, fever blister. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of cold sore?

WordNet records no antonym for cold sore. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for cold sore come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of cold sore

• Full entry for cold soreAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for cold soreWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.