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All cancer synonyms

can·cer
C c

noun cancer

  • tumor — a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
  • corruption — Corruption is dishonesty and illegal behaviour by people in positions of authority or power.
  • malignancy — the quality or condition of being malignant.
  • disease — a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
  • sickness — a particular disease or malady.
  • canker — A canker is something evil that spreads and affects things or people.
  • c — C is the third letter of the English alphabet.
  • carcinoma — Carcinoma is a type of cancer.
  • big c — cancer (sense 4)
  • growth — the act or process, or a manner of growing; development; gradual increase.
  • tumour — a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
  • melanoma — any of several types of skin tumors characterized by the malignant growth of melanocytes.
  • sarcoma — any of various malignant tumors composed of neoplastic cells resembling embryonic connective tissue.
  • blight — You can refer to something as a blight when it causes great difficulties, and damages or spoils other things.
  • scourge — a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture.
  • pest — a city in and the capital of Hungary, in the central part, on the Danube River: formed 1873 from two cities on the W bank of the Danube (Buda and Obuda) and one on the E bank (Pest)
  • plague — French La Peste. a novel (1947) by Albert Camus.
  • menace — something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
  • bane — The bane of someone or the bane of someone's life is something that frequently makes them feel unhappy or annoyed.
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