Colloquial Variant guide

AIDS

adj · noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /eɪdz/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: aids
  • homophone: aides
  • rhymes with -eɪdz
  • Received-Pronunciation, US: /eɪdz/
  • homophone: ades
  • homophone: AIDS
  • CMU ARPABET: EY1 D Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Extremely annoying or frustrating.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: offensive, slang, vulgar

Examples

  • Dude, this game is so fucking AIDS.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cancer, pure cancer

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Acronym of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

plural of aid

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Alternative letter-case form of AIDS (“acquired immune deficiency syndrome”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

third-person singular simple present indicative of aid

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: acquired immune deficiency syndrome

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: immunodeficiency, infectious disease

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

116 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Vigs — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Albanian: SIDA — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Albanian: sida — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Albanian: AIDS — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Albanian: aids — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Amharic: ኤድስ (ʾeds) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Arabic: إِيدْز (ʔīdz) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Arabic: سِيدَا (sīdā) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Aragonese: SIDA — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Armenian: ՁԻԱՀ (JIAH) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Asturian: SIDA — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Azerbaijani: QİCS — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Bambara: Sida — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Belarusian: СНІД (SNID) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Bengali: এইডস (eiḍs) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Bulgarian: СПИН — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Catalan: sida — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Catalan: SIDA — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Chichewa: Edzi — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Chinese Cantonese: 艾滋病 (ngaai6 zi1 beng6) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Chinese Cantonese: 愛滋病 /爱滋病 (oi3 zi1 beng6) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Chinese Mandarin: 艾滋病 (àizībìng) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Chinese Mandarin: 愛滋病 /爱滋病 (àizībìng) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Chinese Mandarin: 愛死病 /爱死病 (àisǐbìng) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Czech: AIDS — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Danish: aids — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Dinka: adarwäl — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Dutch: aids — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Esperanto: aidoso — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Estonian: AIDS — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Faroese: eyðkvæmi — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Finnish: AIDS — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • French: SIDA — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Friulian: AIDS — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Galician: SIDA — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Georgian: შიდსი (šidsi) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • German: Aids — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Greek: AIDS — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Gujarati: એડ્સ (eḍs) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Haitian Creole: sida — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Haitian Creole: SIDA — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Hebrew: איידס (eyds) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Hindi: एड्स (eḍs) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Hungarian: AIDS — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Icelandic: alnæmi — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Indonesian: AIDS — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Irish: SEIF — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Italian: SIDA — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Italian: AIDS — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Japanese: エイズ (eizu) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Kannada: ಏಡ್ಸ್ (ēḍs) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Kazakh: ЖИТС (JİTS) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Khmer: អេដស៍ (ʼeet) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Khmer: ស៊ីដា (siidaa) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Korean: 에이즈 (eijeu) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Northern Kurdish: AIDS — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Northern Kurdish: nîşana nemana bergiriya destketî — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Lakota: kȟošká-tȟáŋka — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Lakota: čhuȟáŋ-tȟáŋka — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Lao: ໂລກເອດສ (lōk ʼēt sa) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Latin: SCDI — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Latvian: AIDS — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Lingala: Sida — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Lithuanian: AIDS — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Luxembourgish: Aids — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Macedonian: СИДА (SIDA) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Malay: AIDS — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Malayalam: എയ്ഡ്സ് (eyḍsŭ) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Maltese: AIDS — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Māori: mātai mate hinengaro — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Māori: mate ārai kore — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Māori: mate parekore — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Mongolian: ДОХ (DOX) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Navajo: atsʼíís yichʼą́ą́h naabaahii bąąh dah hazʼą́ yileehgo — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Newar: एड्स (eḍsa) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Norwegian Bokmål: aids — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Occitan: SIDA — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Ojibwe: majimiskwi-aakoziwin — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Pashto: اېډز (eydz) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Persian: ایدز (eydz) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Polish: AIDS — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Portuguese: SIDA — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Portuguese: AIDS — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Quechua: UHCW — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Romanian: SIDA — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Russian: СПИД (SPID) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Scottish Gaelic: galar na seirg — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Serbo-Croatian: СИДА — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Serbo-Croatian: SIDA — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Shan: ဢဵတ်ႇ (ʼàet) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Sicilian: AIDS — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Slovak: aids — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Slovene: aids — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Spanish: SIDA — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Spanish: sida — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Swahili: UKIMWI — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Swedish: aids — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Tamil: வேட்டை நோய் (vēṭṭai nōy) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Tamil: உடற்தேய்வு நோய் (uṭaṟtēyvu nōy) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Tatar: AİDS — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Telugu: ఎయిడ్స్ (eyiḍs) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Thai: เอดส์ (èet) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Turkish: AIDS — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Ukrainian: СНІД (SNID) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Urdu: ایڈس (eḍs) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Vietnamese: AIDS — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Vietnamese: SIĐA — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Vietnamese: SIDA — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Volapük: fijesiped — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Welsh: AID — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Welsh: SDIC — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Wolaytta: Eedisiya — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Xibe: ᡝᡞ ᠠᡞ ᡩᡞ ᠠᡞᠰ (ei ai di ais) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Yiddish: עידס (eyds) — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Yoruba: éèdì — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Zhuang: bingh'aiswhbing — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome