Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pustule

1 sense of pustule

Sense 1
pustule -- (a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus)
       => pimple, hickey, zit -- (a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne)
       => blister, bulla, bleb -- ((pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid)