What are some opposite words for contagious?

Antonyms for contagious
kənˈteɪ dʒəscon·ta·gious

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Wiktionary2.7 / 3 votes

  1. contagiousadjective

    Antonyms:
    non-contagious

  2. contagiousadjective

    Of a disease, easily transmitted to others.

    The flu was so contagious that everybody in town got sick!

    Antonyms:
    non-contagious

    Synonyms:
    catching, infectious

  3. contagiousadjective

    Wearing jeans was a contagious fad at that time.

    Antonyms:
    non-contagious

  4. contagiousadjective

    They were highly contagious, spreading bacteria to other people.

    Antonyms:
    non-contagious

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 1 vote

  1. contagious

    Antonyms:
    sporadic, endemic, preventive, antipathetic

    Synonyms:
    catching, epidemic, infectious, pestilential, communicated, transferred, transmitted, infections

Princeton's WordNet2.5 / 4 votes

  1. contagiousadjective

    easily diffused or spread as from one person to another

    "a contagious grin"

    Antonyms:
    noninfectious

    Synonyms:
    transmittable, transmissible, contractable, catching, communicable

  2. catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittableadjective

    (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection

    Antonyms:
    noninfectious

    Synonyms:
    inherited, genetic, communicable, transmittable, ancestral, catching, hereditary, patrimonial, familial, transmissible, contractable, transmitted

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words5.0 / 1 vote

  1. contagiousadjective

    Antonyms:
    incommunicable

    Synonyms:
    communicable, infectious, pestilential, pestiferous

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. contagious

    Synonyms:
    Infectious

How to use contagious in a sentence?

  1. The CDC:

    People are thought to be most contagious when they are most symptomatic( the sickest), some spread might be possible before people show symptoms ; there have been reports of this occurring with... coronavirus, but this is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads.

  2. Governor Jay Ipsee:

    The measles virus is a highly contagious infectious disease that can be fatal in small children, and the existence of 26 confirmed cases in the state of Washington creates an extreme public health risk that may quickly spread to other counties.

  3. Associated Press:

    People need to get vaccinated, they need to protect themselves, we know that this new variant is extremely contagious, and we also know that it is not that serious if you have been vaccinated and boosted.

  4. Andreas Harsono:

    It began with a moral panic : that homosexuality was contagious, that it might affect children, that it is more dangerous than nuclear war.

  5. Amesh Adalja:

    I think the focus needs to be on vaccines, not on masks for vaccinated individuals, i don’t see that being a major way the trajectory of cases changes. If it’s a rare occurrence maybe contagious in a small number of people- how is that going to make a dent in transmission going on from unvaccinated [people]?

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#11695preventive
#23588endemic
#26169contagious
#27660sporadic
#172438noninfectious

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