Synonyms for communicable
kəˈmyu nɪ kə bəlcom·mu·ni·ca·ble

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1. communicableadjective

   Antonyms:
   incommunicable

2. communicableadjective

   Antonyms:
   incommunicable

3. communicableadjective

   Antonyms:
   incommunicable

4. communicableadjective

   Antonyms:
   incommunicable

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

   (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection

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

   Antonyms:
   incommunicative, noninfectious, uncommunicative

2. communicableadjective

   readily communicated

   "communicable ideas"

   Synonyms:
   transmittable, transmissible, contractable, catching, contagious

   Antonyms:
   uncommunicative, incommunicative, noninfectious

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1. List of paraphrases for "communicable":

   transmissible, contagious, infectious, transmittable, transferable, transmitted

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1. Peter Hotez:

   So many of these neglected tropical diseases are not acute infections like ... the flu or common cold, many are chronic, debilitating conditions that mimic non-communicable diseases ... If somebody has epilepsy, they don't think of cysticercosis ... If a child tests poorly in school, the pediatrician or nurse practitioner won't think of toxocariasis.

2. Mike Clark:

   I believe that it's a freedom issue and I've worn a mask probably a maximum of one hour throughout this whole Covid thing. if it's so communicable, why am I still standing ?

3. Bayard Roberts:

   Traditionally the focus has been on communicable (infectious) disease and maternal and child care.

4. Richard Sullivan:

   It's important to remember that's where the WHO came from, non-communicable diseases (such as heart diseases, cancer and diabetes) just weren't on their radar at all.

5. Paul Callan:

   Cutting off funding to districts which choose to require masking to prevent the spread of Covid-19, a potentially deadly communicable disease, would violate the states' paramount duty' to educate all children, not just the unmasked.