Synonyms for contagious
kənˈteɪ dʒəscon·ta·gious

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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!

   Synonyms:
   catching, infectious

   Antonyms:
   non-contagious

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 AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. contagious

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

   Antonyms:
   sporadic, endemic, preventive, antipathetic

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.5 / 4 votes

1. contagiousadjective

   easily diffused or spread as from one person to another

   "a contagious grin"

   Synonyms:
   transmittable, transmissible, contractable, catching, communicable

   Antonyms:
   noninfectious

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

   (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection

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

   Antonyms:
   noninfectious

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1. contagiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   infectious, catching

2. contagiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   pestilential, pestiferous, poisonous, deadly

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1. contagiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   communicable, infectious, pestilential, pestiferous

   Antonyms:
   incommunicable

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1. List of paraphrases for "contagious":

   communicable, infectious, transmissible

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. contagious

   Synonyms:
   Infectious

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1. Ashish Jha:

   We were hit with the BA.1 -- wave of infections in December, January. We saw BA.2. And now we're seeing, in a large chunk of the country, BA.2.12.1. They are more contagious with more immune escape, and they are driving a lot of the increases in infection that we're seeing across the nation right now.

2. Carly Fiorina:

   We are talking about contagious diseases and I would certainly encourage parents to vaccinate their children.

3. Don Milton:

   We know that the Delta variant circulating now is even more contagious than the Alpha variant. Our research indicates that the variants just keep getting better at travelling through the air, so we must provide better ventilation and wear tight-fitting masks, in addition to vaccination, to help stop spread of the virus.

4. Melody Gardot:

   We all worry about contagion now, but a smile is one of the contagious issues that I would like to have, it can make us feel a little more connected despite what is going on. We cannot touch each other, we cannot travel, this is kind of a postcard.

5. Meng Hu:

   I've been talking nonstop, my throat gets really hoarse. [ In this job, ] you need to talk a lot, because your mood is contagious. You can't just do things halfway. Only when you talk enthusiastically can you get your audience excited.