What is another word for infectious?
Synonyms for infectious
ɪnˈfɛk ʃəsin·fec·tious
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Wiktionary
infectiousadjective
Able to infect others.
Despite feeling better, the patient is still infectious.
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contagiousinfectiousadjective
Spreading quickly from one person to another.
Her enthusiasm for work can be really infectious.
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contagiousinfectiousadjective
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catching, contagiousinfectiousadjective
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catchy, contagious
Princeton's WordNet
infectious, infectiveadjective
caused by infection or capable of causing infection
"viruses and other infective agents"; "a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease"
Synonyms:
infective, morbific, pathogenicAntonyms:
nontransmissible, noncommunicable, noncontagious, noninfectious, antisepticinfectiousadjective
easily spread
"fear is exceedingly infectious; children catch it from their elders"- Bertrand Russell
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infectiveAntonyms:
antiseptic, noninfectious, nontransmissible, noncontagious, noncommunicableinfectiousadjective
of or relating to infection
"infectious hospital"; "infectious disease"
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infectiveAntonyms:
antiseptic, noncontagious, noninfectious, nontransmissible, noncommunicable
Dictionary of English Synonymes
infectiousadjective
Synonyms:
contagious, pestilential, pestiferous, catchinginfectiousadjective
Synonyms:
contaminating, corrupting, vitiating, poisoning, defiling
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
infectiousadjective
Synonyms:
contagious, pestiferous, epidemic, vitiating
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "infectious":
contagious, infective, communicable, transmissible, infectivity, infection, ferry
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How to use infectious in a sentence?
We've seen from Ebola that in this global world that we're living in that infectious diseases can travel around, the conditions for these diseases are dynamic over time and given that we're changing our social and environmental dynamics, the global distribution of these infectious diseases like dengue is going to change.
Infectious Diseases Society of America:
This pandemic has demonstrated that neither national boundaries nor political positions can protect us from the spread of an infectious disease.
We are devastated and completely heartbroken, demaryius' humility, warmth, kindness and infectious smile will always be remembered by those who knew Demaryius Thomas and loved Demaryius Thomas.
We were able to feed off some good energy, in the second half we were able to get stops, get deflections and we ran down the other end like we were going downhill. We gained momentum and it became infectious throughout the whole group.
Heaven is Just and Infectious Disease Knocking At Your Door.
Translations for infectious
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- معدArabic
- infecciósCatalan, Valencian
- infekčníCzech
- ansteckend, infektiösGerman
- infecciosoSpanish
- tarttuva, tartuntavaarallinenFinnish
- infectieuxFrench
- संक्रामकHindi
- fertőzőHungarian
- menularIndonesian
- smitandiIcelandic
- infettivoItalian
- 感染性Japanese
- 감염성Korean
- smittsomNorwegian
- aanstekelijkDutch
- smittsommeNorwegian
- zaraźliwyPolish
- infecciosoPortuguese
- infecțiosRomanian
- зарази́тельный, инфекцио́нный, зара́зныйRussian
- smittandeSwedish
- தொற்றுTamil
- bulaşıcıTurkish
- 傳染的Chinese
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