Antonyms for contagious
kənˈteɪ dʒəscon·ta·gious

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.7 / 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 AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. contagious

   Antonyms:
   sporadic, endemic, preventive, antipathetic

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.5 / 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 WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. contagiousadjective

   Antonyms:
   incommunicable

   Synonyms:
   communicable, infectious, pestilential, pestiferous

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

1. contagious

   Synonyms:
   Infectious

How to use contagious in a sentence?

1. Nicole Saphier:

   When the vaccines initially became available, the ability to prevent symptomatic disease was over 90% so people choosing not to be vaccinated were largely responsible for viral transmission. This is no longer the case, vaccinated, and even boosted individuals are getting infected with the highly contagious variant and transmitting it to others as the ability to prevent symptomatic illness has dropped below 30% and the immediate protection of the booster is short-lived. There is no level of boosting that will fully prevent symptomatic illness and subsequent transmission.

2. Michel Van Herp:

   It's entirely possible to do this, at least we could reassure an individual that his semen is negative and he is not contagious.

3. Drew White:

   I think he( Swarbrick) was floored by our conviction, we told Kurt Hinish the next guy was already in the building and was ready for the job. He( Marcus Freeman) has a contagious energy to Kurt Hinish. Kurt Hinish brings young men together.

4. Health Minister Katsunobu Kato:

   We still don't know how strongly contagious this is... we understand that everybody is concerned.

5. Carly Fiorina:

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

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