Synonyms for infect
ɪnˈfɛktin·fect

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1. infectverb

   Antonyms:
   disinfect

2. infectverb

   Antonyms:
   disinfect

3. infectverb

   Her passion for dancing has infected me.

   Antonyms:
   disinfect

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1. infect

   The hand may be defiled by a touch of pitch; swine that have been wallowing in the mud are befouled. Contaminate and infect refer to something evil that deeply pervades and permeates, as the human body or mind. Pollute is used chiefly of liquids; as, water polluted with sewage. Tainted meat is repulsive; infected meat contains germs of disease. A soiled garment may be cleansed by washing; a spoiled garment is beyond cleansing or repair. Bright metal is tarnished by exposure; a fair sheet is sullied by a dirty hand. In figurative use, defile may be used merely in the ceremonial sense; "they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled," John xviii, 28; contaminate refers to deep spiritual injury. Pollute has also a reference to sacrilege; as, to pollute a sanctuary, an altar, or an ordinance. The innocent are often contaminated by association with the wicked; the vicious are more and more corrupted by their own excesses. We speak of a vitiated taste or style; fraud vitiates a title or a contract.

   Synonyms:
   befoul, contaminate, corrupt, defile, pollute, soil, spoil, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, vitiate

   Antonyms:
   clean, cleanse, disinfect, hallow, purify, sanctify, wash

   Preposition:
   The temple was defiled with blood; defiled by sacrilegious deeds.

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1. infect

   Synonyms:
   taint, corrupt, contaminate, pollute, defile

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1. infectverb

   communicate a disease to

   "Your children have infected you with this head cold"

   Synonyms:
   taint

   Antonyms:
   disinfect

2. infect, taintverb

   contaminate with a disease or microorganism

   Synonyms:
   cloud, taint, defile, corrupt, sully

   Antonyms:
   disinfect

3. infectverb

   corrupt with ideas or an ideology

   "society was infected by racism"

   Synonyms:
   taint

   Antonyms:
   disinfect

4. infectverb

   affect in a contagious way

   "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room"

   Synonyms:
   taint

   Antonyms:
   disinfect

Matched Categories

1. • Affect
   • Contaminate
   • Corrupt
   • Give

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1. infectverb

   Synonyms:
   taint with disease, affect with contagious matter

2. infectverb

   Synonyms:
   pollute, contaminate, vitiate, poison, defile, corrupt

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1. List of paraphrases for "infect":

   contaminate, infected

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1. Sean Tucker:

   What we found is that if you did an oral immunization, you inhibited the ability for that breakthrough to infect other animals.

2. Joana Carmo:

   Anisakis can infect salmon, herring, cod, mackerel, squids, halibut and red snapper.

3. Agnes Velasquez:

   It is a very serious virus. This virus does not pick and choose who to infect, it could hit you as hard as it hit me. And I don't want anybody to go through what I went through.

4. Deborah Birx:

   It's devastatingly worrisome to me personally if they go home and infect their grandmother or their grandfather who has a comorbid condition and they have a serious or a very - or an unfortunate outcome, they will feel guilty for the rest of our lives.

5. Sanjay Gupta:

   It's a way to show that you are less likely to infect someone else and a reminder that we are all in this together.