Synonyms for infectious
ɪnˈfɛk ʃəsin·fec·tious

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.3 / 10 votes

1. infectiousadjective

   Able to infect others.

   Despite feeling better, the patient is still infectious.

   Synonyms:
   contagious

2. infectiousadjective

   Spreading quickly from one person to another.

   Her enthusiasm for work can be really infectious.

   Synonyms:
   contagious

3. infectiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   catching, contagious

4. infectiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   catchy, contagious

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. 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, infectious, morbific, pathogenic

   Antonyms:
   nontransmissible, noncommunicable, noncontagious, noninfectious, antiseptic

2. infectiousadjective

   easily spread

   "fear is exceedingly infectious; children catch it from their elders"- Bertrand Russell

   Synonyms:
   infective

   Antonyms:
   antiseptic, noninfectious, nontransmissible, noncontagious, noncommunicable

3. infectiousadjective

   of or relating to infection

   "infectious hospital"; "infectious disease"

   Synonyms:
   infective

   Antonyms:
   antiseptic, noncontagious, noninfectious, nontransmissible, noncommunicable

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. infectiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   contagious, pestilential, pestiferous, catching

2. infectiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   contaminating, corrupting, vitiating, poisoning, defiling

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. infectiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   contagious, pestiferous, epidemic, vitiating

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "infectious":

   contagious, infective, communicable, transmissible, infectivity, infection, ferry

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1. Jenny Harries:

   As we've seen in previous cases, we have well-established and robust infection control procedures for dealing with cases of imported infectious disease and these will be strictly followed to minimize the risk of transmission.

2. Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five Rings:

   There is infection in everything. Even sleepiness can be infectious, and yawning can be infectious. There is even the infection of a time.

3. Georges Benjamin:

   The simple answer is -- you have a virus that's highly infectious. It's going to spread to the people who are most vulnerable, and that's going to be the people who are least likely to be vaccinated, and it's still true that the younger people are still least likely to be vaccinated.

4. William Schaffner:

   Measles is the most highly infectious virus that we know of and can be transmitted fairly readily to susceptible individuals, the measles virus can hover in the air and be infectious for hours afterward.

5. Marty Irby:

   Were thrilled to see a light at the end of the tunnel with Chinas proposal to reclassify dogs as companion animals and bring an end to dog meat trade, these animals are our dutiful companions and not our dinner fare. If COVID19 has taught us anything, its that we can not allow infectious practices such as eating bats, dogs, cats, pangolins, and other exotic creatures to continue not only for the welfare of the animals, but for the heath and safety of the human race and global economy. Its believed that the coronavirus pandemic originated from a wet market in Wuhan, China. Marty Irby added that.