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. Jim Bolton:

   When we think of staying healthy, we often think of taking exercise and eating a healthy diet. However, we should also make time for our friendships as part of a healthy lifestyle, this study is additional evidence of the importance of friends and family in maintaining good mental health ... [and] importantly, this study indicates that when we do speak to family and friends our depression is not 'infectious,'.

2. Mona Gohara:

   Many infectious disease experts will say that if you can eliminate facial hair, or if you can at least trim it just so it fits within the confines of the mask, then that's advisable, there have to be solutions for people where that's not an option. And that's something that, as medical providers, we need to address.

3. Michael Osterholm:

   I seriously doubt that the Chinese public officials have any data supporting this statement, i know of no evidence in 17 years of working with coronaviruses -- SARS and MERS -- where anyone has been found to be infectious during their incubation period.

4. Gyeonggi Province:

   Such information should only be used for crises like infectious diseases, but thankfully our people understand that it is inevitable in battling the pandemic.

5. Robyn Curnow:

   A lot of what sticks with you with Desmond Tutu when you're interviewing him is his laugh, his infectious sense of humor, his ability to make a joke of things, he has a positive energy that defies suffering, and he knows that he comes from a place where pain and suffering are probably more common, but he chooses joy.