contagious

Meaning

  1. Easily transmitted to others.
  2. (figuratively) Easily passed on to others.
  3. Having a disease that can be transmitted to another person.
  4. Contiguous.

Opposite of
noncontagious, noncommunicable, nontransmissible
Synonyms

infectious
C2
catching
B2
communicable
transmissible
contractable
transmittable
infected
B2
infective
glutinous
gummy
22k
hanging
B1
ill
B1
🤢
infect
C2
mucilaginous
pasty
25k
pestiferous
pestilent
propagation
45k
septic
C2
spreading
C1
sticky
C1
tacky
C2
transmission
C1
viscid
viscous
45k
zymotic

communicable disease

germ-carrying

relating to the skin

resulting from contact

adherent

plague pest pestilence

adhesive
25k
ailing
24k
catchy
C2
communicate
B2

contagious disease

epidemic
C2
gluey
Translations

contagioso
contagieux
ansteckend
besmettelijk
aanstekelijk
contagioso
contagiós

μεταδοτικός

bulaşıcı
infettivo
contagioso
infektiös

κολλητικός

verpestend
Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kənˈteɪdʒəs/
Etymology

From Old French contagieus, from Late Latin contagiosus, from contagio.

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