INFECT as VERB

1. Meaning
   • contaminate with a disease or microorganism
   Synonym(s)
   • taint (what does taint mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) infect is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • pollute (what does pollute mean?)
   • foul (what does foul mean?)
   • contaminate (what does contaminate mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • disinfect (what does disinfect mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • superinfect (what does superinfect mean?)
   • smut (what does smut mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • contamination (what does contamination mean?)
   • taint (what does taint mean?)
   • infection (what does infection mean?)
   • infection (what does infection mean?)
2. Meaning
   • communicate a disease to
   Usage Example(s)
   • Your children have infected you with this head cold
   Hypernyms(s) infect is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • give (what does give mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • canker (what does canker mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • infection (what does infection mean?)
   • contagion (what does contagion mean?)
   • transmission (what does transmission mean?)
3. Meaning
   • affect in a contagious way
   Usage Example(s)
   • His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room
   Hypernyms(s) infect is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • affect (what does affect mean?)
   • impress (what does impress mean?)
   • move (what does move mean?)
   • strike (what does strike mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • contagion (what does contagion mean?)
   • infection (what does infection mean?)
4. Meaning
   • contaminate with ideas or an ideology
   Usage Example(s)
   • society was infected by racism
   Hypernyms(s) infect is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • corrupt (what does corrupt mean?)
   • pervert (what does pervert mean?)
   • subvert (what does subvert mean?)
   • demoralize (what does demoralize mean?)
   • demoralise (what does demoralise mean?)
   • debauch (what does debauch mean?)
   • debase (what does debase mean?)
   • profane (what does profane mean?)
   • vitiate (what does vitiate mean?)
   • deprave (what does deprave mean?)
   • misdirect (what does misdirect mean?)