INFECTIOUS as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • easily spread
   • children catch it from their elders”- Bertrand Russell
   Usage Example(s)
   • fear is exceedlingly infectious
   Antonym(s)
   • noninfectious (what does noninfectious mean?)
   Similar To
   • catching (what does catching mean?)
   • communicable (what does communicable mean?)
   • contagious (what does contagious mean?)
   • contractable (what does contractable mean?)
   • transmissible (what does transmissible mean?)
   • transmittable (what does transmittable mean?)
   • contagious (what does contagious mean?)
   • corrupting (what does corrupting mean?)
   • contaminating (what does contaminating mean?)
2. Meaning
   • caused by infection or capable of causing infection
   Synonym(s)
   • infective (what does infective mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • viruses and other infective agents
   • a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease
   Similar To
   • septic (what does septic mean?)
3. Meaning
   • of or relating to infection
   Usage Example(s)
   • infectious hospital
   • infectious disease
   Pertainym(s)
   • infection (what does infection mean?)