contagious
Meanings
Adjective Satellite
- easily diffused or spread as from one person to another
- "a contagious grin"
- (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
Adj
- Easily transmitted to others.
- Easily passed on to others.
- Having a disease that can be transmitted to another person.
- Contiguous.
Origin / Etymology
From Old French contagieus, from Late Latin contagiosus, from contagio.
Synonyms
catching, communicable, contractable, infectious, spreadable, transmissible, transmittable
Antonyms
non-contagious, noncommunicable, noncontagious, noninfectious, nontransmissible
Scrabble Score: 13
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