infectious, adj.
freq. cnt. 11
freq. cnt. 11
caused by infection or capable of causing infection
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 7
infectious infective
sample sentences
"viruses and other infective agents""a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
easily spread
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4
infectious
sample sentences
"fear is exceedingly infectiouschildren catch it from their elders"- Bertrand Russell
semantic pointers
similar to
of or relating to infection
<adj.pert>
infectious