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Contagious
Communicable by contact, by a virus, or by a bodily exhalation; catching; as, a contagious disease.
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Similar meaning 2
Having qualities that may infect; communicable or caused by infection; pestilential; epidemic; as, an infectious fever; infectious clothing; infectio…
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50% interchangeable
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Having qualities that may infect; communicable or caused by infection; pestilential; epidemic; as, an infectious fever; infectious clothing; infectio…
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50% interchangeable
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Derivationally related 4
The transmission of a disease from one person to another, by direct or indirect contact.
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The transmission of a disease from one person to another, by direct or indirect contact.
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The act or process of infecting.
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The act or process of infecting.
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Synonym 3
of Catch
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68% interchangeable
Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.
Capable of being communicated, or imparted; as, a communicable disease; communicable knowledge.
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68% interchangeable
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Capable of being transmitted from one to another; capable of being passed through any body or substance.
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68% interchangeable
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