INFECTIVE Synonyms
There is 0 hypernym of the word infective. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for INFECTIVE
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infectious | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • easily spread • of or relating to infection adjective satellite • caused by infection or capable of causing infection | ||||||||
communicable | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection • readily communicated | ||||||||
contagious | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • easily diffused or spread as from one person to another • (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection | ||||||||
epidemic | nounn | |||||||
adjective • (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously noun • a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time | ||||||||
pandemic | nounn | |||||||
noun • an epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world adjective satellite • epidemic over a wide geographical area • existing everywhere | ||||||||
spreading | verb, adverb, adjectivev, adv, adj | |||||||
noun • process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space • the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate • act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time | ||||||||
transmissible | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection • occurring among members of a family usually by heredity • inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent | ||||||||
viral | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective • relating to or caused by a virus | ||||||||
morbific | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • able to cause disease | ||||||||
pathogenic | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • able to cause disease |