Infection : synonyms and lexical field

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Looking for words with meaning close to 'infection': discover synonyms for the word infection, such as contagion or transmission.

The lexical field offers related words, which refer to the same idea, the same concept as infection. It is common for a word to have several meanings. In this case, the context of the word helps to determine its correct meaning.
Example of words in the same lexical field as "": contagion and transmission.


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Synonyms for infection sorted by degree of synonymy

List of synonyms for infection Degree of synonymy of infection Frequency in the language
contagion
   90 0.41  
transmission
   87 8.53  
disease
   74 26.18  
virus
   73 18.90  
infected
   73 8.27  
pneumonia
   72 5.04  
sepsis
   70 0.39  
illness
   70 7.27  
infectivity
   69  
outbreak
   69 1.94  
inflammation
   69 0.65  
diseases
   69 3.84  
hepatitis
   68 1.55  
parasite
   68 2.47  
chlamydia
   68 0.82  
inoculation
   67 0.33  
infestation
   67 0.69  
infective
   67 1.00  
epidemic
   66 3.41  
sars
   66  

Lexical field of "infection"

contagion
transmission
disease
virus
infected
pneumonia
sepsis
illness
infectivity
outbreak
inflammation
diseases
hepatitis
parasite
chlamydia
inoculation
infestation
infective
epidemic
sars
contamination
communicable
prophylaxis
infect
hiv
infectious
serologic
sickness
affliction
injury
contaminated
perinatal
incidence
prevalence
contracting
contaminating
circulatory
condom
injures
exposure
spread
colonization
wounded
injured
risk
pollution
stench
spillover
wounding
colonisation