Infectious : synonyms and lexical field

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Looking for words with meaning close to 'infectious': discover synonyms for the word infectious, such as infective or contagious.

The lexical field offers related words, which refer to the same idea, the same concept as infectious. 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 "": infective and contagious.


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Synonyms for infectious sorted by degree of synonymy

List of synonyms for infectious Degree of synonymy of infectious Frequency in the language
infective
   39704 1.00  
contagious
   39704 3.33  
catching
   39704 12.71  
communicable
   39704 0.24  
septic
   39703 1.41  
transmissible
   39703  
transmittable
   39474 0.04  
contractable
   39415  
contaminating
   29704 0.35  
corrupting
   29704 0.78  
pathogen
   29704 0.35  
infect
   29704 1.22  
infectivity
   29704  
infected
   29704 8.27  
epidemic
   29704 3.41  
viral
   29704 0.88  
infection
   29704 8.75  
pathogenic
   29703 0.02  
epidemiological
   29703 0.04  
necrosis
   29703 0.12  

Lexical field of "infectious"

infective
contagious
catching
communicable
septic
transmissible
transmittable
contractable
contaminating
corrupting
pathogen
infect
infectivity
infected
epidemic
viral
infection
pathogenic
epidemiological
necrosis
endemic
virulent
disease
microbiological
circulatory
gastric
respiratory
contaminant
contaminated
launch
communicative
transmission
ferry
transmitted
transferable
high-risk
determinants
infections
contagiousness
noncontagious
contagiously
noninfectious
exuberant
uncontainable
epidemical
exuberance
enthusiasm
morbific
unstoppable
irresistible