communicable
/kəˈmjuːnɪkəbəl/
communicable adjective: able to be transmitted between people or animals.
Adjective
communicable (comparative more communicable, superlative most communicable)
- Able to be transmitted between people or animals.
- (but the last two are not interchangeable in formal registers)
- Synonyms:
- transmissible, spreadable, catching
- Antonyms:
- nontransmissible, noncommunicable
- Readily communicated.
- Antonyms:
- incommunicable, ineffable
- Talkative or expansive.
communicable meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
communicable in Tamil
- தொற்று, பரவக்கூடிய, பரவும், எளிதில் பரவும்
communicable in Urdu
- قابل ارتباط
communicable in Malayalam
- contagious, infectious, transmittable
- സാമൂഹികവ്യാപനസാദ്ധ്യതയുള്ള, സാംക്രമിക, പകരാവുന്ന, പകരുന്ന, സ്പർശംകൊണ്ടു പകരുന്ന, വിസൃമര
communicable in Kannada
- ಸಾಂಕ್ರಾಮಿಕ, ಅಂಟಿಸಲಾಗುವ, ಅಂಟುವ, ಒಬ್ಬನಿಂದ ಮತ್ತೊಬ್ಬನಿಗೆ ಹರಡಬಹುದಾದ
More languagesFewer languages
- communicable in Malay
- berjangkit
- communicable in Indonesian
- berjangkit, menular
Synonyms of communicable
Antonyms
Forms of communicable
| comparative | more communicable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most communicable |
Origin of communicable
From Old French communicable, Latin communicabilis.
Words formed from communicable
- communicable disease
- communicableness
- communicable scale
- communicably
- intercommunicable
- noncommunicable
- uncommunicable
Phrases with communicable
Questions about communicable
- What does communicable mean?
- Communicable means able to be transmitted between people or animals.
- What is communicable in Tamil?
- Communicable in Tamil is தொற்று, பரவக்கூடிய, பரவும். See Communicable meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is communicable?
- Communicable is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce communicable?
- Communicable is pronounced /kəˈmjuːnɪkəbəl/.
Words near communicable in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: communicable (page history and authors); communicable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); communicable (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); communicable (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); communicable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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