contagious
/kənˈteɪ.d͡ʒəs/
contagious adjective: easily transmitted to others.
Adjective
contagious (comparative more contagious, superlative most contagious)
- Easily transmitted to others.
- Last year's flu strain was so contagious that everybody in town got sick!
- Antonyms:
- noncontagious, noncommunicable, nontransmissible
- Easily passed on to others.
- contagious enthusiasm; infectious laughter
- Wearing jeans was a contagious fad at that time.
- Synonyms:
- infectious, spreadable
- Having a disease that can be transmitted to another person.
- They were highly contagious, spreading bacteria to other people.
- Contiguous.
- In Agypt's land contaygious to the Nile / Old Pharao's daughter went to bathe in style,19th century, Zozimus, “The Finding of Moses”
contagious meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
contagious in Tamil
- தொற்றக்கூடிய, தொற்றிக் கொள்ளும் தன்மை கொண்ட
contagious in Urdu
- لگنے والی بیماری, متعدی مرض
contagious in Bengali
- সংক্রামক
contagious in Malayalam
- പകരുന്ന, സാംക്രമികമായ, പീഡിപ്പിക്കുന്ന, വ്യാപിക്കുന്ന, പടർന്നുപിടിക്കുന്ന
More languagesFewer languages
- contagious in Kannada
- ಸೋಕುಬಲ್ಲ
- contagious in Gujarati
- ચેપી cepī
- contagious in Tagalog
- nakalalalin, nakahahawa
- contagious in Arabic
- مُعْدٍ muʕdin
Examples of contagious in a sentence
- Cause love is contagious, when it's alright / Love is contagious, when it's alright / Love is alright2000, Damon Gough, “Magic in the Air”, in The Hour of Bewilderbeast, performed by Badly Drawn Boy:
- One such investigation described how kindness can be contagious.2025 November 13, Kamala Thiagarajan, “If you're going to be kind to another human, today is the day to do it!”, in NPR:
Synonyms of contagious
Antonyms
Forms of contagious
| comparative | more contagious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most contagious |
Origin of contagious
From Old French contagieus, from Late Latin contagiosus, from contagio.
Words formed from contagious
Phrases with contagious
Words that rhyme with contagious
Questions about contagious
- What does contagious mean?
- Contagious means easily transmitted to others.
- What is contagious in Tamil?
- Contagious in Tamil is தொற்றக்கூடிய, தொற்றிக் கொள்ளும் தன்மை கொண்ட. See Contagious meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use contagious in a sentence?
- Cause love is contagious, when it's alright / Love is contagious, when it's alright / Love is alright
- What part of speech is contagious?
- Contagious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce contagious?
- Contagious is pronounced /kənˈteɪ.d͡ʒəs/.
Words near contagious in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: contagious (page history and authors); contagious (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); contagious (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Contagious (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); contagious (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); contagious (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ચેપી (Gujarati) (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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