English adjective: contagious | |||
1. | contagious easily diffused or spread as from one person to another | ||
Samples | A contagious grin. | ||
Similar | infectious | ||
Antonyms | noninfectious | ||
2. | contagious (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection | ||
Synonyms | catching, communicable, contractable, transmissible, transmittable | ||
Similar | infectious | ||
Antonyms | noninfectious | ||