infectious

(adjective)

adjective

1. caused by infection or capable of causing infection

- viruses and other infective agents

- a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease

Similar word(s): infected, septic, infective

2. easily spread

- fear is exceedingly infectious; children catch it from their elders

Similar word(s): catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable, contaminating, corrupting

3. of or relating to infection

- infectious hospital

- infectious disease

Sentences with infectious as an adjective:

- Cancer is not infectious.

- More infectious diseases like the flu are usually less potent.

- Despite feeling better, the patient is still infectious.

- Her enthusiasm for work can be really infectious.

- Pop music is more infectious than elevator music.