Dictionary and Thesaurus

Definition of Contagious

• (a.) Communicable by contact, by a virus, or by a bodily exhalation; catching; as, a contagious disease.
• (a.) Conveying or generating disease; pestilential; poisonous; as, contagious air.
• (a.) Spreading or communicable from one to another; exciting similar emotions or conduct in others.

Synonyms of Contagious

• Catching
• Epidemic
• Infectious
• Pestilential
• Communicated
• Transferred
• Transmitted
• Infections.

Antonyms of Contagious

• Sporadic
• Endemic
• Preventive
• Antipathetic.

Homophones of Contagious