COMMUNICABLE Synonyms: 9 Similar and Opposite Words

communicable

adjective

kə-ˈmyü-ni-kə-bəl

Definition of communicable

as in infectious

capable of being passed by physical contact from one person to another communicable diseases that are usually transmitted sexually

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Recent Examples of communicable This is the only way metrics become communicable at scale. — Big Think, 20 Feb. 2026 Measles is one of the most highly communicable infections. — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2026 Contractors working on the project recently completed pouring the foundation for what will provide smaller housing units meant to make quarantining detainees with communicable illnesses safer and easier. — Arkansas Online, 3 Nov. 2025 This misconception tends to be due to the rise in influenza and other communicable respiratory infections in the colder months. — Patty Weasler, Rn, Verywell Health, 9 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for communicable

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Adjective

In interviews with positive cases, public health workers try to identify others who may have been exposed and come into contact with an infectious person.

— Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 14 Aug. 2026
The dancers brought an infectious energy to every corner of the stage through versatile choreography.

— Maya Santiago, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of infectious

Adjective

The team confirmed that those eggs developed into infective third-stage larvae.

— Jay Kakade August 05, Refractor, 5 Aug. 2026
His provisional cause of death was given as multi-organ failure due to infective endocarditis, a rare infection of the inner lining or valves of the heart.

— Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025

Definition of infective

Adjective

That's a key sign of a transmissible cancer, researchers said, a rare phenomenon in which cancer cells survive outside their original host and spread to another animal.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 28 July 2026
Canine transmissible venereal tumor, or CTVT, is a genital cancer that dogs pass to one another during mating.

— John Drake, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of transmissible

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