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con·ta·gious
 contagious
- pronunciation:
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
capable of being spread from person to person by contact or association.
Measles is a contagious disease.- synonyms:
- communicable, infectious, transmissible, transmittable
- similar words:
- catching, epidemic, pandemic, pestilential, transferable
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| definition 2: |
carrying or capable of spreading a disease.
- similar words:
- leprous, rabid, sick
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| definition 3: |
spreading easily and rapidly from person to person.
contagious feara contagious giggle- synonyms:
- infectious
- similar words:
- catching, epidemic
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| related words: |
contact |
| derivations: |
contagiously (adv.), contagiousness (n.) |
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