The rash is, um, also incredibly contagious.
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Contagious
//kənˈteɪdʒəs//
Synonyms for "contagious" (65 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(3 words)
Strong matches (20)
Related words (32)
Related word relations
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3 entriesderived
9 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
82 translations across 32 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُعْدٍ adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
Bashkir
1 entries- йоғошло adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
Bulgarian
2 entries- заразен adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
- заразителен adj (of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others)
Catalan
4 entries- contagiós adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
- contagiós adj (of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others)
- contagiós adj (capable of spreading a disease)
- encomanadís adj (of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 传染性 adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
- 傳染性 /传染性 adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
Czech
2 entries- nakažlivý adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
- nakažlivý adj (of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others)
Dutch
4 entries- aanstekelijk adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
- aanstekelijk adj (of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others)
- besmettelijk adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
- besmettelijk adj (of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others)
Finnish
3 entries- tarttuva adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
- tarttuva adj (of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others)
- tartuntavaarallinen adj (capable of spreading a disease)
French
3 entries- contagieux adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
- contagieux adj (of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others)
- contagieux adj (capable of spreading a disease)
Galician
3 entries- contaxioso adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
- contaxioso adj (of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others)
- contaxioso adj (capable of spreading a disease)
Georgian
4 entries- გადამდები adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
- გადამდები adj (of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others)
- ინფექციის გადამდები adj (capable of spreading a disease)
- ინფექციის წარმომშობი adj (capable of spreading a disease)
German
4 entries- ansteckend adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
- ansteckend adj (of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others)
- ansteckend adj (capable of spreading a disease)
- kontagiös adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
Greek
2 entries- μεταδοτικός adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
- μεταδοτικός adj (of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others)
Hungarian
3 entries- fertőző adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
- fertőző adj (of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others)
- fertőző adj (capable of spreading a disease)
Icelandic
1 entries- smitandi adj (of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others)
Irish
2 entries- gabhálach adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
- gabhálach adj (of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others)
Italian
4 entries- contagioso adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
- contagioso adj (of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others)
- contagioso adj (capable of spreading a disease)
- infettivo adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
Japanese
1 entries- 伝染性の adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
Kapampangan
2 entries- macaiaua adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
- makayawa adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
Korean
1 entries- 전염성(傳染性)의 adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
Latvian
1 entries- lipīgs adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
Mongolian
1 entries- халдвартай adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
Māori
1 entries- mauhoro adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
Polish
2 entries- zaraźliwy adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
- zaraźliwy adj (of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others)
Portuguese
4 entries- contagiante adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
- contagiante adj (of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others)
- contagiante adj (capable of spreading a disease)
- contagioso adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
Romanian
3 entries- contagios adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
- contagios adj (capable of spreading a disease)
- molipsitor adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
Russian
2 entries- зара́зный adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
- зарази́тельный adj (of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- zarazan adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
Spanish
4 entries- contagiante adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
- contagioso adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
- contagioso adj (of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others)
- contagioso adj (capable of spreading a disease)
Swedish
3 entries- smittbärande adj (capable of spreading a disease)
- smittsam adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
- smittsam adj (of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others)
Tagalog
3 entries- nakahahawa adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
- nakahahawa adj (of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others)
- nakalalalin adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
Turkish
2 entries- bulaşıcı adj (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
- bulaşıcı adj (of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
A contagious disease descended on the town.
Source: tatoeba (279067)
He, um, said that it was contagious.
Source: tatoeba (279068)
Colds are contagious.
Source: tatoeba (319747)
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