communicable

Definitions

Able to be transmitted from one person or organism to another, typically referring to a disease.

Capable of being easily shared, imparted, or communicated, such as ideas or information.

Examples

The doctor explained that the patient's illness is no longer communicable to others.

Public health officials are working to contain the spread of the highly communicable virus.

Certain skin conditions are considered communicable through direct physical contact.

Synonyms

contagious infectious transmissible catchy spreadable transferable communicative

Antonyms

incommunicable noncontagious noninfectious untransmissible private secret inexpressible