Synonyms & related words for contagious

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of contagious — including transmissible, infectious, communicable, transmittable, infective, zymotic. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to contagious

Explore words related to contagious — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include contagiousness, contagiously, infectiously, contagium, noncontagious, infectiousness, noncommunicable, contagion. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for contagious

Common synonyms for contagious include transmissible, infectious, communicable, transmittable, infective, zymotic, catching, epidemic — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does contagious come from?

The word contagious breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root tag-, from Latin tango (“touch”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.