contagious

con-ta-gious · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    (Of a disease) spread from one person or organism to another by direct or indirect contact.

  2. 2.

    (Of an emotion or behavior) likely to spread to and affect others.

Related words

Antonyms: non-contagious, non-infectious
See also: disease, infectious, spread
Synonyms: catching, communicable, infectious, spreading

Etymology

From Late Latin "contagiosus," from Latin "contagio" meaning contact or contagion, from "contingere" (to touch closely).