All infective synonyms
in·fec·tive
I i adj infective
- poison — a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- unhealthy — not in a state of good or normal health; in an unsound, weak, or morbid condition.
- unwholesome — not wholesome; unhealthful; deleterious to health or physical or moral well-being: unwholesome food; unwholesome activities.
adjective infective
- transmissible — capable of being transmitted.
- catchable — to seize or capture, especially after pursuit: to catch a criminal; to catch a runaway horse.
- endemic — (of a disease or condition) regularly found among particular people or in a certain area.
- epidemic — A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.
- epizootic — Of, relating to, or denoting a disease that is temporarily prevalent and widespread in an animal population.
- contaminating — Present participle of contaminate.
- defiling — Present participle of defile.
- evil — Profoundly immoral and malevolent.
- poisonous — full of or containing poison: poisonous air; a poisonous substance.