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contagion

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of contagion

sickness that can be passed from one person, plant, or animal to another

The rumors spread like a contagion.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of contagion

contagious disease

contagium, infection, virus

epidemic, pandemic, pest, pestilence, plague

affection, affliction, ail, ailment, blight, bug, complaint, complication, condition, disease, disorder, distemper, distemperature, dysfunction (also disfunction), fever, ill, illness, infirmity, malady, sickness, trouble, upset

malaise, matter, pip

attack, bout, fit, spell

debilitation, debility, decrepitude, feebleness, frailness, frailty, indisposition, invalidism, invalidity, lameness, sickliness, unhealthiness, unsoundness, unwellness, weakliness, weakness

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of contagion

antidote, antivenin, antivenom, mithridate

cure-all, elixir, panacea

fitness, healthiness, hardiness, heartiness, lustiness, robustness, soundness, wholeness, wholesomeness

health, wellness

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