Synonyms of contagious disease

contagious disease

noun

as in infection

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

Parents are advised to vaccinate their children against contagious diseases.

Related Words

• infection
• disease
• virus
• illness
• plague
• ill
• contagion
• sickness
• contagium
• germ
• complication
• disorder
• fever
• epidemic
• pestilence
• pandemic
• bug
• dysfunction
• attack
• malady
• ailment
• distemperature
• upset
• pest
• ail
• distemper
• blight
• malaise
• condition
• infirmity
• complaint
• trouble
• sickishness
• pip
• affection
• fit
• matter
• spell
• bout
• weakliness
• affliction
• invalidity
• unsoundness
• invalidism
• lameness
• feebleness
• debility
• indisposition
• sickliness
• weakness
• decrepitude
• unhealthiness
• unwellness
• frailty
• frailness

Dissimilar Words

• antidote
• cure
• antivenom
• panacea
• antivenin
• mithridate
• fitness
• elixir
• soundness
• shape
• robustness
• health
• hardiness
• wholeness
• wholesomeness
• healthiness
• heartiness
• wellness
• lustiness
• cure-all
• fettle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of contagious disease

That’s because measles, among the most contagious diseases in history, is almost always the first vaccine-preventable disease to strike when immunization rates fall. — Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 18 Aug. 2026

Or consider the Miasma theory, which dates all the way back to Ancient Greece and was a popular contagious disease model throughout the Middle Ages. — T.m. Brown, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026

Measles is one of the most contagious diseases known to medicine. — Devi Shastri, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026

By this time, smallpox and other contagious diseases brought to the continent by the Europeans had begun to spread among the Aztecs, reducing their capital city’s population by 40 percent in 1520 alone. — Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 June 2026