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
• virus
• disease
• illness
• plague
• ill
• contagion
• sickness
• contagium
• germ
• complication
• fever
• disorder
• epidemic
• pestilence
• pandemic
• attack
• bug
• dysfunction
• 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

Six months into the year, 2026 is on track to set the record for the highest number of measles cases recorded in the United States since the highly contagious disease was eliminated from the country nearly three decades ago. — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 8 June 2026

Screwworm is not a contagious disease that spreads from animal to animal. — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 4 June 2026

Those threats include measles — one of the world’s most contagious diseases — as well as respiratory viruses such as Covid-19 and influenza. — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 4 June 2026

Eighteen Americans possibly exposed to the virus are undergoing a six-week-long quarantine — much lengthier than the guidelines for most contagious diseases. — Ashley Abramson, Washington Post, 23 May 2026