Synonyms of infected

infected

verb

past tense of infect

as in poisoned

to pass something harmful (such as a disease) to someone or something else

If you come to work when you're sick, you'll infect everyone in the office.

Related Words

• poisoned
• contaminated
• fouled
• corrupted
• spoiled
• transmitted
• gave
• tainted
• communicated
• polluted
• stained
• spread
• transfused
• conveyed
• imparted
• transferred
• conducted
• defiled
• soiled
• smudged
• blackened
• sullied
• rotted
• mired
• dirtied
• diluted
• adulterated
• befouled
• disseminated
• doctored
• besmirched
• begrimed
• grimed
• diffused
• propagated
• muddied
• watered down
• fouled up
• smirched
• broadcast
• handed down
• delivered
• handed over
• turned over
• handed on
• surrendered

Dissimilar Words

• sterilized
• purified
• contracted
• disinfected
• caught
• cleaned
• sanitized
• came down (with)
• decontaminated
• distilled
• cleared
• cleansed
• purged
• filtered
• clarified

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of infected

The nearly identical genomes suggest that the two people, who lived sometime between 1492 and 1631, were infected during the same outbreak or by the same strain that was circulating through the region at the time. — Sam MacDonald, Scientific American, 30 July 2026

Typhus symptoms develop one to two weeks after a person becomes infected, and can include fever, headache, body aches, chills, rash, nausea and vomiting. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 30 July 2026

During the 2015-16 season, for instance, Dungeness crabs off the coast of California were infected by a harmful algal bloom of Pseudo-nitzschia, which causes domoic acid poisoning in crabs, fish, birds and marine mammals. — Susanne Rust follow, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

Almost 90 people were infected during the community cluster in Manhattan's Upper East Side over the past month. — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 27 July 2026

The agency has tallied 1,947 people infected with cyclospora who also reported eating at Taco Bell in the nine states. — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 24 July 2026

One of the mainstays of the local economy is also artisanal gold mining — which attracts informal workers who are highly mobile, and therefore likely to spread Ebola quickly if infected. — Emmet Livingstone, NPR, 23 July 2026

Thousands of people have been infected across 41 states so far this summer, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 23 July 2026

The long incubation period means many may be unknowingly infected. — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026