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as in infectious
capable of being passed by physical contact from one person to another
that disease is only transmittable through direct contact with an infected person, not through contact with something the infected person has touched
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as in transportable
capable of being taken from one place to another by public carrier
I doubt that fireworks are legally transmittable through the mail
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Recent Examples of transmittable
That doesn’t sound like an outbreak of the highly transmittable bubonic plague.
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James Shapiro, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2025
The findings are a reminder that animals carry diseases that are transmittable to humans.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
James Shapiro, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2025
The findings are a reminder that animals carry diseases that are transmittable to humans.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transmittable
Adjective
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Hernandez said that Stribling has an infectious smile and personality that draws people to him.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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If some of the stuff in his lungs was infectious, maybe he could be treated and get home.—
Elisabeth Rosenthal,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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She's got to be at mid-size, but not huge; portable, transportable, that kind of thing.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
23 Apr. 2026
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These are easily transportable works, but certainly not marketable in broad daylight, and they cannot be dismembered like the jewels in the Louvre.—
Chiara Pizzimenti,
Vanity Fair,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Infected by the communicable Ebola virus while treating patients in Liberia, Brantly became the first person in the U.S. to have the disease and one of the first to survive it, along with his colleague and aid worker Nancy Writebol, who arrived three days later.—
Suzanne Van Atten,
AJC.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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Additionally, diseases may be communicable (contagious) or noncommunicable; of the latter, the four major types identified by the World Health Organization are cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease, and diabetes mellitus.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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But over the last four years, the village secured $76 million in funding that isn’t transferable to new projects, said Key Biscayne grant manager Colleen Durfee.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2026
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Many foreign worker visas in Israel are tied to a specific employer and are non-transferable.—
Theia Chatelle,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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His provisional cause of death was given as multi-organ failure due to infective endocarditis, a rare infection of the inner lining or valves of the heart.—
Daniel Taylor,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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On July 30, Ray updated her fans again, revealing her diagnosis of infective endocarditis, a severe heart infection.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
31 July 2024
Adjective
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Measles is incredibly transmissible and can easily travel home with us, infecting others in our schools and communities.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Why Polio Is So Dangerous Polio is a highly transmissible disease.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
6 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Transmittable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transmittable. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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