Synonyms for communicable
- adjective
Most common
contagious transmissible spreadable transmittable communicative
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Transmissible — able to be transmitted between people or animals
transmissible, contagious, transmittable, infectious, catching, spreadable, contractable
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Able to be transmitted between people or animals.
(but the last two are not interchangeable in formal registers)
Related words
- Is a kind of
- infectious
Example sentences
- contagious I thought that you said that it wasn't contagious.
- spreadable This fig jam isn't very spreadable.
- communicative My daughter is a communicative and inquisitive girl.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| communicable | falling | |
| contagious | rising | |
| transmissible | steady | |
| spreadable | rising | |
| transmittable | rising | |
| communicative | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- catching2
- 10 letters
- infectious3, contagious3, spreadable
- 12 letters
- contractable
- 13 letters
- communicative5, transmissible, transmittable4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (catching2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- communicable
- Italiano
- comunicabile