Synonyms for transmissible
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Transmittable — able to be transmitted. Capable of being transmitted from one person to another
transmittable, communicable, infectious, contagious, catching, spreadable, contractable
2. Transmitted
transmitted, hereditary, genetic, inherited, familial, ancestral, patrimonial
Definitions
- adj. 1
Able to be transmitted. Capable of being transmitted from one person to another.
(but the last two are not interchangeable in formal registers)
- adj. 2
Able to be transmitted. Capable of being transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver.
Related words
- Phrases
- transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
- Is a kind of
- infectious
Example sentences
- contagious I thought that you said that it wasn't contagious.
- communicable Gender dysphoria isn't communicable.
- spreadable This fig jam isn't very spreadable.
- transmitted Lyme disease is an infection transmitted by ticks.
- hereditary The disease we are talking about is hereditary.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| transmissible | steady | |
| contagious | rising | |
| communicable | falling | |
| spreadable | rising | |
| transmittable | rising | |
| transmitted | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- genetic3
- 8 letters
- catching2, familial3
- 9 letters
- inherited4, ancestral3
- 10 letters
- infectious3, contagious3, hereditary5, spreadable
- 11 letters
- transmitted3, patrimonial4
- 12 letters
- communicable5, contractable
- 13 letters
- transmittable4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (genetic3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- transmissible
- Italiano
- trasmissibile