Scarlet fever is a contagious disease. Colds are contagious.
Yawning is often contagious.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
con|ta´gious|ly — con|ta|gious «kuhn TAY juhs», adjective. 1. spreading by direct or indirect contact; catching: »Scarlet fever is a contagious disease. Colds are contagious. 2. causing contagious disease. SYNONYM(S): pestilential. 3. Figurative. easily spreading… … Useful english dictionary
con|ta|gious — «kuhn TAY juhs», adjective. 1. spreading by direct or indirect contact; catching: »Scarlet fever is a contagious disease. Colds are contagious. 2. causing contagious disease. SYNONYM(S): pestilential. 3. Figurative. easily spreading from one to… … Useful english dictionary
gious — am·ba·gious; an·ti·re·li·gious; con·ta·gious; con·ta·gious·ness; egre·gious; li·ti·gious; pro·di·gious; pro·di·gious·ly; pro·di·gious·ness; re·li·gious·ly; re·li·gious·ness; sac·ri·le·gious; sac·ri·le·gious·ly; re·li·gious; am·ba·gious·ly;… … English syllables
ness — ness·ber·ry; ness·ler·iza·tion; ness·ler·ize; ness·ler s; new·fan·gled·ness; new·ness; news·i·ness; nice·ness; nig·gard·li·ness; nig·gard·ness; nigh·ness; nip·pi·ness; no·ble·ness; nois·i·ness; non·cha·lant·ness; north·er·li·ness; north·ness;… … English syllables
con — con·acre; con·cat·e·nate; con·cave; con·ceal·er; con·ceit; con·cen·trate; con·cen·tra·tor; con·cen·tric; con·cep·tual; con·cern; con·cern·ing; con·cert; con·cer·tante; con·cer·ti·na; con·ces·sion·ary; con·cha; con·cin·nate; con·com·i·tant;… … English syllables
contagiousness — con·ta·gious·ness … English syllables
contagious — con•ta•gious [[t]kənˈteɪ dʒəs[/t]] adj. 1) pat capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object: contagious diseases[/ex] 2) pat carrying or spreading a contagious disease 3) tending to spread from person to person … From formal English to slang
ta — ab·lac·ta·tion; ab·sen·ta·tion; abu·ta; ac·cep·ta·tion; ac·cli·ma·ta·tion; ac·cred·i·ta·tion; ac·er·a·ta; ac·e·ta·tion; ac·e·ta·to ; ach·e·ta; achor·da·ta; acoe·lo·ma·ta; acra·ni·a·ta; ac·ro·tre·ta; ac·ta; ac·ti·no·my·ce·ta·ce·ae;… … English syllables
contagious — Relating to contagion; communicable or transmissible by contact with the sick or their fresh secretions or excretions. * * * con·ta·gious jəs adj 1) communicable by contact <tuberculosis in the contagious stage> compare INFECTIOUS … Medical dictionary
Noncontagious — Non con*ta gious, a. Not contagious; not catching; not communicable by contact. {Non con*ta gious*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
