Infective
Pestilent
Pestilent adjective - Capable of being passed by physical contact from one person to another.
Usage example: proper hand washing will help prevent the spread of most pestilent diseases
Infective and pestilent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Infective" instead an adjective "Pestilent".
Nearby Words: pestilential, pestilence
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- baneful and infective
- baneful and pestilent
- noxious and infective
- noxious and pestilent
- epidemic and infective
- epidemic and pestilent
- pernicious and infective
- pernicious and pestilent
- deadly and infective
- deadly and pestilent
- fatal and infective
- fatal and pestilent
- lethal and infective
- lethal and pestilent
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Pestilent and Infective. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/infective/pestilent
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