COMMUNICABLE

communicable

(adjective) readily communicated; “communicable ideas”

catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable

(adjective) (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

communicable (comparative more communicable, superlative most communicable)

(epidemiology, of a disease) Able to be transmitted between people or animals; contagious or catching.

Readily communicated.

Talkative or expansive.

Antonyms

• incommunicable

Source: Wiktionary


Com*mu"ni*ca*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. communicable, LL. communicabilis.]

1. Capable of being communicated, or imparted; as, a communicable disease; communicable knowledge.

2. Communicative; free-speaking. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

– Com*mu"ni*ca*ble*ness, n.

– Com*mu"ni*ca"bly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

3 May 2025

DESIRABLE

(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”


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