Synonyms of the word

infective

• adj. Able to cause infection; infectious.
• n. (epidemiology) A person who is capable of spreading a disease by infecting others.

infected

• v. simple past tense and past participle of infect.
• adj. Having an infection.

infectious

• adj. (pathology, of an illness) Transmitted from one person to another, usually through the air breathed.
• adj. (pathology, of a person) Able to infect others.
• adj. (of feelings and behaviour) Spreading quickly from one person to another.
• adj. (informal) Memorable and invoking excitement or interest.

morbific

• adj. That causes disease; sickening, pathogenic.
• adj. Pertaining to or caused by disease; diseased.

pathogenic

• adj. (pathology) Able to cause (harmful) disease.
• adj. (music) Consisting of harsh, percussive, nonverbal sounds.

septic

• adj. Of or pertaining to sepsis.
• adj. Causing sepsis or putrefaction.
• adj. Of or pertaining to sewage or the disposal of sewage.
• n. A substance that causes sepsis or putrefaction.
• n. A septic tank; a system for the disposal of sewage into a septic tank, a septic system.
• n. (mathematics) A mathematical object (function, curve, surface, etc.) of degree seven.
• adj. (mathematics) Of the seventh degree or order.
• n. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, rhyming slang, derogatory) An American, a Yank.

unhealthful

• adj. Not healthy; detrimental to health.