Synonyms for infect
ɪnˈfɛktin·fect

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. infectverb

   Antonyms:
   disinfect

2. infectverb

   Antonyms:
   disinfect

3. infectverb

   Her passion for dancing has infected me.

   Antonyms:
   disinfect

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. infect

   The hand may be defiled by a touch of pitch; swine that have been wallowing in the mud are befouled. Contaminate and infect refer to something evil that deeply pervades and permeates, as the human body or mind. Pollute is used chiefly of liquids; as, water polluted with sewage. Tainted meat is repulsive; infected meat contains germs of disease. A soiled garment may be cleansed by washing; a spoiled garment is beyond cleansing or repair. Bright metal is tarnished by exposure; a fair sheet is sullied by a dirty hand. In figurative use, defile may be used merely in the ceremonial sense; "they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled," John xviii, 28; contaminate refers to deep spiritual injury. Pollute has also a reference to sacrilege; as, to pollute a sanctuary, an altar, or an ordinance. The innocent are often contaminated by association with the wicked; the vicious are more and more corrupted by their own excesses. We speak of a vitiated taste or style; fraud vitiates a title or a contract.

   Synonyms:
   befoul, contaminate, corrupt, defile, pollute, soil, spoil, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, vitiate

   Antonyms:
   clean, cleanse, disinfect, hallow, purify, sanctify, wash

   Preposition:
   The temple was defiled with blood; defiled by sacrilegious deeds.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. infect

   Synonyms:
   taint, corrupt, contaminate, pollute, defile

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. infectverb

   communicate a disease to

   "Your children have infected you with this head cold"

   Synonyms:
   taint

   Antonyms:
   disinfect

2. infect, taintverb

   contaminate with a disease or microorganism

   Synonyms:
   cloud, taint, defile, corrupt, sully

   Antonyms:
   disinfect

3. infectverb

   corrupt with ideas or an ideology

   "society was infected by racism"

   Synonyms:
   taint

   Antonyms:
   disinfect

4. infectverb

   affect in a contagious way

   "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room"

   Synonyms:
   taint

   Antonyms:
   disinfect

Matched Categories

1. • Affect
   • Contaminate
   • Corrupt
   • Give

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. infectverb

   Synonyms:
   taint with disease, affect with contagious matter

2. infectverb

   Synonyms:
   pollute, contaminate, vitiate, poison, defile, corrupt

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "infect":

   contaminate, infected

How to pronounce infect?

How to say infect in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use infect in a sentence?

1. New York:

   You have a right to demonstrate ; you have a right to protest, you don't have a right to infect other people, you don't have a right to act in a way that's going to jeopardize public health.

2. Joana Carmo:

   Anisakis can infect salmon, herring, cod, mackerel, squids, halibut and red snapper.

3. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   Happiness resides in your mind. Never infect your mind with negative thoughts or happiness will fly away.

4. Mark Woolhouse:

   Though it is unrealistic to reduce the transmission rate to zero it may have been reduced to a level where the epidemic is brought under control, it may be that the epidemic is simply running its natural course, and is starting to run out of new people to infect. It could also be that the unprecedented public health measures introduced in China are having the desired effect.

5. Bill Cassidy:

   The requirement is just that you can not enter school unless you're vaccinated, now, if you're such a believer in liberty that you do not wish to be vaccinated, then there should be a consequence, and that is that you can not infect other people.