Synonyms for communicable
kəˈmyu nɪ kə bəlcom·mu·ni·ca·ble

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1. communicableadjective

   Antonyms:
   incommunicable

2. communicableadjective

   Antonyms:
   incommunicable

3. communicableadjective

   Antonyms:
   incommunicable

4. communicableadjective

   Antonyms:
   incommunicable

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1. catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittableadjective

   (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection

   Synonyms:
   inherited, genetic, contagious, transmittable, ancestral, catching, hereditary, patrimonial, familial, transmissible, contractable, transmitted

   Antonyms:
   incommunicative, noninfectious, uncommunicative

2. communicableadjective

   readily communicated

   "communicable ideas"

   Synonyms:
   transmittable, transmissible, contractable, catching, contagious

   Antonyms:
   uncommunicative, incommunicative, noninfectious

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1. List of paraphrases for "communicable":

   transmissible, contagious, infectious, transmittable, transferable, transmitted

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1. Diana Menya:

   To prevent a disease, we have to take action. We have eradicated many conditions, and especially infectious diseases, so can we not eradicate non-communicable diseases like cancer ? this is going to sound quite ambitious, but for me the best endgame will be a cancer-free Kenya by preventing cancers from occurring in the first place -- catching it before it catches the patients.

2. Richard Sullivan:

   It's important to remember that's where the WHO came from, non-communicable diseases (such as heart diseases, cancer and diabetes) just weren't on their radar at all.

3. Paris Independent School District:

   The board believes the dress code can be used to mitigate communicable health issues, and therefore has amended the PISD dress code to protect our students and employees.

4. Jeremy Cooke:

   I personally would always view it as a communicable disease, despite some wordings referring to airborne pathogens or other characteristics that do not fit the Zika virus.

5. Bayard Roberts:

   Traditionally the focus has been on communicable (infectious) disease and maternal and child care.