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communicable

adjective

Simple meaning

Able to be transmitted between people or animals.

Pronunciation

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kəmˈjunəkəbəl

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Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

adjective

  1. epidemiologyof a disease

    Able to be transmitted between people or animals.

  2. Readily communicated.

  3. Talkative or expansive.

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Aura for this meaning

This meaning: (epidemiology, of a disease) Able to be transmitted between people or animals.

Used this way, communicable is a reasonably familiar word with a faintly unfavourable edge. It turns up most in medicine or healthcare contexts.

Emotional tone
Slightly negative
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Moderate
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Critical or judgemental
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

Where it naturally appears

  • Medicine/healthcare

Nearby words

  • transmissible , a specialist term, precise but narrower

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communicable diseasehighly communicablecommunicable formcommunicable knowledgecommunicable experiencecommunicable meaningcommunicable periodcommunicable stage

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Word Family

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Word family

Words built from the same root.

  • communicationsnounDerived noun · specialist

    The discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.).

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Synonyms

Sense: able to be transmitted between people or animals

contagioustransmissibleTechnicalinfectious

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