Defenition of the word infect

• Defenition of the word infect

  • To spread among others, to communicate to others.
  • To bring into contact with a substance that can cause illness (a pathogen).
  • communicate a disease to; "Your children have infected you with this bead cold"
  • contaminate with a disease or microorganism
  • fill with revolutionary ideas
  • communicate a disease to; "Your children have infected you with this head cold"
  • affect in a contagious way; "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room"
  • contaminate with ideas or an ideology; "society was infected by racism"
  • communicate a disease to
  • affect in a contagious way
  • corrupt with ideas or an ideology

Synonyms for the word infect

• • inspire
  • revolutionize
  • taint

Hyponyms for the word infect

• • canker
  • smut
  • superinfect

Hypernyms for the word infect

• • affect
  • contaminate
  • corrupt
  • debase
  • debauch
  • demoralise
  • demoralize
  • deprave
  • foul
  • give
  • impress
  • indoctrinate
  • misdirect
  • move
  • pervert
  • pollute
  • profane
  • strike
  • subvert
  • vitiate

Antonyms for the word infect

• • disinfect

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