infective
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
able to cause disease
infective agents
Related & opposite
- pathogen derivation
- taint derivation
- infect derivation
- unhealthful similar to
Sense 2 adjective
caused by infection or capable of causing infection
viruses and other infective agents
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pathogen |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | taint |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | infect |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | unhealthful |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | infection |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | taint |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | infect |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | septic |