Definition for Infection:

• Act of infecting: that which infects or taints.

Synonyms for Infection:

• n.

  •
  • fester,
  • carrier,
  • defense mechanism,
  • cross infection,
  • cross-contamination,
  • antibody,
  • biosecurity,
  • defense,
  • pollution,
  • poisoning,
  • epidemic,
  • candida.
  •adulteration (noun)
  • corruption,
  • contamination.
  •attribute (noun)
  • infection.
  •bane (noun)
  • doom,
  • contagion,
  • misfortune,
  • bane,
  • affliction,
  • ill,
  • scourge,
  • evil,
  • cancer,
  • calamity.
  •canker (noun)
  • canker.
  •contamination (noun)
  • Septicity,
  • Insanitation,
  • defilement,
  • Communicability,
  • what's going around,
  • flu,
  • Contagiousness.
  •corruption (noun)
  • de-basements,
  • de basement,
  • doctorings,
  • de basements,
  • noxiousnesses,
  • de-basement.
  •disease (noun)
  • queasiness,
  • debility,
  • breakdown,
  • fever,
  • decrepitude,
  • apoplexy,
  • pestilence,
  • feverishness,
  • handicap,
  • infliction,
  • disorder,
  • ailment,
  • complication,
  • sickness,
  • collapse,
  • affection,
  • symptom,
  • attack,
  • malaise,
  • spasm,
  • malady,
  • illness,
  • disability,
  • ague,
  • Sickliness,
  • indisposition,
  • condition,
  • unhealthiness,
  • syndrome,
  • infirmity,
  • complaint,
  • nausea,
  • curse.
  •distemper (noun)
  • dis-temper,
  • dis temper,
  • dis-tempers,
  • dis tempers.
  •pest (noun)
  • badgerer,
  • tormentor,
  • thorn in side,
  • crashing bore,
  • tormentors,
  • head ache,
  • pesterer,
  • pesterers.
  •pestilence (noun)
  • out-break,
  • out break,
  • out-breaks,
  • out breaks.
  •poison (noun)
  • Toxoids,
  • toxoid,
  • toxicants,
  • Venin.
  •pollution (noun)
  • greenhouse effect,
  • vitiation,
  • soilings.
  •taint (noun)
  • dis grace,
  • dis honors,
  • dis-honors,
  • dis-graces,
  • dis-grace,
  • dis graces,
  • dis honor,
  • dis-honor.
  •toxin (noun)
  • poisonous substances.
  •transmission (noun)
  • transmission.
  •unhealthiness (noun)
  • pathology,
  • malignancy,
  • deadliness,
  • toxicity,
  • poisonousness,
  • insalubrity,
  • unwholesomeness.
  •virus (noun)
  • micro organisms,
  • micro organism.
  •vulgarism (noun)
  • vulgarism.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • malformation,
  • insufficiency,
  • deformity,
  • incidence,
  • dysfunction,
  • incapacity,
  • insanity,
  • STD,
  • STI,
  • pandemic,
  • mental illness.
  •
  • burnout.
  •
  • upset,
  • disturbance,
  • worm,
  • trouble.
  •
  • case.
  •contamination
  • impurity.

Paraphrases for Infection:

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    disorders, solutions, alternatives, Guidelines, cheers, infected.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    infestation, infective, inoculation, incidence, colonization, affliction, contracting, seropositivity, colonisation, immunodeficiency, condition, pollution, prophylaxis, parasite, pandemic, disorder, chlamydia.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    infectious, disease, Diseases.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    inflammation, infectivity, infectious, prevalence, outbreak, exposure, disease, spread.
  • Verb, past tense
    infected.

Antonyms for Infection:

• n.

  • contamination
    sterility, sanitation.

Infection Sentence Examples:

• I shall not take the infection to - night.

• The men having a lyceum, the boys took the infection and even had a relapse.

Hypernym for Infection:

• n.

  • process
    zymosis.
  • state
    staphylococcal infection, bilharzia, eye infection, focal infection, suprainfection, opportunistic infection, superinfection, respiratory tract infection, vaccinia, scabies, variola vaccinia, cross infection, lockjaw, virus infection, felon, stye, nonsocial infection, itch, septic sore throat, bilharziasis, Streptococcus Tonsilitis, paronychia, Protozoal Infection, streptococcal sore throat, viral infection, variola vaccine, hordeolum, sore, variola vaccina, sepsis, schistosomiasis, strep throat, whitlow, throat infection, sty, tetanus, tapeworm infection, enterobiasis, Vaccina, toxoplasmosis, respiratory infection.

Hyponym for Infection:

• n.

  • attribute
    corruption, corruptness, illegality.
  • process
    linguistic process, pathologic process, pathological process.
  • state
    health problem, ill health, unhealthiness.

Meronym for Infection:

• n.

  • state
    incubation.