Definition for Infective:

• Able or tending to taint with noxious matter or bad qualities. Note.- Contagion and contagious are used with respect to things which spread by contact or imitation; infection and infectious are generally restricted to a more hidden and diffusive power, but this distinction is not always observed.

Synonyms for Infective:

• adj.

  •catching (adjective)
  • endemic,
  • transferable,
  • pestiferous,
  • epidemic,
  • dangerous,
  • pandemic,
  • communicable,
  • taking.
  •harmful (adjective)
  • poisonous.
  •infectious (adjective)
  • diseased,
  • noxious,
  • Vitiating,
  • poisoning,
  • contaminating,
  • corrupting,
  • Polluting,
  • Defiling,
  • toxic,
  • contagious,
  • pestilent.
  •poison/poisonous (adjective)
  • detrimental,
  • malicious,
  • Viperous,
  • fatal,
  • deleterious,
  • hurtful,
  • corrupt,
  • morbid,
  • mortal,
  • baleful,
  • pernicious,
  • lethal,
  • vicious,
  • baneful,
  • peccant,
  • Nocuous,
  • evil,
  • bad,
  • corruptive,
  • noisome.
  •toxicant (adjective)
  • bad*.
  •virulent (adjective)
  • injurious,
  • harmful,
  • unhealthy,
  • unwholesome,
  • poison.

• n.

  •infective (noun)
  • unhealthful.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • caustic,
  • abscessed,
  • portable,
  • infected,
  • transmissible,
  • venomous,
  • malign,
  • sulphurous,
  • vitriolic,
  • spreading,
  • Contagiousness,
  • malignant,
  • sporadic,
  • blistering,
  • destructive,
  • adhesive,
  • acerbic,
  • contaminative,
  • Impartible,
  • deadly,
  • Infectiousness,
  • acrid,
  • Inoculable,
  • bitter.

Paraphrases for Infective:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    infectious.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    infectious.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    infection, rhinotracheitis, necrosis.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    communicable.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    infectivity, communicable.

Antonyms for Infective:

• adj.

  • catching
    uncontagious.
  • infectious
    harmless, antiseptic, uncommunicable, non-infectious, Germless.
  • poison/poisonous
    healing, curing, antidotal, helpful, Assisting, Aiding.
  • poisonous
    benevolent.
  • virulent
    healthy, nonpoisonous.
  • Other antonyms:
    healthful.

Infective Sentence Examples:

• Amputation may become necessary should gangrene ensue from injury to the popliteal vessels, or if infective complications threaten the life of the patient.

• I learned also of divers other rivers of that nature among them, which were also, while the sun was in the meridian, very safe to drink, and in the morning, evening, and night, wonderful dangerous and infective.