infective

infective is a 9-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Infectious. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 20 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Infectious.
2. adjective. able to cause disease

   "infective agents"

   "pathogenic bacteria"

   Synonyms: morbific, pathogenic

3. adjective. caused by infection or capable of causing infection

   "viruses and other infective agents"

   "a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease"

   Synonyms: infectious

Synonyms

morbific, pathogenic, infectious

Common word forms

infectiveness

Words from these letters

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