English Explanatory Dictionary

communicable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Able to be transmitted between people or animals.
  2. Readily communicated.
  3. Talkative or expansive.

Pronunciation

/kəˈmjuːnɪkəbəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-communicable.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-communicable.wav

Word forms

communicable more communicable most communicable

Etymology

From Old French communicable, Latin communicabilis.

Synonyms

transmissible spreadable catching

Antonyms

nontransmissible noncommunicable incommunicable ineffable

Related words

communicability

Derived words

communicable disease communicableness communicable scale communicably intercommunicable noncommunicable uncommunicable
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