Antonyms for communicable
kəˈmyu nɪ kə bəlcom·mu·ni·ca·ble

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1. communicableadjective

   Antonyms:
   incommunicable

2. communicableadjective

   Antonyms:
   incommunicable

3. communicableadjective

   Antonyms:
   incommunicable

4. communicableadjective

   Antonyms:
   incommunicable

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1. catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittableadjective

   (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection

   Antonyms:
   incommunicative, noninfectious, uncommunicative

   Synonyms:
   inherited, genetic, contagious, transmittable, ancestral, catching, hereditary, patrimonial, familial, transmissible, contractable, transmitted

2. communicableadjective

   readily communicated

   "communicable ideas"

   Antonyms:
   uncommunicative, incommunicative, noninfectious

   Synonyms:
   transmittable, transmissible, contractable, catching, contagious

How to use communicable in a sentence?

1. Mike Clark:

   I believe that it's a freedom issue and I've worn a mask probably a maximum of one hour throughout this whole Covid thing. if it's so communicable, why am I still standing ?

2. Terry Pratchett:

   Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease.

3. Bayard Roberts:

   Traditionally the focus has been on communicable (infectious) disease and maternal and child care.

4. Peter Hotez:

   So many of these neglected tropical diseases are not acute infections like ... the flu or common cold, many are chronic, debilitating conditions that mimic non-communicable diseases ... If somebody has epilepsy, they don't think of cysticercosis ... If a child tests poorly in school, the pediatrician or nurse practitioner won't think of toxocariasis.

5. Peter Maurer:

   Non-communicable diseases are a silent killer and often overlooked during times of armed conflict, if you look at Yemen, Syria, Iraq and beyond, thousands will remain with life-threatening illnesses if they are not able to receive essential medical supplies such as insulin to treat diabetes.

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