Antonyms for infect
ɪnˈfɛktin·fect

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1. infectverb

   Antonyms:
   disinfect

2. infectverb

   Antonyms:
   disinfect

3. infectverb

   Her passion for dancing has infected me.

   Antonyms:
   disinfect

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. infect

   The hand may be defiled by a touch of pitch; swine that have been wallowing in the mud are befouled. Contaminate and infect refer to something evil that deeply pervades and permeates, as the human body or mind. Pollute is used chiefly of liquids; as, water polluted with sewage. Tainted meat is repulsive; infected meat contains germs of disease. A soiled garment may be cleansed by washing; a spoiled garment is beyond cleansing or repair. Bright metal is tarnished by exposure; a fair sheet is sullied by a dirty hand. In figurative use, defile may be used merely in the ceremonial sense; "they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled," John xviii, 28; contaminate refers to deep spiritual injury. Pollute has also a reference to sacrilege; as, to pollute a sanctuary, an altar, or an ordinance. The innocent are often contaminated by association with the wicked; the vicious are more and more corrupted by their own excesses. We speak of a vitiated taste or style; fraud vitiates a title or a contract.

   Antonyms:
   clean, cleanse, disinfect, hallow, purify, sanctify, wash

   Synonyms:
   befoul, contaminate, corrupt, defile, pollute, soil, spoil, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, vitiate

   Preposition:
   The temple was defiled with blood; defiled by sacrilegious deeds.

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1. infect

   Synonyms:
   taint, corrupt, contaminate, pollute, defile

Matched Categories

1. • Affect
   • Contaminate
   • Corrupt
   • Give

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. infectverb

   communicate a disease to

   "Your children have infected you with this head cold"

   Antonyms:
   disinfect

   Synonyms:
   taint

2. infect, taintverb

   contaminate with a disease or microorganism

   Antonyms:
   disinfect

   Synonyms:
   cloud, taint, defile, corrupt, sully

3. infectverb

   corrupt with ideas or an ideology

   "society was infected by racism"

   Antonyms:
   disinfect

   Synonyms:
   taint

4. infectverb

   affect in a contagious way

   "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room"

   Antonyms:
   disinfect

   Synonyms:
   taint

How to use infect in a sentence?

1. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti:

   If you think you have COVID-19, if want the reassurance that you do not, if you've been around people that you have seen with symptoms, get a test, you can't put a price on the piece of mind of knowing that you can't infect somebody around you.

2. Abraar Karan:

   I tend to think of it [like] this: The vast majority of people may not infect any other people, and some people in certain situations infect a lot of people, one person may infect 10 people, or 15 people or 20 people.

3. Sanjay Gupta:

   It's a way to show that you are less likely to infect someone else and a reminder that we are all in this together.

4. Bill Cassidy:

   The requirement is just that you can not enter school unless you're vaccinated, now, if you're such a believer in liberty that you do not wish to be vaccinated, then there should be a consequence, and that is that you can not infect other people.

5. Steven Quay:

   These viruses are always waiting to infect you, you only have to make a mistake for five minutes after a 20-year career and, you know, you've got it.

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