Synonyms 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

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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.

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

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

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

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1. infect

   Synonyms:
   taint, corrupt, contaminate, pollute, defile

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. infectverb

   communicate a disease to

   "Your children have infected you with this head cold"

   Synonyms:
   taint

   Antonyms:
   disinfect

2. infect, taintverb

   contaminate with a disease or microorganism

   Synonyms:
   cloud, taint, defile, corrupt, sully

   Antonyms:
   disinfect

3. infectverb

   corrupt with ideas or an ideology

   "society was infected by racism"

   Synonyms:
   taint

   Antonyms:
   disinfect

4. infectverb

   affect in a contagious way

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

   Synonyms:
   taint

   Antonyms:
   disinfect

Matched Categories

1. • Affect
   • Contaminate
   • Corrupt
   • Give

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1. infectverb

   Synonyms:
   taint with disease, affect with contagious matter

2. infectverb

   Synonyms:
   pollute, contaminate, vitiate, poison, defile, corrupt

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1. List of paraphrases for "infect":

   contaminate, infected

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How to use infect in a sentence?

1. John Swartzberg:

   People start wiping their eyes, and if their hands are contaminated they could infect themselves through their eyes.

2. Ken Smith:

   There is no evidence that naturally infected cats can shed virus in sufficient quantity either to infect other cats or people, these occasional instances of human to animal transmission of Covid-19 do not in any way detract from the fact that all current evidence shows that the pandemic is driven by human to human transmission.

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. Michael Ryan:

   There are negative social media campaigns, people who have tried to convince populations that the vaccine is used to infect you and the therapeutics are used to finish you off.

5. 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.