Infectious virus Synonyms

Definitions for Infectious


  • (adjective) exciting a similar feeling or reaction in others
  • (adjective) of or relating to infection
  • (adjective) caused by infection or capable of causing infection

Definitions for Virus


  • (noun) (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein
  • (noun) a harmful or corrupting agency
  • (noun) a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer