transmissible

12 synonyms and 1 antonym for transmissible, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.

Adj — Able to be passed from one place, person or thing to another.

Synonyms

Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.

genetic

Still standard English, but they carry more weight.

transmitted catching inherited contagious ancestral hereditary

Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.

contractable familial communicable patrimonial transmittable

Able to be passed from one place, person or thing to another.

contractable familial communicable transmitted patrimonial catching inherited contagious genetic ancestral hereditary transmittable

Able to spread a disease from one person or animal to another.

Opposites

noninfectious

Formed from Latin trānsmissus and -ible.

genetic catching transmitted inherited hereditary contagious ancestral familial contractable noninfectious communicable