noncontagious

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adjective

Not contagious.

Similar
noncommunicablenontransmissiblenoninfectious
OriginEnglish contagious ← Middle English non- ← Old English nān- →
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Meanings

adjectivenoncontagious (not comparable)

alternative non-contagious

  1. not comparableNot contagious.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjective(of disease) not capable of being passed on

Similar
noncommunicablenontransmissiblenoninfectious
Also see
noncommunicablenoninfectiousnontransmissible

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Englishcontagious
  15. Englishnoncontagious

From non- + contagious.

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Translations

Greek αμετάδοτος
  • αμετάδοτος (ametádotos)not contagious
Cite this entry
APA

noncontagious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncontagious

MLA

“noncontagious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncontagious. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “noncontagious,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncontagious.

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