/ Thesaurus / I Synonyms of infected Find synonyms for: Verb1. infect, giveusage: communicate a disease to; "Your children have infected you with this head cold"2. infect, taint, pollute, foul, contaminateusage: contaminate with a disease or microorganism3. infect, corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirectusage: corrupt with ideas or an ideology; "society was infected by racism"4. infect, affect, impress, move, strikeusage: affect in a contagious way; "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room"Adjective1. septic (vs. antiseptic), infected, abscessed, dirty, pestiferous, contaminative, purulent, pussy, infectious, infective, putrefactive, putrefacient, septicemic, germy, unhealthfulusage: containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms; "a septic sore throat"; "a septic environment"; "septic sewage"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: acquiesce Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language