infectious agent

1. 1.

   an agent capable of producing infection

   Synonymsinfective agent

   Broaderagent

   Narrowerviruspathogen

Questions about infectious agent

What does infectious agent mean?

infectious agent means "an agent capable of producing infection".

What is another word for infectious agent?

Close synonyms include infective agent. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.