transmittable

1. 1.

   (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection

   Synonymscatchingcommunicablecontagiouscontractabletransmissible

   Similarinfectious

Questions about transmittable

What does transmittable mean?

transmittable means "(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection".

How many syllables are in transmittable?

transmittable has 4 syllables: tran-smit-ta-ble. The stress falls on "smit". In IPA it is /tɹænzˈmɪtəbəl/.

What is another word for transmittable?

Close synonyms include catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible. 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.

Is transmittable a common word?

transmittable is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.