Hyphenation of CONTAGIOUS

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word CONTAGIOUS? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

CON-TA-GIOUS

Definitions of CONTAGIOUS:

1.	Easily diffused or spread as from one person to another A contagious grin
2.	(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection

Synonyms of CONTAGIOUS:

adj	communicable disease
adj	infectious
adj	catching, communicable, contractable, transmissible, transmittable, infectious

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