Contact, n. Touch, juxtaposition, junction, contiguity, close union.
Contagion, n.
- 1. Infection, communication of disease (by contact, direct or indirect).
- 2. Contagious matter, disease-germs, virus, contagium.
- 3. Contamination, taint, corruption, infection.
- 4. Pestilential influence, poisonous exhalations, pestilence, poisoned air.
Contagious, a.
- 1. Infectious, catching.
- 2. Pestilential, pestiferous, poisonous, deadly.
Contain, v. a.
- 1. Comprehend, comprise, embrace, include, embody.
- 2. Hold, have capacity for.
- 3. Restrain, keep in check.
Contain, v. n. Be continent, live in continence.
Contaminate, v. a. Defile, pollute, corrupt, taint, infect, poison, vitiate, sully, tarnish, soil, stain.
Contamination, n.
- 1. Contaminating, polluting, pollution, defiling, defilement, etc. See the verb.
- 2. Taint, stain, infection, impurity, foulness, uncleanness, abomination, pollution, defilement.
Contemn, v. a. Despise, disdain, scorn, scout, spurn, slight, hold in contempt, look down upon, turn a cold shoulder upon, turn up one’s nose at, snap one’s fingers at, laugh to scorn, point the finger of scorn at.
Contemplate, v. a.
- 1. Gaze upon, view attentively, look abroad upon, survey.