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Adjective infective has 2 senses
- infective, morbific, pathogenic - able to cause disease; "infective agents"; "pathogenic bacteria"
Antonym: healthful (indirect, via unhealthful)
- infectious, infective - caused by infection or capable of causing infection; "viruses and other infective agents"; "a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease"
Antonym: antiseptic (indirect, via septic)
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