Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fomite

1 sense of fomite

Sense 1
fomite, vehicle -- (any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another)
       => object, physical object -- (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects")