Synonyms for catching
ˈkætʃ ɪŋ

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1. catching(noun)

   (baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team

   Synonyms:
   spying, espial, spotting, contracting, detection

   Antonyms:
   noninfectious

2. detection, catching, espial, spying, spotting(noun)

   the act of detecting something; catching sight of something

   Synonyms:
   detective work, spying, staining, sleuthing, sensing, detecting, detection, signal detection, espial, maculation, undercover work, spotting, contracting

   Antonyms:
   noninfectious

3. catching, contracting(adj)

   becoming infected

   "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic"

   Synonyms:
   spying, espial, spotting, contracting, detection

   Antonyms:
   noninfectious

4. catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable(adj)

   (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection

   Synonyms:
   inherited, genetic, communicable, contagious, transmittable, ancestral, hereditary, patrimonial, familial, transmissible, contractable, transmitted

   Antonyms:
   noninfectious

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1. catching(n.)

   Synonyms:
   seizure, capture, arrest, apprehension

2. catching(a.)

   Synonyms:
   infectious, contagious, pestilential, pestiferous

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. catching(a)

   Synonyms:
   contagious, infectious, communicable, pestilential

   Antonyms:
   noncontagious, incommunicable

2. catching(n)

   Synonyms:
   seizure, apprehension, arrest

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1. List of paraphrases for "catching":

   capture, capturing, catch

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1. Greg Senters:

   It’s called fishing, it’s not called catching, so I told him we may not catch anything, but he said it doesn’t matter, he said just being out there doing this was just as good.

2. Paul Schmit:

   At 6:25 local time above the skies of northern New Mexico, the ISS was catching its first glimpses of the early-morning sunlight hundreds of miles above the Earths surface, while Mars slowly receded away from the moons dark side.

3. Richard Bernstein:

   Right now, we view investing in the current environment using the hackneyed phrase of 'catching a falling knife,' we see no need to rush into markets.

4. Thierry Philardeau:

   People have more money to spend there and are catching up with the rest of China.

5. Daniel Romanchuk:

   It was a very tight finish, as it got later in the race, there's just more and more people catching up and making a bigger group, and then things got a little bit more tactical.

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