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

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1. List of paraphrases:

   capture, capturing, catch

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