Synonyms for catching
ˈkætʃ ɪŋcatch·ing

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1. catchingnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   spying, espial, spotting, contracting, detection

   Antonyms:
   noninfectious

2. detection, catching, espial, spying, spottingnoun

   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, contractingadjective

   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, transmittableadjective

   (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. • Baseball
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   • Playing

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1. catchingnoun

   Synonyms:
   seizure, capture, arrest, apprehension

2. catchingadjective

   Synonyms:
   infectious, contagious, pestilential, pestiferous

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1. catchingadjective

   Synonyms:
   contagious, infectious, communicable, pestilential

   Antonyms:
   noncontagious, incommunicable

2. catchingnoun

   Synonyms:
   seizure, apprehension, arrest

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1. List of paraphrases for "catching":

   capture, capturing, catch

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1. Big Lots:

   We still have a lot of catching up to do in our digital business.

2. Lili Bernard:

   If it weren't for the MeToo movement, I don't believe that society in general would have made this tremendous shift toward believing women, what this verdict has shown is that finally the justice system is finally catching up to modern culture, that women's voices are being believed.

3. Tanya Altmann:

   Any time you go outside and get near anybody else, it does increase your risk of catching or transmitting.

4. David Rose:

   When people get a catchphrase and you sense that it's catching on, you never want to hit it home and make the audience aware that you're aware that they're aware.

5. Lee So-yeon:

   North Korean army units and security agencies are running many businesses to earn foreign currency from mining gold to catching fish on the west and east coasts.