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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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. Eric Roberts:

   I was worried there might be places in the US that are not catching all the kids that they're supposed to, but I didn't really know, but I can also imagine physicians doing an extremely good job. It really was a completely open question.

2. Inga Saffron:

   The difference being they were catching the sturgeon as they were migrating to spawn, not only did they kill the fish, they killed future generations of fish.

3. Metro Nashville Police Department:

   The teen said he tossed a firework onto the property where the SUV was parked, catching it on fire.

4. Paul Hunter:

   The large majority of infectious disease specialists think, and have thought for many months, that SARS-CoV-2 is here to stay, our grandchildren's grandchildren will still be catching( the virus).

5. Alla Yaroshinskaya:

   Haste is good only in catching fleas.