Definition for Catching:

• Apt to catch; infectious.

Synonyms for Catching:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • contagious,
  • contractable,
  • transmittable.
  •contagious (adjective)
  • more transmissible,
  • most transmissible,
  • more epizootic,
  • more impartible,
  • most inoculable,
  • most epizootic,
  • most impartible,
  • more inoculable.
  •contagious (disease) (adjective)
  • transferable,
  • infective.
  •epidemic (adjective)
  • wide-ranging,
  • prevailing.

• n.

  •
  • acute,
  • advanced,
  • chronic.
  •
  • move.
  •act (noun)
  • catching.
  •catching (noun)
  • espial,
  • detection,
  • spying,
  • spotting,
  • contracting,
  • infectious.
  •contagious (noun)
  • noxious,
  • dangerous,
  • endemic,
  • pestilential,
  • pandemic,
  • pestiferous,
  • Miasmatic.
  •getting (noun)
  • clutchings,
  • graspings,
  • seizings,
  • pursuings,
  • assimilatings,
  • capturings,
  • masterings,
  • confiscatings,
  • appropriatings.
  •take (noun)
  • takings.

• v.

  •acquiring (verb)
  • netting,
  • assuming,
  • buying,
  • purchasing,
  • fetching,
  • scoring,
  • Garnering,
  • landing,
  • incurring,
  • Retrieving,
  • Luring,
  • Heaping,
  • Claiming,
  • Receiving,
  • Pocketing,
  • Palming,
  • Adding,
  • Accumulating,
  • Cornering,
  • wrangling.
  •capturing (verb)
  • winning,
  • capture,
  • Capturing,
  • Obtaining,
  • Gaining,
  • Achieving,
  • arresting,
  • Apprehending,
  • abducting,
  • taking,
  • seizing,
  • Snaring,
  • Snatching,
  • Occupying,
  • Collaring,
  • Securing.
  •hindering (verb)
  • Obstructing,
  • countering,
  • Plugging,
  • constraining,
  • Crimping,
  • constipating,
  • Delaying,
  • Burdening,
  • Tangling,
  • Deterring,
  • fettering,
  • Complicating,
  • Staying,
  • Fouling,
  • hindering,
  • Bunging,
  • bottlenecking,
  • Checking,
  • baffling,
  • choking,
  • Resisting,
  • Cramping,
  • Hampering,
  • impeding,
  • congesting,
  • jamming,
  • braking,
  • Snarling,
  • Clogging,
  • Handicapping,
  • Miring,
  • Impairing,
  • restricting,
  • Entrapping,
  • dragging,
  • Snagging,
  • Hamstringing,
  • opposing,
  • Encumbering,
  • Restraining,
  • barring,
  • crippling,
  • thwarting,
  • Detaining,
  • Interrupting,
  • Damming,
  • stopping,
  • curbing,
  • Entangling,
  • frustrating,
  • Paralyzing,
  • blocking,
  • inhibiting.
  •taking (verb)
  • impounding,
  • harvesting,
  • gathering,
  • Levying,
  • Depriving,
  • Amassing,
  • Procuring,
  • Nabbing,
  • Monopolizing,
  • Usurping,
  • Annexing,
  • Reaping,
  • collecting,
  • bagging,
  • Commandeering,
  • Confiscating,
  • Appropriating.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • niggling,
  • refractory,
  • virulent,
  • untreated,
  • curable,
  • morbid,
  • third degree,
  • congenital,
  • inoperable,
  • multiple,
  • pathological,
  • generalized,
  • nonspecific,
  • quiescent,
  • depressive,
  • life-threatening,
  • benign,
  • nervous,
  • systemic,
  • perforated,
  • asymptomatic,
  • opportunistic,
  • fungal,
  • waterborne,
  • operable,
  • focal,
  • infantile,
  • stubborn,
  • second-degree,
  • sporadic,
  • wasting,
  • degenerative,
  • Strangulated,
  • psychosomatic,
  • clinical,
  • tubercular,
  • unresponsive,
  • neurodegenerative,
  • noninvasive,
  • disabling,
  • autoimmune,
  • inflammatory,
  • self-induced,
  • mortal,
  • suspected,
  • psychiatric,
  • Treatable,
  • self-inflicted,
  • rheumatic.
  •
  • low-grade,
  • invasive,
  • traumatic,
  • malignant,
  • inactive,
  • severe,
  • first degree,
  • incurable,
  • febrile,
  • parasitic,
  • primary.
  •
  • local,
  • take,
  • terminal.
  •
  • viral,
  • mild.
  •enchanting
  • charming.

Paraphrases for Catching:

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    catch, catches.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    catch.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Capturing.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    Capturing.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Attaching, Attracting, hanging, Chasing, Fisheries, reaching, tackling, re-establishing, Grabbing, grabs, halting, Achieving, Recuperating, stopping, shooting, Confiscating, recovering, regenerating, Retrieving, arresting, understanding, tapping, decisionmaking, calling, Reclaiming, Discovering, detecting, Adjusting, acquiring, Attaining, reinstating, grasping, Infecting, leveraging, Restoring, regaining, enticing, hunting, knocking, arriving, straining, Detaining, Collapsing, use, Realizing, seizing, Rescuing, Conceiving, Luring, Subscribing, contracting, recouping, targeting, wandering, salvaging, revealing, spotting, Heeded, assuming, Delaying, reviving, starting, holding, Gaining, Receiving, diagnosing, spreading, courting, curbing, identifying, boarding, angling, Arousing, drawing, turning, operating, lagging, .., rebuilding, shrinking, pulling, returning, Dialing, Quitting, riding, narrowing, incurring, Stepping, stressing, bust, Having, erupting, Referring, ringing, showing, Stemming, focussing, seeing, bring, bringing, ..., filming, controlling, getting, Bridging, sensing, Doing, speaking, making, trapping.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    grabs, gets.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    trapping, Capturing.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    fetching, recapturing, surprising.

Antonyms for Catching:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    noninfectious, noncommunicable.

Catching Sentence Examples:

• The poor little thing may have some catching disease!

• I finished my breakfast in haste, and catching up my hat escaped out of doors.

Hyponym for Catching:

• n.

  • act
    playing.