Another word for catching | Synonyms for catching

Another word for catching

catching Synonyms

catching

modif.

contagious, communicable, infectious, epidemic, endemic, pestilential, transmittable, pestiferous, noxious, miasmatic, epizootic, pandemic, virulent; see also dangerous 2.

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Another word for catching

adjective

Capable of transmission by infection:

communicable, contagious, infectious, taking. See move

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The general approached, catching Elise's eye.
Julie and Molly had catching up to do so they adjoined to their room, with plans for the pool later.
Deidre stilled suddenly, her breath catching softly.
Her shoulder scraped off the stall, catching the strap of her sundress on a board.
She leaped off the window seat and dashed for the phone, catching it on the second ring.

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