Catching Synonyms and Antonyms

kăchĭng, kĕch-
Capable of transmission by infection
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. communicable
  2. contagious
  3. infectious
  4. epidemic
  5. pestilential
  6. transmittable
  7. taking
  8. endemic
  9. captivating
  10. pestiferous
  11. noxious
  12. miasmatic
  13. epizootic
  14. pandemic
  15. virulent
  16. contractable
  17. deprivative
  18. transmissible
  19. expropriatory
Antonyms:
  1. incommunicable
  2. noncontagious
  3. uncontagious
Perceive by hearing
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. getting
  2. kenning
  3. twigging
  4. digging
  5. understanding
  6. taking
  7. sensing
  8. seeing
  9. reading
  10. grasping
  11. following
  12. fathoming
  13. conceiving
  14. comprehending
  15. compassing
  16. apprehending
To make secure
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. securing
  2. mooring
  3. fixing
  4. fastening
  5. anchoring
Apprehend and reproduce accurately
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. getting
  2. taking
  3. developing
  4. sickening
  5. incurring
  6. contracting
Antonyms:
  1. escaping
Succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. bagging
  2. netting
  3. seizing
  4. nabbing
  5. getting
  6. capturing
  7. overtaking
  8. nailing
  9. apprehending
  10. trapping
  11. tricking
  12. wedding
  13. surprising
  14. stopping
  15. snatching
  16. snapping
  17. receiving
  18. passing
  19. taking
  20. marrying
  21. landing
  22. intercepting
  23. holding
  24. hitching
  25. hauling
  26. securing
  27. griping
  28. grasping
  29. arresting
  30. entrapping
  31. snaring
  32. entangling
  33. drawing
  34. developing
  35. detecting
  36. cornering
  37. comprehending
  38. clutching
  39. clipping
  40. clasping
  41. busting
  42. baiting
  43. attracting
To reach in time to board
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. taking
  2. jumping
  3. grabbing
  4. boarding
  5. making
Capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. capturing
  2. tangling
  3. webbing
  4. trapping
  5. trammelling
  6. snaring
  7. entrapping
  8. ensnaring
  9. enmeshing
Reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. striking
  2. hitching
  3. ensnaring
  4. getting
  5. snatching
  6. snapping
  7. fooling
  8. nipping
To have a sudden overwhelming effect on
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. taking
  2. striking
  3. seizing
Hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. overhearing
The act of detecting something; catching sight of something
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. detection
  2. espial
  3. spying
  4. spotting
Becoming infected
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. contracting

Words Related to Catching

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Catching Sentence Examples

  • I think I'm catching a cold though.

  • 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.

  • She turned to go back and stopped, catching her breath.

  • He's catching on, isn't he?

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