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. 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. Christopher Wilson:

   We're still thinking about migration with a vision that's maybe 20 years old at this point. We're not -- as the public or even as policymakers -- catching up fully, the ground has shifted beneath our feet, and we're still operating as if it's the old world.

2. Andy Beshear:

   The risk is higher of catching it because of the number of cases that we're reporting, there is more virus in the communities.

3. Sebastian Vettel:

   I think we have done good steps in the past but probably not enough, compared to other people, so I think there's a lot of catching up for us to do, we need to make the car quicker, to put more downforce in it, make it more efficient at the same time, and add a bit of power.

4. Brendan Fay:

   I feel like the parade is finally catching up with the heart of Irish people.

5. Hakan Bjorkman:

   Hospitals have closed down because they have been overrun by Ebola patients and non-Ebola patients are too afraid to go to them for fear of catching the virus, hIV prevention activities in schools and awareness raising for the general population has been suspended due to the restriction of movement, the closure of all education institutions and the overall ban on public gathering.