1. (noun) catching
(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
Synonyms: spying, espial, spotting, contracting, detection Antonyms: noninfectious
2. (noun) detection, catching, espial, spying, spotting
the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
Synonyms: detective work, spying, staining, sleuthing, sensing, detecting, detection, signal detection, catching, espial, maculation, undercover work, spotting, contracting Antonyms: noninfectious
3. (adj) catching, contracting
becoming infected
Synonyms: spying, espial, spotting, catching, contracting, detection Antonyms: noninfectious
4. (adj) catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable
(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
Synonyms: inherited, genetic, communicable, contagious, transmittable, ancestral, catching, hereditary, patrimonial, familial, transmissible, contractable, transmitted Antonyms: noninfectious
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