catching

/kˈætʃɪŋ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. (baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
2. the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
3. becoming infected
   “catching cold is sometimes unavoidable”

adjective

1. (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection

Synonyms for catching

• detection
• espial
• spying
• spotting
• contracting
• communicable
• contagious
• contractable
• transmissible
• transmittable
• infectious

Words that rhyme with catching

• hatching
• matching
• patching
• scratching
• attaching
• dispatching
• latching
• snatching