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Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun catching

3 senses of catching

Sense 1
catching -- ((baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team)
       => playing -- (the action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation)

Sense 2
detection, catching, espial, spying, spotting -- (the act of detecting something; catching sight of something)
       => discovery, find, uncovering -- (the act of discovering something)

Sense 3
catching, contracting -- (becoming infected; "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic")
       => acquiring, getting -- (the act of acquiring something; "I envied his talent for acquiring"; "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb catch

29 senses of catch

Sense 1
catch -- (discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state; "She caught her son eating candy"; "She was caught shoplifting")
       => surprise -- (cause to be surprised; "The news really surprised me")

Sense 2
catch, pick up -- (perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily; "I caught the aroma of coffee"; "He caught the allusion in her glance"; "ears open to catch every sound"; "The dog picked up the scent"; "Catch a glimpse")
       => perceive, comprehend -- (to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon")

Sense 3
get, catch -- (reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot; "the rock caught her in the back of the head"; "The blow got him in the back"; "The punch caught him in the stomach")
       => hit -- (deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face")

Sense 4
catch, grab, take hold of -- (take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of; "Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!")
       => seize, prehend, clutch -- (take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals")
          Phrasal Verb-> catch up#1

Sense 5
get, catch, capture -- (succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?")
       => seize, prehend, clutch -- (take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals")

Sense 6
hitch, catch -- (to hook or entangle; "One foot caught in the stirrup")
       => attach -- (cause to be attached)

Sense 7
catch, arrest, get -- (attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter")
       => attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in -- (direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers")

Sense 8
capture, catch -- (capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; "I caught a rabbit in the trap today")
       => get, acquire -- (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work")

Sense 9
catch -- (reach in time; "I have to catch a train at 7 o'clock")
       => board, get on -- (get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.))

Sense 10
catch -- (get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly; "Catch some sleep"; "catch one's breath")
       => get, acquire -- (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work")

Sense 11
overtake, catch, catch up with -- (catch up with and possibly overtake; "The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp")

Sense 12
catch -- (be struck or affected by; "catch fire"; "catch the mood")
       => change -- (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night")

Sense 13
catch -- (check oneself during an action; "She managed to catch herself before telling her boss what was on her mind")
       => control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate -- (lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger")

Sense 14
catch, take in, overhear -- (hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers; "We overheard the conversation at the next table")
       => hear -- (perceive (sound) via the auditory sense)

Sense 15
watch, view, see, catch, take in -- (see or watch; "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a show on Broadway"; "see a movie")
       => watch -- (look attentively; "watch a basketball game")

Sense 16
catch -- (cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled; "I caught the hem of my dress in the brambles")

Sense 17
trip up, catch -- (detect a blunder or misstep; "The reporter tripped up the senator")
       => learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see -- (get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted")

Sense 18
catch, get -- (grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; "did you catch that allusion?"; "We caught something of his theory in the lecture"; "don't catch your meaning"; "did you get it?"; "She didn't get the joke"; "I just don't get him")
       => understand -- (know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means")

Sense 19
catch -- (contract; "did you catch a cold?")
       => contract, take, get -- (be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill")

Sense 20
catch -- (start burning; "The fire caught")
       => erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate -- (start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously")

Sense 21
catch, get -- (perceive by hearing; "I didn't catch your name"; "She didn't get his name when they met the first time")
       => hear -- (perceive (sound) via the auditory sense)

Sense 22
catch, get -- (suffer from the receipt of; "She will catch hell for this behavior!")
       => hurt, ache, suffer -- (feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?")

Sense 23
capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant -- (attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts")
       => attract, appeal -- (be attractive to; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"; "The beautiful garden attracted many people")

Sense 24
catch, get -- (apprehend and reproduce accurately; "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood just right in her photographs")
       => reproduce -- (recreate a sound, image, idea, mood, atmosphere, etc.; "this DVD player reproduces the sound of the piano very well"; "He reproduced the feeling of sadness in the portrait")

Sense 25
catch -- (take in and retain; "We have a big barrel to catch the rainwater")
       => roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard -- (get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune")

Sense 26
catch -- (spread or be communicated; "The fashion did not catch")
       => spread, propagate -- (become distributed or widespread; "the infection spread"; "Optimism spread among the population")

Sense 27
catch -- (be the catcher; "Who is catching?")
       => play -- (participate in games or sport; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches")

Sense 28
catch -- (become aware of; "he caught her staring out the window")
       => witness, find, see -- (perceive or be contemporaneous with; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results")

Sense 29
catch -- (delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned; "I was caught in traffic and missed the meeting")
       => delay, detain, hold up -- (cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform")

Antonyms of adj catching

1 sense of catching

Sense 1
catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable -- ((of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection)

INDIRECT (VIA infectious) -> noninfectious -- (not infectious)

Similarity of adj catching

1 sense of catching

Sense 1
catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable -- ((of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection)
       => infectious (vs. noninfectious) -- (easily spread; "fear is exceedingly infectious; children catch it from their elders"- Bertrand Russell)


thesaurus -Overview of thesaurus noun -Hypernyms -Synonyms (ordered by estimated frequency) -Derived Forms -Domain -Familiarity & Polysemy Count -Coordinate Terms (sisters) -List of Compound Words -Overview of Senses verb -Hypernyms -Hyponyms & Hyponym Tree -Verb Entailment -Synonyms (ordered by estimated frequency) -Derived Forms -Domain -Familiarity & Polysemy Count -Verb Frames -Coordinate Terms (sisters) -Synonyms (grouped by similarity of meaning) -List of Compound Words -Overview of Senses adj -Antonyms -Synonyms (ordered by estimated frequency) -Familiarity & Polysemy Count -List of Compound Words -Overview of Senses	Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun catching 3 senses of catching Sense 1 catching -- ((baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team) => playing -- (the action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation) Sense 2 detection, catching, espial, spying, spotting -- (the act of detecting something; catching sight of something) => discovery, find, uncovering -- (the act of discovering something) Sense 3 catching, contracting -- (becoming infected; "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic") => acquiring, getting -- (the act of acquiring something; "I envied his talent for acquiring"; "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving") Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb catch 29 senses of catch Sense 1 catch -- (discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state; "She caught her son eating candy"; "She was caught shoplifting") => surprise -- (cause to be surprised; "The news really surprised me") Sense 2 catch, pick up -- (perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily; "I caught the aroma of coffee"; "He caught the allusion in her glance"; "ears open to catch every sound"; "The dog picked up the scent"; "Catch a glimpse") => perceive, comprehend -- (to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon") Sense 3 get, catch -- (reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot; "the rock caught her in the back of the head"; "The blow got him in the back"; "The punch caught him in the stomach") => hit -- (deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face") Sense 4 catch, grab, take hold of -- (take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of; "Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!") => seize, prehend, clutch -- (take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals") Phrasal Verb-> catch up#1 Sense 5 get, catch, capture -- (succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?") => seize, prehend, clutch -- (take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals") Sense 6 hitch, catch -- (to hook or entangle; "One foot caught in the stirrup") => attach -- (cause to be attached) Sense 7 catch, arrest, get -- (attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter") => attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in -- (direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers") Sense 8 capture, catch -- (capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; "I caught a rabbit in the trap today") => get, acquire -- (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work") Sense 9 catch -- (reach in time; "I have to catch a train at 7 o'clock") => board, get on -- (get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)) Sense 10 catch -- (get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly; "Catch some sleep"; "catch one's breath") => get, acquire -- (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work") Sense 11 overtake, catch, catch up with -- (catch up with and possibly overtake; "The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp") Sense 12 catch -- (be struck or affected by; "catch fire"; "catch the mood") => change -- (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night") Sense 13 catch -- (check oneself during an action; "She managed to catch herself before telling her boss what was on her mind") => control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate -- (lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger") Sense 14 catch, take in, overhear -- (hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers; "We overheard the conversation at the next table") => hear -- (perceive (sound) via the auditory sense) Sense 15 watch, view, see, catch, take in -- (see or watch; "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a show on Broadway"; "see a movie") => watch -- (look attentively; "watch a basketball game") Sense 16 catch -- (cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled; "I caught the hem of my dress in the brambles") Sense 17 trip up, catch -- (detect a blunder or misstep; "The reporter tripped up the senator") => learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see -- (get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted") Sense 18 catch, get -- (grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; "did you catch that allusion?"; "We caught something of his theory in the lecture"; "don't catch your meaning"; "did you get it?"; "She didn't get the joke"; "I just don't get him") => understand -- (know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means") Sense 19 catch -- (contract; "did you catch a cold?") => contract, take, get -- (be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill") Sense 20 catch -- (start burning; "The fire caught") => erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate -- (start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously") Sense 21 catch, get -- (perceive by hearing; "I didn't catch your name"; "She didn't get his name when they met the first time") => hear -- (perceive (sound) via the auditory sense) Sense 22 catch, get -- (suffer from the receipt of; "She will catch hell for this behavior!") => hurt, ache, suffer -- (feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?") Sense 23 capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant -- (attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts") => attract, appeal -- (be attractive to; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"; "The beautiful garden attracted many people") Sense 24 catch, get -- (apprehend and reproduce accurately; "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood just right in her photographs") => reproduce -- (recreate a sound, image, idea, mood, atmosphere, etc.; "this DVD player reproduces the sound of the piano very well"; "He reproduced the feeling of sadness in the portrait") Sense 25 catch -- (take in and retain; "We have a big barrel to catch the rainwater") => roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard -- (get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune") Sense 26 catch -- (spread or be communicated; "The fashion did not catch") => spread, propagate -- (become distributed or widespread; "the infection spread"; "Optimism spread among the population") Sense 27 catch -- (be the catcher; "Who is catching?") => play -- (participate in games or sport; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches") Sense 28 catch -- (become aware of; "he caught her staring out the window") => witness, find, see -- (perceive or be contemporaneous with; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results") Sense 29 catch -- (delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned; "I was caught in traffic and missed the meeting") => delay, detain, hold up -- (cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform") Antonyms of adj catching 1 sense of catching Sense 1 catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable -- ((of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection) INDIRECT (VIA infectious) -> noninfectious -- (not infectious) Similarity of adj catching 1 sense of catching Sense 1 catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable -- ((of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection) => infectious (vs. noninfectious) -- (easily spread; "fear is exceedingly infectious; children catch it from their elders"- Bertrand Russell)
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