catching

catching is a 8-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Catch. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 19 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. present participle. of Catch
2. adjective. Infectious; contagious.
3. adjective. Captivating; alluring.
4. noun. The act of seizing or taking hold of.
5. noun. becoming infected

   "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"

   "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic"

   Synonyms: contracting

6. noun. (baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
7. noun. the act of detecting something; catching sight of something

   Synonyms: detection, espial, spotting, spying

8. adjective. (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection

   Synonyms: communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable

Synonyms

contracting, detection, espial, spotting, spying, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable

Common word forms

catch, catchingly, catchingness

Words from these letters

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