catching

  • 41catching — Synonyms and related words: alluring, annexational, appealing, appetizing, attractive, beguiling, bewitching, blandishing, cajoling, captivating, charismatic, charming, coaxing, come hither, communicable, confiscatory, contagious, coquettish,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 42catching — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. infectious (See transfer). II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. contagious, communicable, infectious, epidemic, endemic, pestilential, transmittable, pestiferous, noxious, miasmatic, epizootic, pandemic,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 43catching — catch·ing || kætʃɪŋ adj. infectious, contagious (of a disease) n. snatching, grasping; trapping, ensnaring kætʃ n. capture; loot; latch; sarcasm; trick, something suspicious; romantic partner with many positive qualities (Slang) v.… …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 44catching — adjective informal (of a disease) infectious …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 45catching — I. n. 1. Seizure, capture, arrest, apprehension. 2. Catch, take. II. a. 1. Infectious, contagious, pestilential, pestiferous. 2. Captivating, taking, charming, attractive, winning, winsome, enchanting, fascinating …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 46catching — adj 1. contagious, communicable, trans mittable, transmissible, transferable, inoculable, infectious, spreadable, Obs. taking; epidemic, epidemical, miasmal, miasmatic, miasmatical, miasmic, pestilential. 2. fascinating, intriguing, interesting,… …

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  • 47catching — catch·ing …

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  • 48catching — adjective; informal Syn: infectious, contagious, communicable; dated infective Ant: non infectious …

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  • 49catching — catch•ing [[t]ˈkætʃ ɪŋ[/t]] adj. 1) contagious or infectious 2) attractive; alluring • Etymology: 1375–1425 catch′ing•ly, adv. catch′ing•ness, n …

    From formal English to slang

  • 50catching — /ˈkætʃɪŋ / (say kaching) adjective 1. infectious. 2. attractive; fascinating; captivating; alluring. {catch + ing2} …