catching
Able to spread
Catching describes something that spreads from person to person.
A disease is catching if it's contagious: Is strep throat catching?
The word extends to emotions and behaviors: Her laughter was catching.
To be caught catching means to be discovered in the act of receiving or intercepting something: I caught him catching flies in the outfield.
Taking hold suddenly
- seizingTaking forcible possession
- snaggingGetting caught on something
- trappingCatching with concealed devices
- snaringCatching by entanglement
netting · hooking · clutching · grasping · intercepting · fielding · receiving · nabbing
State of poor health
- diseaseDisorder impairing normal function
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- spreadTo distribute widely
- transmissionSending of information
germs · virus · bacteria · contagion · epidemic · outbreak · fever · cold
Currently gaining widespread attention
- shareableAble to be divided
- memeticOf transmissible cultural units
- buzzContinuous low drone
- sensationPerceived stimulus or phenomenon
spreadable · going viral · blowing up · breaking the internet
Powerfully appealing
- enchantingDelightfully attractive, spellbinding
- mesmerizingCompletely capturing one's attention
- bewitchingPowerfully and mysteriously charming
- spellbindingCompletely capturing one's attention
arresting · attention-grabbing · striking · stunning · magnetic · irresistible · enticing · beguiling
Mental comprehension of something
- graspingGreedy for wealth
- followingComing after another
- gettingComing into possession
- realizingBecoming aware of something
perceiving · discerning · apprehending · recognizing · seeing · cottoning on · picking up · latching onto
grabbing
Taking hold suddenly
- seizingTaking forcible possession
- snaggingGetting caught on something
- trappingCatching with concealed devices
snaring · netting · hooking · clutching · grasping · intercepting · fielding · receiving · nabbing · capturing
illness
State of poor health
- diseaseDisorder impairing normal function
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- spreadTo distribute widely
transmission · germs · virus · bacteria · contagion · epidemic · outbreak · fever · cold · flu
trending
Currently gaining widespread attention
sensation · spreadable · going viral · blowing up · breaking the internet
alluring
Powerfully appealing
- enchantingDelightfully attractive, spellbinding
- mesmerizingCompletely capturing one's attention
- bewitchingPowerfully and mysteriously charming
spellbinding · arresting · attention-grabbing · striking · stunning · magnetic · irresistible · enticing · beguiling · hypnotic
understanding
Mental comprehension of something
realizing · perceiving · discerning · apprehending · recognizing · seeing · cottoning on · picking up · latching onto · dawning
- gerundswalking, running, talking, eating, sleeping
- hand-eye coordinationthrowing, juggling, archery, tennis, darts
- kid activitiesplaying, running, jumping, climbing, swinging
- motor skillsmotor skills, fine motor skills, motor control, gross motor skills, walking
- sports termssoccer, football, basketball, tennis, golf
- acquiringobtaining, getting, grabbing, seizing, taking
catchingnoncontagious
Cannot spread between hosts
noncommunicable · noninfectious · untransmissible · uncontagious · contained
catchingdropping
Letting something fall
missing · fumbling · releasing · letting go · throwing
catchingforgettable
Unlikely to be recalled
unremarkable · repelling · bland · dull · unmemorable
- catching upClosing a distance
- catching a coldAcquiring a minor illness
- catching onBeginning to understand
- catching fireBeginning to combust
- catching on fireStarting to combust
- catching someone's fancyArousing another's interest