catching on
Finally seeing it
Catching on means starting to understand something that wasn't immediately clear: It took me a while, but I'm finally catching on.
It also describes something gaining popularity or acceptance: The trend is catching on with younger consumers.
Both senses share the idea of something taking hold—whether comprehension in the mind or appeal in the culture.
Greedy for wealth
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- getting itComing to understand
- clickingMaking short sharp sounds
- registeringFormally entering records
sinking in · dawning · realizing · following · making sense · connecting · absorbing · digesting
Sudden flash of understanding
- eurekaDiscovery triumph cry
- lightbulb momentSudden flash of understanding
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- flashBrief burst of light
revelation · awakening · satori · insight · eye-opener · sudden clarity · dawning · illumination
Extending over space
- viralSpreading quickly online
- popularityMass public favor
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
- tractionAdhesive friction enabling movement
buzzing · taking off · growing · emerging · fashionable · hip · in vogue · mainstream
grasping
Greedy for wealth
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- getting itComing to understand
- clickingMaking short sharp sounds
registering · sinking in · dawning · realizing · following · making sense · connecting · absorbing · digesting · processing
aha moment
Sudden flash of understanding
- eurekaDiscovery triumph cry
- lightbulb momentSudden flash of understanding
- breakthroughSudden important advance
flash · revelation · awakening · satori · insight · eye-opener · sudden clarity · dawning · illumination · realization
spreading
Extending over space
- viralSpreading quickly online
- popularityMass public favor
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
traction · buzzing · taking off · growing · emerging · fashionable · hip · in vogue · mainstream · bandwagon
- discoveryfind, finding, discovery, discover, finding out
- understandingunderstand, comprehend, grasp, fathom, follow
catching ondying out
Becoming extinct gradually
fading away · fizzling out · declining · waning · petering out
catch, catching, catches, caught, catcher, catchers, catchy, catchable, uncatchable