catching

Adjective

• (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection

Noun

• becoming infected
  • catching cold is sometimes unavoidable
    
  • the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic
    

• the act of detecting something; catching sight of something

• (baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  communicable , contagious , contractable , transmissible , transmittable , contracting , detection , espial , spying , spotting