catchingadjective [ after verb ]
uk/ˈkætʃ.ɪŋ/us/ˈkætʃ.ɪŋ/informalIf an illness is catching, it can easily be passed from one person to another:
Flu is catching, so stay away from work.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Passing on illness & causing disease
- carrier
- carry
- catch
- contagious
- epidemic
- incubate
- infect
- infected
- infest
- insalubrious
- mediastinum
- non-communicable
- prophylactic
- transmission
- transmit
- unhygienic
- vector
- verminous
- virulence
- virulent
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