catastrophe, n. [disaster], [calamity].
catch, v. [seize], [grasp], [clutch], [snatch], gripe, [nab]; [apprehend]; [arrest]; deprehend; overtake; [insnare], [entangle], [entrap].
catch, n. [capture], [seizure], [arrest], [apprehension]; hasp, [hook], [clasp].
catching, a. [contagious], [infectious], communicable, pestilential. Antonyms: noncontagious, incommunicable.
catching, n. [seizure], [apprehension], [arrest].
catchword, n. [cue].
category, n. [class], [state], [condition], [division], predicament.
cater, v. purvey.
cater-cornered, a. (Colloq.) diagonal.
caterer, n. [purveyor].