Synonyms of capturing

capturing

verb

present participle of capture

1

as in winning

to receive as return for effort

the movie's producers captured several awards for their work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• winning
• earning
• gaining
• reaping
• garnering
• making
• obtaining
• getting
• securing
• attaining
• acquiring
• landing
• realizing
• procuring
• carrying
• drawing
• achieving
• bringing in
• bagging
• pulling down
• coming by
• knocking down
• accomplishing
• scoring
• accumulating
• recapturing
• netting
• amassing
• occupying
• grossing
• regaining
• catching
• annexing
• clearing
• notching (up)
• remaking
• taking over
• reacquiring
• racking up
• picking up
• reattaining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losing
• giving
• granting
• paying
• according
• forfeiting
• yielding
• giving up
• surrendering
• relinquishing
• parting (with)
• handing over

2

as in grabbing

to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly

captured the cat just as it was about to escape out the front door

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grabbing
• catching
• seizing
• snatching
• getting
• trapping
• landing
• snagging
• nabbing
• snaring
• corralling
• nailing
• bagging
• hooking
• collaring
• grappling
• netting
• rapping
• taking hold (of)
• snapping (up)
• copping
• arresting
• grasping
• holding
• apprehending
• glomming
• securing
• nobbling
• detaining
• clutching
• gripping
• roping
• kidnapping
• lassoing
• clasping
• abducting
• cornering
• entrapping
• ensnaring
• gloving
• wresting
• rending
• baying
• entangling
• haltering
• meshing
• latching (on or onto)
• fastening (on)
• enmeshing
• fisting
• spiriting (away or off)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missing
• releasing
• freeing
• discharging
• liberating
• dropping
• loosening
• unhanding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of capturing

After all, what's not to love about capturing this country’s particular brand of romance? — Megan Rose Murray, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026

Who would spend their time capturing an entire movie on their glasses in three-minute blocks? — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026

Establishing a working system for capturing workflows and verifying SOPs means that the basic institutional knowledge of how a company works is accurate and can’t be lost. — K.h. Koehler, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

Thommen’s approach instead focuses on capturing solar energy as heat. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026

Cloud providers are capturing the first commercial returns, with chipmakers selling the picks and shovels and Wall Street financing the build-out. — Amit Joshi, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

Edgar, who was 17 at the time and is on trial as an adult, listened closely as the witnesses gave their testimony, juxtaposed by different angles of police and surveillance videos capturing those fateful minutes. — Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026

In July, mission specialists partnering with Katalyst Space Technologies launched the Link spacecraft with the hopes of capturing the orbital telescope and boosting it into a higher orbit. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2026

The Arakan Army controls much of Rakhine after capturing territory from the military in recent years. — ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026