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

The European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter has been capturing some of the Red Planet's most surreal landscapes, and its latest images reveal a sprawling field that looks like molten metal frozen across the floor of an ancient Mars crater. — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 17 July 2026

The companies that did were far more likely to report capturing real value from their AI investments, roughly 76% of them, against about half of the companies where that accountability sat with the CIO or CTO. — David Zwick, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

For me, the closest cinema has come capturing that randomness and unfairness is Jane Campion’s beautiful and meditative Bright Star, which tells the love story of Romantic poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne and of Keats’ death at 25 of tuberculosis. — Sarah Chihaya, Vulture, 16 July 2026

Women’s Wear Daily began capturing contemporary moments in the 1920s and 1930s when elements of Greek culture began directing fashion trends. — Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 16 July 2026

An uncharted exploration The spacecraft is capturing data about the rotation rates, orientations and shapes of frozen objects that orbit in the Kuiper Belt. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 July 2026

Fly Traps Fly traps, like hanging glue strips, are usually effective at capturing fruit flies. — Shagun Khare, The Spruce, 16 July 2026

The project prevents clean energy from going to waste by capturing that excess afternoon sun. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026

The material has the potential to combat climate change by capturing and storing carbon or other pollutants, and by extracting water from the atmosphere in water-scarce areas. — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026