catchy B2 Topic:Mind & Cognition US /ˈkæt͡ʃi/ See IPA manual Freq #16518 Meanings 1 adj Pleasant and easy to remember, especially a tune or phrase. The song has a catchy chorus that stays in your head all day. 2 adj Designed to attract attention. The advert needs a catchy title to grab people's interest. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 adj · designed to attract attention. attention-getting Word family Forms catchiercatchiest Derived forms catchilycatchinessuncatchy Common collocations catchy song Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From catch + -y. *kap- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Mind & Cognition External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # catchy **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈkæt͡ʃi/ **Frequency rank:** 16518 ## Meanings 1. Pleasant and easy to remember, especially a tune or phrase. 2. Designed to attract attention. ## Examples - The song has a catchy chorus that stays in your head all day. - The advert needs a catchy title to grab people's interest. ## Derived Forms - catchily - catchiness - uncatchy ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *kap- ## Etymology From catch + -y. ## AI Etymology Catchy is from catch plus -y. The historical chain also includes Proto-Indo-European *kap-. The formation is semantically transparent: the parts remain visible, while the compound or affix fixes the grammatical role and narrows the modern meaning. In use as an adjective, catchy denotes pleasant and easy to remember, especially a tune or phrase and designed to attract attention. The same word family continues in derived forms such as catchily, catchiness, and uncatchy. ## Topics - Mind & Cognition markdown