pick up - Similar and Opposite Words

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Verb

gain or regain energy

Synonyms

• gain vigor
• percolate
• perk
• perk up
• pick up

More generic

• convalesce
• recover
• recuperate

Verb

improve significantly; go from bad to good

Synonyms

• pick up
• turn around

More generic

• ameliorate
• better
• improve
• meliorate

Verb

lift out or reflect from a background

Synonyms

• pick up

More generic

• bring out
• set off

Verb

get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally

Synonyms

• discover
• find out
• get a line
• get wind
• get word
• hear
• learn
• pick up
• see

More specific

• ascertain
• catch
• discover
• find
• get the goods
• trip up
• wise up

Related

• find
• see
• witness

Verb

eat by pecking at, like a bird

Synonyms

• peck
• pick up

More generic

• eat

Verb

take up by hand

Synonyms

• pick up

More generic

• touch

Verb

take into custody

Synonyms

• apprehend
• arrest
• collar
• cop
• nab
• nail
• pick up

More generic

• clutch
• prehend
• seize

Verb

fill with high spirits; fill with optimism

Synonyms

• elate
• intoxicate
• lift up
• pick up
• uplift

More generic

• excite
• shake
• shake up
• stimulate
• stir

More specific

• beatify
• exalt
• exhilarate
• inebriate
• puff
• thrill
• tickle pink

Related

• joy
• rejoice

Verb

give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift

Synonyms

• pick up

More generic

• transport

Verb

take and lift upward

Synonyms

• gather up
• lift up
• pick up

More generic

• bring up
• elevate
• get up
• lift
• raise

Verb

register (perceptual input)

Synonyms

• pick up
• receive

More generic

• comprehend
• perceive

More specific

• hear

Verb

perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily

Synonyms

• catch
• pick up

More generic

• comprehend
• perceive

Verb

buy casually or spontaneously

Synonyms

• pick up

More generic

• buy
• purchase

Verb

gather or collect

Synonyms

• call for
• collect
• gather up
• pick up

More generic

• acquire
• get

Verb

get in addition, as an increase

Synonyms

• pick up

More generic

• acquire
• get

Verb

meet someone for sexual purposes

Synonyms

• pick up

More generic

• get together
• meet

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