CAUGHT ON (TO) Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

caught on (to)

verb

past tense of catch on (to)

as in realized

to come to an awareness of she caught on to the fact that they were planning a surprise party

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as in understood

to have a clear idea of he finally caught on to the concept of phototaxis

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Verb

Tom saw a shark rising below his father, before John realized what had happened.

— Adam England, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026
In time, the duo realized the same was true across the whole of the MEP engineering domain, which is full of time-consuming processes that are currently carried out manually, often using multiple different software products.

— David Prosser, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of realized

Verb

So far this dry summer there have not discovered any major issues.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
As a result, our focus will be on forward guidance, end market commentary, and any new opportunities the team may have discovered since separation to enhance efficiencies.

— Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of discovered

Verb

However, if the judge doesn’t lean their way, LCDS argued that victims still can’t argue that the school knew the images existed or intentionally helped facilitate their spread, which the school thinks should be fatal.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
During that time, Welch knew the woman and her daughter had expired tourist visas but faked a variety of records to convince them otherwise.

— Jonathan J. Cooper, Fortune, 31 July 2026

Definition of knew

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The free festival blends nationally recognized performers, local artists, youth musicians, international food, art and community activities into a celebration of the people and traditions that have shaped American music.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
Anthropic said the earliest incident of its models breaching another organization was from April, and that none of the organizations recognized they had been hacked.

— Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 31 July 2026

Definition of recognized

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Soldiers in the Guard’s Counterdrug Program and members of the 10th Civil Support Team learned to use the system, built by Anduril, to spot and target drones.

— Zita Ballinger Fletcher, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
The federal government told ICE agents to preserve it in November and learned it had been lost in February.

— Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of learned

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Uncertainty notwithstanding, the longevity world has glommed onto the notion that the vaginal microbiome is some kind of exotic tealeaf that can be deciphered—and perfected by purchasing the right supplements.

— Sarah DiGregorio, Vanity Fair, 27 July 2026
Its successor script, Linea B, was also a mystery until it was deciphered in 1952 by an amateur linguist and cryptographer Michael Ventris with the help of classicist John Chadwick, both building on patterns in the script first identified by classicist Alice Kober.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 23 June 2026

Definition of deciphered

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