CAUGHT UP Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

caught up

verb

past tense of catch up

as in trapped

to catch or hold as if in a net a young idealist who got caught up in the political fanaticism of the times

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as in fascinated

to hold the attention of as if by a spell completely caught up in opera ever since he saw La Traviata

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as in interested

to hold the attention of so caught up in the game that she didn't note the passage of time

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as in informed

to give information to catch me up on what's been happening at the office

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Recent Examples of caught up Created by Lauren Iungerich, Poser is a thriller in which two estranged former best friends get caught up in a psychological game after one gets the life she’s always coveted. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026 What began as a Paris Hilton anecdote about her Chihuahua is turning into a legitimate product category, and veterinarians warn that the science and the safety haven’t caught up with the hype. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2026 As our lower pressure departs eastward — caught up with a racing Hurricane Polo — the upper atmospheric pattern will change dramatically. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026 More companies are scaling AI, but business outcomes haven’t caught up. — Madhu Shashanka, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026 The likes of Justin Baldoni, Andrew Huberman, Scooter Braun and Travis Scott have been caught up in revelations about the practice. — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026 The Georgia of it all Georgia got caught up in the merger struggle this summer when Paramount’s CEO threatened to move the company out of California to another state, like Georgia. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 22 Sep. 2026 The film has all these crime-drama elements, and we’re caught up in that tension. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026 Many experts note that the gender gap in academic achievement can be addressed, as shown by the fact that girls have caught up in math with boys in recent years. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026

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Escarpments were carved into beaches, asphalt rippled on the coastal highway, and tourists like Lester were left trapped.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2026
Rachelle also recalled vividly the experience of being trapped inside the vehicle in the river.

— Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of trapped

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So that fascinated me, the fact that these fields were somehow kind of edgy in terms of our definition of the scientific method and so on.

— David Brooks, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026
The video quickly went viral, amassing more than 1 million views and thousands of comments from viewers fascinated by her unconventional childhood.

— Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of fascinated

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With Indiana holding a 90-79 lead late in the final period, Wilson got tangled up on the hardwood with Fever guard Sophie Cunningham following a physical foul.

— Alejandro Avila , Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Pawlikowski’s mother and father, also named Zula and Wiktor, whose unmanageable love had kept them tangled and disentangled for decades, took their own lives in 1989, as the Cold War that had cast its chill upon their time was beginning to thaw.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of tangled

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As an anthropologist interested in religion and an AI researcher interested in chatbots, we are intrigued that the ancient idea of an oracle has resurfaced in discussions about conversational AI.

— Ambuj Tewari, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026
And while the participants were intrigued by her camera, the photographs themselves were often secondary.

— Zoe Whitfield, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of intrigued

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Bibb County Sheriff David Davis said at a press conference that local high school students congregated at the skate park at Carolyn Crayton Park late Saturday night after being told to leave the Airbnb where the party was supposed to be held.

— Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 28 Sep. 2026
She had been told that Golden Collision was a good place to have work done.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026

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