Synonyms of pick up on

pick up on

phrase

1

as in understand

to have a clear idea of

The students picked up on the new material quickly.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• understand
• know
• recognize
• decipher
• see
• grasp
• comprehend
• appreciate
• tumble (to)
• get
• make out
• realize
• sense
• cotton (to or on to)
• catch on (to)
• perceive
• conceive
• discern
• make
• seize
• dig
• twig
• register
• apprehend
• assimilate
• catch
• decode
• behold
• savvy
• compass
• take in
• grok
• intuit
• cognize
• absorb
• digest
• fathom
• penetrate
• pierce

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• miss
• mistake
• misunderstand
• misread
• misinterpret
• misconstrue
• misperceive
• misconceive
• misapprehend

2

as in borrow

to take for one's own use (something originated by another)

She picked up on earlier styles of painting and added her own flourishes.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• borrow
• adopt
• embrace
• take up
• take on
• cultivate
• follow
• copy
• use
• espouse
• take over
• assimilate
• utilize
• appropriate
• incorporate
• imitate
• honor
• put on
• absorb
• treasure
• quote
• bring up
• prize
• usurp
• heed
• affect
• raise
• assume
• domesticate
• foster
• arrogate
• pretend
• naturalize
• simulate
• cherish
• rear
• nurture

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• give up
• abandon
• surrender
• relinquish
• forsake
• reject
• disown
• abjure
• renounce
• throw away
• throw out
• repudiate
• spurn
• junk
• discard
• abnegate
• jettison