PICKED UP Synonyms: 395 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in tidy

being clean and in good order if your room is all picked up, you can go to the party

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verb

past tense of pick up

as in mastered

to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in he has a knack for picking up a language in a few weeks

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as in assembled

to bring together in one body or place pick up all of your things because we have to be off this beach before dark

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as in bought

to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for could you pick up some milk at the store?

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as in gained

to gradually increase in the boat was just picking up speed when it was rammed by another boat

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as in lifted

to move from a lower to a higher place or position pick up your feet while I vacuum in front of the sofa

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as in arrested

to take or keep under one's control by authority of law police picked up the fugitive when she went out to buy food

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as in cleaned house

to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff I thought you said you had picked up, so why are these things still lying around the rec room?

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as in resumed

to begin again or return to after an interruption after the protestors were removed from the auditorium, the speaker picked up his lecture right where he had left off

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as in trimmed

to make neat the boy's bedroom looked like it hadn't been picked up in quite a while

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Recent Examples of picked up

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This time, the president had picked up. —

Alex Cuadros, ProPublica, 23 June 2026 Teams hold options for years three and four, although typically only a handful of picks each draft class don’t have their options picked up. —

Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 23 June 2026 The good news is that the European side showed enough promise against the Three Lions to be confident of victory against a Panama team that has never picked up a World Cup point. —

Ben Church, CNN Money, 23 June 2026 When Abbey Murphy picked up her neighbor’s hockey stick at 7 years old, the Professional Women’s Hockey League was still more than a decade away from its founding. —

Anya Armentrout, Twin Cities, 16 June 2026 The company has picked up Shots! —

Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2026 Or Jacobs might have simply picked up the animal’s trail there, following the baying of his dogs. —

Literary Hub, 10 June 2026 Monroe County deputies picked up the two and lodged them at the Monroe County Jail. —

Paula Wethington, CBS News, 9 June 2026 San Antonio picked up the 115-111 win and finally got on the board in the series. —

Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026

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As with Los Angeles, there is no tidy way to sum up eating in Melbourne.

— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2026
The imperial capital has many beautiful buildings, and they are always kept tidy and clean.

— Christopher Hooks, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026