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picking up on

phrase , present participle of pick up on

Synonyms and Antonyms of picking up on

1 to have a clear idea of

The students picked up on the new material quickly.

Synonyms of picking up on

appreciating, apprehending, assimilating, beholding, catching, catching on (to), cognizing, compassing, comprehending, conceiving, cottoning (to or on to), deciphering, decoding, digging, discerning, getting, grasping, grokking, intuiting, knowing, making, making out, perceiving, recognizing, registering, savvying, seeing, seizing, sensing, tumbling (to), twigging, understanding

Words Related to picking up on

absorbing, digesting, taking in

fathoming, penetrating, piercing

Near Antonyms of picking up on

misapprehending, misconceiving, misconstruing, misinterpreting, misperceiving, misreading, mistaking, misunderstanding

Antonyms of picking up on

2 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 of picking up on

adopting, borrowing, embracing, espousing, taking on, taking up

Words Related to picking up on

domesticating, naturalizing

appropriating, arrogating, taking over, usurping

absorbing, assimilating, incorporating, quoting

cherishing, prizing, treasuring

cultivating, following, heeding, honoring

using, utilizing

bringing up, fostering, nurturing, raising, rearing

affecting, assuming, copying, imitating, pretending, putting on, simulating

Near Antonyms of picking up on

abandoning, forsaking, giving up, relinquishing, surrendering

abjuring, abnegating, disowning

rejecting, renouncing, repudiating, spurning

discarding, jettisoning, junking, throwing away, throwing out

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