Synonyms and Antonyms of seizes
1
to have a clear idea of
- a critic with a sharp intellect that is able to seize the most subtle nuances of a work of art
appreciates, apprehends, assimilates, beholds, catches, catches on (to), cognizes, compasses, comprehends, conceives, cottons (to or on to), deciphers, decodes, digs, discerns, gets, grasps, groks, intuits, knows, makes, makes out, perceives, recognizes, registers, savvies, sees, senses, tumbles (to), twigs, understands
2
to take or keep under one's control by authority of law
- seized the leaders of one of the city's major drug rings
apprehends, arrests, busts [slang], collars, nabs, nails, nicks [British slang], picks up, pinches, pulls in, restrains, runs in
bags, captures, catches, gets, grabs, grapples, hooks, lands, snaps (up), snares, snatches, traps
commits, confines, detains, holds, immures, imprisons, incarcerates, interns, jails, jugs, locks (up)
binds, enchains, fetters, handcuffs, manacles, shackles, trammels
rearrests
remands
3
to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly
- seized the escaping balloon just before it got out of reach
bags, captures, catches, collars, cops [slang], corrals, gets, gloms, grabs, grapples, hooks, lands, nabs, nails, nets, nobbles [British slang], raps, snags, snaps (up), snares, snatches, traps
gloves, halters, lassos, ropes
apprehends, arrests, detains
bays, corners
clasps, clutches, fastens (on), fists, grasps, grips, holds, latches (on or onto), secures
rends, wrests
enmeshes (also immeshes), ensnares, entangles, entraps, meshes
abducts, kidnaps, spirits (away or off)
4
to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right
- Richard III seized the English throne from his brother Edward in 1483
annexes, attaches, claims, confiscates, impounds, repossesses, sequesters
assumes, collars, grabs, grasps, snatches, steals, wrenches, wrests
despoils, loots, pillages
encroaches, infringes, invades, occupies, preoccupies, trespasses
embezzles, misapplies, misappropriates, misuses, peculates
