Synonyms of picked up on

picked up on

phrase

past tense of pick up on

1

as in understood

to have a clear idea of

The students picked up on the new material quickly.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• understood
• knew
• deciphered
• recognized
• grasped
• saw
• comprehended
• appreciated
• tumbled (to)
• caught on (to)
• got
• perceived
• realized
• made out
• discerned
• conceived
• sensed
• cottoned (to or on to)
• made
• seized
• apprehended
• registered
• beheld
• dug
• savvied
• decoded
• assimilated
• caught
• compassed
• cognized
• intuited
• grokked
• twigged
• absorbed
• took in
• digested
• penetrated
• fathomed
• pierced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missed
• misunderstood
• misinterpreted
• misread
• misconceived
• misconstrued
• mistook
• misperceived
• misapprehended

2

as in borrowed

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

• borrowed
• adopted
• embraced
• took on
• took up
• cultivated
• espoused
• followed
• assimilated
• used
• utilized
• copied
• incorporated
• took over
• put on
• imitated
• quoted
• absorbed
• appropriated
• domesticated
• honored
• brought up
• cherished
• usurped
• prized
• raised
• affected
• naturalized
• simulated
• assumed
• arrogated
• fostered
• treasured
• pretended
• nurtured
• reared
• heeded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abandoned
• gave up
• surrendered
• relinquished
• forsook
• rejected
• disowned
• abjured
• renounced
• discarded
• threw away
• repudiated
• threw out
• spurned
• abnegated
• jettisoned
• junked