Synonyms of picking up on

picking up on

phrase

present participle of pick up on

1

as in understanding

to have a clear idea of

The students picked up on the new material quickly.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• understanding
• knowing
• deciphering
• recognizing
• seeing
• tumbling (to)
• comprehending
• grasping
• appreciating
• catching on (to)
• making out
• getting
• sensing
• realizing
• cottoning (to or on to)
• discerning
• perceiving
• conceiving
• decoding
• taking in
• making
• digging
• seizing
• apprehending
• assimilating
• cognizing
• beholding
• savvying
• registering
• intuiting
• catching
• compassing
• grokking
• twigging
• absorbing
• digesting
• fathoming
• penetrating
• piercing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missing
• misunderstanding
• misreading
• misinterpreting
• mistaking
• misconstruing
• misperceiving
• misconceiving
• misapprehending

2

as in borrowing

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

• borrowing
• adopting
• embracing
• taking on
• taking up
• taking over
• following
• cultivating
• assimilating
• espousing
• utilizing
• using
• putting on
• bringing up
• copying
• incorporating
• imitating
• quoting
• usurping
• absorbing
• honoring
• appropriating
• affecting
• raising
• domesticating
• fostering
• simulating
• arrogating
• naturalizing
• assuming
• pretending
• nurturing
• cherishing
• rearing
• heeding
• treasuring
• prizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• giving up
• abandoning
• relinquishing
• forsaking
• surrendering
• rejecting
• throwing away
• throwing out
• renouncing
• repudiating
• spurning
• discarding
• disowning
• abjuring
• abnegating
• jettisoning
• junking