PICKS UP Synonyms: 331 Similar and Opposite Words

picks up

verb

present tense third-person singular of pick up

as in masters

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 assembles

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 buys

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 grows (in)

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

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as in lifts

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 arrests

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 cleans 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 resumes

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 trims

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 picks up The episode picks up when Bret and Robert have their first tense interaction — their vaguely hostile and lightly homoerotic back-and-forth continues to be the highlight of the show for me. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026 The Saudi government picks up the medical bill, as well as families’ travel and accommodation costs. — Dominic Dudley, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026 If walking isn’t an option, the free Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST) Trolley picks up at the hotel entrance and behind the property, not far from shop- and restaurant-lined Fisherman’s Wharf and the oceanside edge of Monterey State Historic Park. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026 The story picks up when Cheetah Girls Galleria (Symoné) and Chanel (Bailon), alongside Galleria’s daughter Faith (Jeffries) and her three friends, travel to Africa to volunteer at a wildlife sanctuary. — Denise Petski, Deadline, 8 July 2026 Much of it will come when the wind picks up at night, complementing California’s abundant daytime solar power, and batteries, which discharge for a few hours around sunset. — Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026 Apart from the World Cup, tourism in New York City picks up in summer months. — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 28 May 2026 Larsson becomes eligible to sign an extension with the Heat starting July 6 after the team picks up the option in his contract ahead of the late-June deadline. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026 Season 2 picks up with Isla Gordon no longer the surprise choice to lead the Los Angeles Waves, but very much the one with a target on her back. — Kennedy French, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026

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The real competitive advantage of the next decade will not belong to the CEO who masters every AI platform, but the CEO who consistently makes better decisions.

— Jose Luis Gonzalez Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Finally, Kim masters the steps and takes to the stage with confidence, as her family cheers her on!

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 May 2026

Definition of masters

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The Progress center assembles the workhorse vehicle for Russia, the Soyuz-2 vehicle, as well as the newer Soyuz-5 rocket.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 2026
Scott Winans, center, of Palisade Cycle & Shuttle and the Colorado Plateau Mountain Bike Trail Association, supports a beam as a small crew assembles the first parts of a memorial shelter on the Palisade Plunge cycling trail in November 2025.

— Logan Smith, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of assembles

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Google is also offering a free six-month subscription to its AI Pro plan to anyone who buys the more expensive Pixel 11 Pro or Pixel 11 Pro XL models.

— Barbara Ortutay, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
Zum leases bus yards, buys buses and small student shuttle vans and connects them (via a tablet and GPS) to an app that allows parents and teachers alike to track the vehicles on their routes.

— Maggie McGrath, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of buys

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Brooks emphasizes that while Black art gains market attention, ownership among Black Americans remains limited due to a lack of knowledge.

— Richard Fowler, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Turkey, already a NATO member, gains a larger market for its growing defense industry and additional strategic weight as tensions with Israel rise.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of gains

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Gun rights groups are celebrating a federal ruling that lifts restrictions on the purchase of silencers, used to lessen the sound of gunshots, and certain firearms.

— Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 17 Aug. 2026
Every time a gear turns, a pump lifts water, or a road survives difficult terrain, part of that ancient engineering legacy continues to work.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of lifts

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Keith arrests our thinking, and cons us into suppressing our critical faculties with the same kind of internalized surveillance that philosopher Michel Foucault broke down to describe a prison’s use of the panopticon in Discipline and Punish.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 May 2026
Devlin throws a punch at Stone when the chief arrests him for drunken driving.

— Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026

Definition of arrests

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When the surveillance footage resumes about an hour later, a man can be heard shouting, but the words are unintelligible, and a vehicle horn sounds.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 10 Aug. 2026
After an opening week of wrenching testimony and a jury trip to the home where Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children, her murder trial resumes Monday with more testimony about the killings in a coastal Massachusetts town in 2023.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of resumes

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Sovereign-adjacent platforms in Australia, private credit desks, insurance capital, and trading firms are now funding compute demand that exists whether or not any single hyperscaler trims its budget.

— Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Your steady focus turns play into practice, while your patience trims perfectionism and lets authentic joy take the stage.

— Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026