PICKED UP Synonyms: 395 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

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as in tidy

being clean and in good order if your room is all picked up, you can go to the party

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verb

past tense of pick up

as in mastered

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 assembled

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 bought

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 gained

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

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as in lifted

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 arrested

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 cleaned 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 resumed

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 trimmed

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 picked up

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At the Qatar World Cup, Kane picked up an early foot injury, which dominated the discussion. —

Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026 Da Silva picked up three fouls in his first seven minutes of action and didn’t return to the floor until the start of the third quarter. —

Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2026 Demand for private credit has picked up in the Gulf as banks have typically been cautious about lending to small businesses or companies in high growth industries like technology. —

Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 31 Mar. 2026 The Bulls mostly picked up throwaway, expiring deals at the deadline, but that wasn’t the case with Ivey. —

Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026 Inside, one by one, the men picked up black markers to write their information on a white slate and waited to face the camera. —

Taran Khan, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026 The Hollywood Reporter dropped the casting coup alongside the news that Criminal Minds had been picked up for a 20th season. —

Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026 Strome was picked up from Anaheim for a seventh-round pick to replace Kadri at center. —

CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026 Paktyawal was picked up by Immigration and Custom Enforcement officers outside his home in Richardson on Friday. —

Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for picked up

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That’s not an opinion shared by MVP Arena in Albany, though, which expects to turn a tidy profit this weekend.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 29 Mar. 2026
The Firkus house was clean and tidy, and the entryway table beside the front door was undisturbed.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026