Synonyms for pick-up
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Hit on — to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation
2. Catch
catch, find out, see, hear, cop, nab, arrest, learn, discover, collar, nail, apprehend, get wind dated
3. Call for
call for, collect, lift up, receive, gather up, perk up, perk, uplift, glean, seduce, percolate, intoxicate, elate
Other
Noun
take-up, turn-around, rally, mac vulgar slang UK US AU
Definitions
- v. 1
To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation.
He was in the fabric store not to buy fabric but to pick up women.
- v. 2
To lift; to grasp and raise.
When you pick up the bag, make sure to support the bottom.
- v. 3
To collect or purchase an object, especially in passing.
Can you pick up a pint of milk on your way home?
Related words
- Word family
- picker-upper pick-me-up pickup
- Phrases
- pick-up line pick-up sticks
- Other spellings
- pick up
Forms
- Plural
- pick-ups → take-ups, turn-arounds, rallies, macs…
Example sentences
- catch How about playing catch in the vacant lot near by?
- peck Don't touch the birds, they might fly away or peck.
By length
- 3 letters
- see1, mac1, cop1, nab1
- 4 letters
- hear1, nail1, peck1, perk1, blag
- 5 letters
- learn1, catch1, rally2, glean1, elate2
- 6 letters
- arrest2, collar2, uplift2, seduce2
- 7 letters
- receive2, improve2, collect2
- 8 letters
- discover3
- 9 letters
- apprehend3, percolate3
- 10 letters
- intoxicate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rally2 = 2 syllables).