Synonyms for caught up
Grammar : Adj, verb |
Spell : kach |
Phonetic Transcription : kætʃ |
Top 10 synonyms for caught up Other synonyms for the word caught up
- absorbed
- advance
- agape
- all wound up
- approximate
- arrest
- assiduous
- attentive
- balance
- be comparable to
- be like
- bear
- belly up to
- bewildered
- bewitched
- bog down
- border
- bring back
- bugged
- busy
- buzz
- catch up
- caught up
- caught up in
- charmed
- close in
- come at
- come close
- compare with
- compel
- compensate
- control
- converge
- correspond to
- creep up
- deaden
- deep
- diligent
- draw near
- drug
- engaged
- engross
- engrossed
- ensnare
- ensorcell
- entangle
- entrance
- equal
- fascinated
- fiend for
- gain on
- get back
- go toward
- gone
- grip
- gripped
- head over heels
- heavily into
- held
- hold
- hold spellbound
- hooked
- hung up
- hypnotize
- immersed
- impend
- implicate
- industrious
- intent
- into
- intrigued
- involve
- loom up
- lost
- magnetize
- make good
- match
- meet
- mesmerize
- mesmerized
- mire
- monopolized
- move in on
- move toward
- near
- numb
- obtain again
- occupied
- offset
- open-mouthed
- petrified
- possessed
- progress
- rapt
- reach
- reacquire
- really into
- recapture
- reclaim
- recoup
- recruit
- redeem
- rediscover
- regain
- render unconscious
- reoccupy
- repair
- replevin
- replevy
- repossess
- rescue
- resemble
- restore
- resume
- retake
- retrieve
- rivet
- riveted
- salvage
- sedulous
- snarl
- spellbind
- stupefy
- submerged
- surround
- take after
- take back
- taken up with
- threaten
- tied up
- transfix
- transfixed
- transported
- trouble
- turned on
- under a spell
- up to here in
- verge upon
- win back
- wrapped up
Définition of caught up
Origin :- late 14c., "device to hold a latch of a door," also "a trap;" also "a fishing vessel," from catch (v.). Meaning "action of catching" attested from 1570s. Meaning "that which is caught or worth catching" (later especially of spouses) is from 1590s. Sense of "hidden cost, qualification, etc." is slang first recorded 1855 in P.T. Barnum.
- As in spellbound : adj enchanted, fascinated
- As in caught up (in) : adj involved
- As in engrossed : adj preoccupied; attentive to
- As in approach : verb come nearer
- As in mesmerize : verb captivate
- As in recover : verb find again
- As in embrangle : verb embroil
- As in spellbind : verb grip
- As in grip : verb entrance, enchant
- She had caught up the letter and as her father sat there, she handed it to him.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Yates caught up a handful of sand, and flung it lightly against the pane.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- She took one look, caught up the suitcase and raced down the stairs.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- He had been caught up and transported from the theatre to the very streets of Verona.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- When he danced, he was like a whirlwind that had caught up the contents of an old-clothes-shop.
- Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
- But at last, caught up in its intensity, she gave him back his kisses.
- Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
- Caradoc caught up a speaking trumpet and held it to his friend's ear.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
- I left my papers, caught up my hat, and went out of the room and the house.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- In the street outside Delaherche had caught up with Henriette.
- Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
- "A moment more and we shall have caught up the 249," said Brocq to himself.
- Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
Antonyms for caught up
- avoid
- bore
- bored
- break
- damage
- decline
- decrease
- depart
- destroy
- deteriorate
- disenchant
- disenchanted
- disenthralled
- disgust
- disinterested
- distance
- enliven
- exclude
- existing
- forfeit
- free
- go
- go away
- harm
- hurt
- idle
- ignoring
- inactive
- inattentive
- injure
- leave
- let go
- lose
- mislay
- miss
- oblivious
- release
- repel
- retreat
- retrogress
- stop
- tire
- turn off
- uncaring
- uninterested
- unoccupied
- wane
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