All catch on antonyms

verb catch on

• disprove — to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate: I disproved his claim.
• invalidate — to render invalid; discredit.
• misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
• destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
• unsettle — to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb: Violence unsettled the government.
• ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
• aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
• assist — If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
• neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
• help — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
• miss — to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
• overlook — to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
• confuse — If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
• doubt — to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
• hesitate — to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
• waver — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
• begin — To begin to do something means to start doing it.
• start — to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
• conceal — If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
• hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
• suppress — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
• cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
• lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
• release — to lease again.
• pass over — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
• shun — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
• slight — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
• precede — to go before, as in place, order, rank, importance, or time.
• avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
• disregard — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
• scorn — open or unqualified contempt; disdain: His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.
• let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• lead — to cover, line, weight, treat, or impregnate with lead or one of its compounds.
• dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
• disallow — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
• refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
• misinterpret — Interpret (something or someone) wrongly.
• fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
• discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• teach — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
• discredit — to injure the credit or reputation of; defame: an effort to discredit honest politicians.
• shrivel — shrink, dry up
• wither — to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
• languish — to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
• recede — to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw.
• retreat — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
• retrogress — to go backward into an earlier and usually worse condition: to retrogress to infantilism.
• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• shrink — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.