All catch up synonyms
catch up
C c verb catch up
- captivate β If you are captivated by someone or something, you find them fascinating and attractive.
- reach β to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
- surround β to enclose on all sides; encompass: She was surrounded by reporters.
- near β close; to a point or place not far away: Come near so I won't have to shout.
- contact β Contact involves meeting or communicating with someone, especially regularly.
- threaten β to utter a threat against; menace: He threatened the boy with a beating.
- meet β greatest lower bound
- come β When a person or thing comes to a particular place, especially to a place where you are, they move there.
- match β a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- mesmerize β to hypnotize.
- fascinate β to attract and hold attentively by a unique power, personal charm, unusual nature, or some other special quality; enthrall: a vivacity that fascinated the audience.
- rivet β a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- stupefy β to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- regain β to get again; recover: to regain one's health.
- restore β to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
- retrieve β to recover or regain: to retrieve the stray ball.
- rescue β to free or deliver from confinement, violence, danger, or evil.
- resume β a summing up; summary.
- get back β situated at or in the rear: at the back door; back fence.
- repair β to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
- recoup β to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
- salvage β the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
- reclaim β to claim or demand the return or restoration of, as a right, possession, etc.
- advance β To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
- approximate β An approximate number, time, or position is close to the correct number, time, or position, but is not exact.
- resemble β to be like or similar to.
- impend β to be imminent; be about to happen.
- bear β If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
- converge β If people or vehicles converge on a place, they move towards it from different directions.
- buzz β If something buzzes or buzzes somewhere, it makes a long continuous sound, like the noise a bee makes when it is flying.
- progress β a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: the progress of a student toward a degree.
- border β The border between two countries or regions is the dividing line between them. Sometimes the border also refers to the land close to this line.
- involve β to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
- compel β If a situation, a rule, or a person compels you to do something, they force you to do it.
- hypnotize β to put in the hypnotic state.
- spellbind β to hold or bind by or as if by a spell; enchant; entrance; fascinate.
- hold β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- control β Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
- grip β the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- drug β the cosmic principle of disorder and falsehood.
- numb β deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move: fingers numb with cold.
- deaden β If something deadens a feeling or a sound, it makes it less strong or loud.
- magnetize β to make a magnet of or impart the properties of a magnet to.
- retake β to take again; take back.
- recruit β a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces.
- repossess β to possess again; regain possession of, especially for nonpayment of money due.
- redeem β to buy or pay off; clear by payment: to redeem a mortgage.
- compensate β To compensate someone for money or things that they have lost means to pay them money or give them something to replace that money or those things.
- offset β something that counterbalances, counteracts, or compensates for something else; compensating equivalent.
- balance β If you balance something somewhere, or if it balances there, it remains steady and does not fall.