CATCHING UP Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

catching up

verb

present participle of catch up

as in trapping

to catch or hold as if in a net a young idealist who got caught up in the political fanaticism of the times

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as in fascinating

to hold the attention of as if by a spell completely caught up in opera ever since he saw La Traviata

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as in interesting

to hold the attention of so caught up in the game that she didn't note the passage of time

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as in informing

to give information to catch me up on what's been happening at the office

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Recent Examples of catching up There’s no question age is catching up with Yelich, who has two years left on his contract. — Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 Recent studies have also found that China leads, or is catching up quickly, in many of these technologies. — David S. Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026 Open models offer another option, and their capabilities are catching up. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 24 Sep. 2026 As Sean will lay out below, there is a fundamental story here that is catching up to what the chart has been saying for months. — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026 Shoppers have to buy the correct refill for their case, and mainstream availability has been catching up. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026 My room had a compact seating nook (perfect for catching up on work), along with a private balcony overlooking the Plaza. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026 Interviewing Danny DeVito is like catching up with your grandpa — if your grandpa was one of the most beloved and decorated actors of the last 50 years. — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026 Nesta has defended the staffing budget as a matter of catching up on the city’s needs after leaving positions vacant for too long and shifting those responsibilities to existing employees. — Brian Bell, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for catching up

Verb

The draft management plan, on which the department seeks comment, proposes lifting the moratorium on hunting or trapping bobcats.

— Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Access holders say the fence has created significant problems, including trapping wildlife and diverting water from community irrigation ditches.

— Anna Alejo, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of trapping

Verb

The trailer promises fascinating new characters, like one man who lives on a sailboat for most of the year.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2026
Wilentz, author of the 2010 book Dylan in America, wrote Volume 18‘s detailed, often fascinating 125-page liner notes that provides historical context for the expansive eight-CD set.

— Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 7 Nov. 2025

Definition of fascinating

Verb

The female forward is in front of the camera, behind the camera, really getting women, intriguing them to come to the service and watch.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026
The first four episodes made available for review likewise have tiny sparks of interest, from some witty dialogue to genuine plot momentum to intriguing new characters popping up.

— Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 21 June 2026

Definition of intriguing

Verb

There’s a slapstick nature to that place where there’s just stuff, and all the stuff is informing this great desire to just try things.

— Christine Werthman, Billboard, 5 Oct. 2026
These innovations point towards a future where transformers assist patients in informing them of risks with different types of medications.

— Esha Desai, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of informing

Verb

In 1984 the late mathematician Vaughan Jones introduced a new way to assign polynomials to knots, thereby tangling the two fields together.

— Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
There are also the journalists, the athletes, and the kids who spend sunny days doing contact improv, which was invented at Oberlin, tangling their limbs in the grass outside the library.

— Jesse Dougherty, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of tangling

Verb

Even the Owens family’s enchanting New England home, which the internet has spent nearly three decades foaming at the mouth over, is barely seen, as much of the film takes place overseas.

— Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2026
Practical Magic 2 has Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman enchanting a new generation of fans, but not everyone from the original cast returned for the sequel.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of enchanting

Verb

Work to address the track-circuit issue — in which the signal system erroneously reports a train occupying a section of track — was underway.

— Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026
After occupying fashion and media conversations since its release on Monday, the inaugural men’s style issue of New York Magazine was toasted properly on Tuesday evening with a celebratory dinner.

— Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of occupying

Verb

The Salem witch trials of 1692 carved out an enduring and powerful niche in American history for this little town, and this intimate, kitschy museum does an excellent job telling the story.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Oct. 2026
The discovery is the latest instance of CDE leadership telling employees bedbugs are not in the building, only for more to be discovered at a later date and igniting doubt among CDE’s workforce on whether treatment is effective.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026