CAUGHT UP Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

caught up

verb

past tense of catch up

as in trapped

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 fascinated

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 interested

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 informed

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

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Recent Examples of caught up Permanent faculty numbers finally caught up to pre-pandemic levels in 2025. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026 But even after Ryan caught up to the quarterback, Maiava barely broke his stride. — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026 Created by Lauren Iungerich, Poser is a thriller in which two estranged former best friends get caught up in a psychological game after one gets the life she’s always coveted. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026 What began as a Paris Hilton anecdote about her Chihuahua is turning into a legitimate product category, and veterinarians warn that the science and the safety haven’t caught up with the hype. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2026 More companies are scaling AI, but business outcomes haven’t caught up. — Madhu Shashanka, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026 The likes of Justin Baldoni, Andrew Huberman, Scooter Braun and Travis Scott have been caught up in revelations about the practice. — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026 The Georgia of it all Georgia got caught up in the merger struggle this summer when Paramount’s CEO threatened to move the company out of California to another state, like Georgia. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 22 Sep. 2026 The film has all these crime-drama elements, and we’re caught up in that tension. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for caught up

Verb

Key indicators that your current setup is failing include noticeable air currents that can be felt from across the room, as well as condensation or moisture trapped between the glass panes.

— Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
This is a person who’s really isolated herself, who has run from love, who has thought of love as a trap, and who has done everything in her power not to be trapped.

— Max Gao, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of trapped

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Oracular methods such as automatism and tarot cards would lead Colquhoun down many paths in her search for knowledge, while the duality of the androgyne fascinated her in her art and writing.

— Marina Warner, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026
The world was fascinated by mummies, but that did not lend itself to reverence.

— Michele Metych Britannica Editors Sep. 29, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of fascinated

Verb

With Indiana holding a 90-79 lead late in the final period, Wilson got tangled up on the hardwood with Fever guard Sophie Cunningham following a physical foul.

— Alejandro Avila , Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Pawlikowski’s mother and father, also named Zula and Wiktor, whose unmanageable love had kept them tangled and disentangled for decades, took their own lives in 1989, as the Cold War that had cast its chill upon their time was beginning to thaw.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of tangled

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My daughter was enchanted by the Balinese rice-on-the-forehead ritual for good fortune that is a part of the arrival, and the front desk staff happily indulged her request to do it again—multiple times a day.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
Perhaps too enchanted, as Pitt lost his date on the dance floor that night.

— Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of enchanted

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She was taken with Arnold right away, and intrigued by Bartlett’s visual style and imagination.

— Darryn King, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
The latter ran the college’s Computer Science department; the former is intrigued by the teacher’s lectures on neural networks.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of intrigued

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Last month, Democracy Docket surpassed 500,000 free email subscribers, the company first told Semafor, including 70,000 subscribers paying $10 a month or $120 per year.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
China-Japan relations have come under heavy strain since Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told parliament in November last year that Japan could get militarily involved in the event of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.

— Anniek Bao,Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026