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| Main Entry: | caught |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | taken |
| Synonyms: | arrested, seized, captured, entangled, under arrest |
| Main Entry: | catch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ensnare, apprehend |
| Synonyms: | arrest, bag, bust*, capture, clasp, claw, clench, clutch, collar, cop, corral, entangle, entrap, get one's fingers on, glom, glove, grab, grasp, grip, hook, lasso, lay hold of, nab, nail, net, pick, pluck, pounce on, prehend, secure, seize, snag, snare, snatch, take, take hold of, trap |
| Antonyms: | free, let go, let off, lose, misplace, miss, release |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | catch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | find out, discover |
| Synonyms: | descry, detect, encounter, expose, spot, surprise, turn up, unmask, hit upon, meet with, take unawares |
| Antonyms: | miss, misunderstand |
| Main Entry: | catch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contract an illness |
| Synonyms: | come down with, develop, get, incur, receive, sicken, take, become infected with, break out with, fall ill with, fall victim to, succumb to, suffer from |
| Antonyms: | be immune |
| Main Entry: | catch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come from behind and grab |
| Synonyms: | board, come upon, get, grab, jump, make, overhaul, overtake, pass, ram, reach, run down, take, climb on, cotch, go after, hop on |
| Antonyms: | push, let go |
| Main Entry: | catch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hear and understand |
| Synonyms: | accept, apprehend, comprehend, discern, feel, follow, get, grasp, perceive, recognize, see, sense, take in, understand |
| Main Entry: | criminal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lawless, felonious |
| Synonyms: | bent, caught, corrupt, crooked, culpable, deplorable, dirty, heavy, hung up*, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, immoral, iniquitous, nefarious, off base*, peccant, racket, scandalous, senseless, shady*, smoking gun*, unlawful, vicious, villainous, wicked, wildcat*, wrong, indictable, out of line, unrighteous |
| Antonyms: | correct, lawful, legal, moral, right, righteous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | culpable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | responsible for action |
| Synonyms: | amiss, answerable, at fault, blamable, blameworthy, caught, censurable, dirty, guilty, hung up, liable, off base, punishable, reprehensible, responsible, sinful, smoking gun*, unholy, wrong, blameful, caught in the act, caught red-handed, demeritorious, found wanting, impeachable, in the wrong, indictable, out of line, to blame |
| Antonyms: | blameless, inculpable, innocent, right, not guilty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | defenseless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | powerless, vulnerable |
| Synonyms: | caught, endangered, exposed, helpless, indefensible, naked*, open, poor, unarmed, unguarded, unprotected, weak, hands tied, in line of fire, like a clay pigeon, like a sitting duck, on the line, on the spot, out on limb, pigeon*, up the creek, wide open |
| Antonyms: | powerful, strong |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | guilty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | blameworthy; found at fault |
| Synonyms: | accusable, caught, censurable, censured, chargeable, condemned, conscience-stricken, contrite, convictable, convicted, criminal, culpable, damned, delinquent, depraved, doomed, erring, evil, felonious, hangdog*, impeached, in error, in the wrong, incriminated, iniquitous, judged, liable, licentious, offending, on one's head, out of line, proscribed, regretful, remorseful, reprehensible, responsible, rueful, sentenced, sheepish, sinful, sorry, wicked, wrong |
| Antonyms: | guiltless, innocent, moral, right, sinless, truthful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interested |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerned, curious |
| Synonyms: | absorbed, affected, attentive, biased, caught, drawn, engrossed, excited, fascinated, fired*, gone*, hooked*, implicated, impressed, inspired, intent, into*, involved, keen, moved, obsessed, occupied, open, partial, partisan, predisposed, prejudiced, responsive, sold, stimulated, struck, sympathetic, taken, touched, attracted, awakened, eat sleep and breathe, enticed, inspirited, lured, on the case, roused, stirred |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, disinterested, unconcerned, incurious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | uncovered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exposed |
| Synonyms: | bare, caught, discovered, naked, nude, shown, stripped, unconcealed, unprotected, visible, vulnerable, weakened, brought to light, disclosed, divulged, dug up, found out, laid bare, made public, on display, on view, revealed, solved, unmasked, unveiled |
| Main Entry: | unprotected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | defenseless |
| Synonyms: | caught, endangered, exposed, helpless, indefensible, naked*, open, out on a limb*, powerless, unarmed, unguarded, unsafe, vulnerable, weak, in the line of fire, like a sitting duck, pregnable, wide open |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heard |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | perceived |
| Synonyms: | caught, noted, understood, witnessed, heeded, listened to, made clear, made out |
| Notes: | heard means detected or perceived by the sense of hearing while a herd is a group of wild animals of one species that remain together |
| Main Entry: | recognized |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | acknowledged |
| Synonyms: | accepted, caught, customary, known, perceived, realized, recalled, remembered, sanctioned, sighted, admitted, allowed, identified |
| Main Entry: | exposed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | made public |
| Synonyms: | apparent, bare, caught, clear, discovered, evident, exhibited, manifest, naked, open, shown, stripped, unconcealed, uncovered, unprotected, unsheltered, visible, bared, brought to light, debunked, defined, denuded, disclosed, divulged, dug up, for show, found out, laid bare, made manifest, on display, on the spot, on view, peeled, resolved, revealed, solved, unhidden, unmasked, unsealed, unveiled |
| Antonyms: | concealed, guarded, private, protected, secret |
| Main Entry: | jammed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stuck fast |
| Synonyms: | caught, fast, fastened, fixed, frozen, immovable, out of order, stiff, swollen, barred, blocked, clogged, lodged, malfunctioning, obstructed, sandwiched, trammeled, unworkable, warped, wedged |
| Antonyms: | clear, loose, operating |
| Main Entry: | involved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | implicated in action |
| Synonyms: | affected, caught, concerned, eat sleep and breathe, embarrassed, embroiled, enmeshed, entangled, hooked, immersed in, incriminated, interested, into, knee-deep in, mixed up in, mixed up with, occupied, participating, taking part in, tangled, up to here in, up to one's neck in |
| Antonyms: | blameless, exonerated |
| Main Entry: | acquire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obtain or receive |
| Synonyms: | access, achieve, amass, annex, attain, bring in, buy, catch, collect, cop*, corral*, earn, gain, gather, get, grab, have, hustle, land, pick up, procure, promote, rack up*, secure, snag*, take, wangle*, win, get hands on, get hold of, latch onto, lock up, scare up, take possession of |
| Antonyms: | fail, forfeit, forgo, lose, relinquish, surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | anchor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold, be held securely |
| Synonyms: | attach, berth, catch, dock, drop, fasten, fix, moor, plant, secure, stay, tie, tie up, imbed, make port |
| Antonyms: | detach, loosen, unfasten, let go |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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