Exact Match:
Synonyms:
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Related Words:
- ambush,
- astonish,
- bushwhack,
- catch at,
- catch off-guard,
- catch unawares,
- come from behind,
- come upon unexpectedly,
- do the unexpected,
- drop in on,
- fasten upon,
- jump,
- jump at,
- pounce upon,
- pull up short,
- scramble for,
- seize on,
- snap at,
- snatch at,
- spring a surprise,
- surprise,
- swoop down upon,
- take by surprise,
- take short,
- take unawares
- affright,
- alarm,
- amaze,
- ambush,
- astound,
- awe,
- awestrike,
- bedaze,
- bedazzle,
- bewilder,
- boggle,
- bowl down,
- bowl over,
- bushwhack,
- catch off-guard,
- catch unawares,
- come from behind,
- come upon unexpectedly,
- confound,
- daze,
- dazzle,
- do the unexpected,
- drop in on,
- dumbfound,
- dumbfounder,
- flabbergast,
- floor,
- overwhelm,
- paralyze,
- perplex,
- petrify,
- pounce upon,
- pull up short,
- shock,
- spring a surprise,
- spring upon,
- stagger,
- startle,
- strike dead,
- strike dumb,
- strike with wonder,
- stun,
- stupefy,
- surprise,
- take by surprise,
- take short,
- take unawares,
- terrify
- bushwhack
collapse - cut one's way through the woods or bush
- live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla related words >
- ambush,
- assail,
- assault,
- astonish,
- attack,
- blitz,
- catch off-guard,
- catch unawares,
- come at,
- come down on,
- come from behind,
- come upon unexpectedly,
- crack down on,
- descend on,
- descend upon,
- do the unexpected,
- drop in on,
- fall on,
- fall upon,
- gang up on,
- go at,
- go for,
- harry,
- have at,
- hit,
- hit like lightning,
- jump,
- land on,
- lay at,
- lay hands on,
- lay into,
- light into,
- mug,
- pitch into,
- pounce upon,
- pound,
- pull up short,
- sail into,
- set on,
- set upon,
- spring a surprise,
- spring upon,
- strike,
- surprise,
- swoop down on,
- take by surprise,
- take short,
- take the offensive,
- take unawares,
- wade into
- ambush,
- appear unexpectedly,
- assail,
- assault,
- astonish,
- attack,
- be unexpected,
- blitz,
- bob up,
- bounce,
- bound,
- buck,
- buckjump,
- bushwhack,
- capriole,
- catch at,
- catch off-guard,
- catch unawares,
- clear,
- come at,
- come down on,
- come from behind,
- come unawares,
- come upon,
- come upon unexpectedly,
- crack down on,
- creep up on,
- curvet,
- descend on,
- descend upon,
- dive,
- do the unexpected,
- drop,
- drop in on,
- fall,
- fall on,
- fall upon,
- fasten upon,
- flash upon one,
- gang up on,
- go at,
- go for,
- harry,
- have at,
- hippety-hop,
- hit,
- hit like lightning,
- hop,
- hurdle,
- jump,
- jump at,
- jump over,
- land on,
- lay at,
- lay hands on,
- lay into,
- leap,
- leap over,
- leapfrog,
- light into,
- mug,
- negotiate,
- nose-dive,
- overjump,
- overleap,
- overskip,
- parachute,
- pitch,
- pitch into,
- plop,
- plummet,
- plump,
- plunge,
- plunk,
- pop up,
- pounce,
- pounce on,
- pound,
- pull up short,
- sail into,
- scramble for,
- seize on,
- set on,
- set upon,
- ski jump,
- skin-dive,
- skip,
- sky-dive,
- snap at,
- snatch at,
- sound,
- spring,
- spring a surprise,
- spring upon,
- start,
- start aside,
- start up,
- steeplechase,
- stoop,
- strike,
- surprise,
- swoop,
- swoop down,
- swoop down on,
- swoop down upon,
- take a header,
- take by surprise,
- take short,
- take the offensive,
- take unawares,
- turn up,
- updive,
- upleap,
- upspring,
- vault,
- wade into
- ambush
collapse
- the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
- wait in hiding to attack related words >
- ambuscade,
- ambushment,
- assail,
- assault,
- astonish,
- attack,
- blind,
- blitz,
- booby trap,
- bushwhack,
- catch off-guard,
- catch unawares,
- come at,
- come down on,
- come from behind,
- come upon unexpectedly,
- cover,
- crack down on,
- descend on,
- descend upon,
- do the unexpected,
- drop in on,
- ensnare,
- entrap,
- fall on,
- fall upon,
- gang up on,
- go at,
- go for,
- harry,
- have at,
- hideout,
- hit,
- hit like lightning,
- intercept,
- jump,
- land on,
- lay at,
- lay for,
- lay hands on,
- lay into,
- lay wait for,
- lie in ambush,
- lie in wait,
- light into,
- lure,
- lurk,
- lurking hole,
- mug,
- pitch into,
- pounce upon,
- pound,
- pull up short,
- retreat,
- sail into,
- set on,
- set upon,
- shadowing,
- snare,
- spring a surprise,
- spring upon,
- stalking-horse,
- strike,
- surprise,
- surveillance,
- swoop down on,
- take by surprise,
- take short,
- take the offensive,
- take unawares,
- trap,
- wade into,
- waylay
- surprise
collapse
- the act of surprising someone
- a sudden unexpected event
- the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
- cause to be surprised; "The news really surprised me"
- come upon or take unawares; "She surprised the couple"; "He surprised an interesting scene" related words >
- admiration,
- amaze,
- amazement,
- ambush,
- assail,
- assault,
- astonish,
- astonishment,
- astound,
- astoundment,
- attack,
- awe,
- awestrike,
- bedaze,
- bedazzle,
- beguilement,
- bewilder,
- bewilderment,
- blitz,
- blockbuster,
- blow,
- boggle,
- bomb,
- bombshell,
- bowl down,
- bowl over,
- breathless wonder,
- bushwhack,
- capture,
- catch,
- catch off-guard,
- catch unawares,
- come at,
- come down on,
- come from behind,
- come upon unexpectedly,
- confound,
- crack down on,
- daze,
- dazzle,
- descend on,
- descend upon,
- discomfit,
- disconcert,
- discover,
- dismay,
- do the unexpected,
- drop in on,
- dumbfound,
- dumbfounder,
- dumbfoundment,
- earthshaker,
- eye-opener,
- fall on,
- fall upon,
- fascination,
- faze,
- flabbergast,
- floor,
- gang up on,
- go at,
- go for,
- grab,
- grasp,
- harry,
- have at,
- hit,
- hit like lightning,
- incredulity,
- joker,
- jolt,
- jump,
- kicker,
- land on,
- lay at,
- lay for,
- lay hands on,
- lay into,
- light into,
- marvel,
- marveling,
- mug,
- nonplus,
- overwhelm,
- paralyze,
- peripeteia,
- perplex,
- petrify,
- pitch into,
- pounce upon,
- pound,
- pull up short,
- puzzlement,
- rattle,
- revelation,
- rock,
- sail into,
- seize,
- sense of mystery,
- sense of wonder,
- set on,
- set upon,
- shock,
- shocker,
- sneak attack,
- spring a surprise,
- spring upon,
- stagger,
- staggerer,
- startle,
- startler,
- strike,
- strike dead,
- strike dumb,
- strike with wonder,
- stun,
- stupefaction,
- stupefy,
- surprisal,
- surprise attack,
- surprise ending,
- surprise package,
- surprise party,
- swan,
- switch,
- swoop down on,
- take,
- take aback,
- take by surprise,
- take short,
- take the offensive,
- take unawares,
- thunderbolt,
- thunderclap,
- wade into,
- waylay,
- wonder,
- wonderment
- absorb,
- appreciate,
- apprehend,
- assimilate,
- be with one,
- catch,
- catch on,
- comprehend,
- conceive,
- dig,
- digest,
- fathom,
- follow,
- get,
- get hold of,
- get the drift,
- get the idea,
- grasp,
- have,
- have it taped,
- ken,
- know,
- learn,
- master,
- read,
- realize,
- savvy,
- seize,
- seize the meaning,
- sense,
- take,
- take in,
- understand
- catch up
collapse
- learn belatedly; find out about something after it happened; "I'm trying to catch up with the latest developments in molecular biology"
- reach the point where one should be after a delay; "I caught up on my homework" related words >
- catch on
collapse
- become popular; "This fashion caught on in Paris"
- understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on" related words >
- absorb,
- appreciate,
- apprehend,
- ascertain,
- assimilate,
- be blooded,
- be hep to,
- be on to,
- be successful,
- be wise to,
- be with one,
- become popular,
- become the rage,
- catch,
- catch on to,
- click,
- come off,
- comprehend,
- conceive,
- connect,
- determine,
- dig,
- digest,
- farewell,
- fathom,
- find out,
- follow,
- get,
- get hold of,
- get the drift,
- get the idea,
- get the picture,
- go,
- go great guns,
- go off,
- go over,
- go over big,
- go to town,
- graduate,
- grasp,
- have,
- have it taped,
- hear,
- ken,
- know,
- learn,
- make a hit,
- master,
- meet with success,
- pass,
- penetrate,
- prevail,
- prosper,
- qualify,
- read,
- realize,
- savvy,
- see,
- see through,
- seize,
- seize the meaning,
- sense,
- succeed,
- take,
- take in,
- tumble,
- tumble to,
- understand,
- unearth,
- wise up to,
- work well,
- work wonders
- ensnare
collapse
- take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police" related words >
- allure,
- bag,
- bait,
- bait the hook,
- birdlime,
- blandish,
- cajole,
- capture,
- catch,
- catch out,
- catch up,
- coax,
- decoy,
- draw,
- draw in,
- draw on,
- enmesh,
- ensnarl,
- entangle,
- entice,
- entoil,
- entrap,
- enweb,
- flirt,
- flirt with,
- foul,
- gin,
- give the come-on,
- harpoon,
- hook,
- hook in,
- inveigle,
- land,
- lasso,
- lead on,
- lime,
- lure,
- mesh,
- nail,
- net,
- noose,
- offer bait to,
- rope,
- rope in,
- sack,
- seduce,
- snag,
- snare,
- snarl,
- sniggle,
- spear,
- spread the toils,
- suck in,
- take,
- tangle,
- tangle up with,
- trap,
- trip,
- wind,
- woo
- allure,
- bag,
- bait,
- bait the hook,
- birdlime,
- burden,
- catch,
- catch out,
- catch up,
- cramp,
- cripple,
- cumber,
- decoy,
- embarrass,
- encumber,
- enmesh,
- ensnare,
- ensnarl,
- entangle,
- entice,
- entoil,
- entrammel,
- entwine,
- enweb,
- fetter,
- foul,
- gin,
- hamper,
- hamstring,
- handicap,
- harpoon,
- hobble,
- hook,
- hook in,
- impede,
- inveigle,
- involve,
- lame,
- land,
- lasso,
- lead,
- lime,
- lumber,
- lure,
- mesh,
- nail,
- net,
- noose,
- press down,
- rope,
- sack,
- saddle with,
- shackle,
- snag,
- snare,
- snarl,
- sniggle,
- spear,
- spread the toils,
- take,
- tangle,
- tangle up with,
- toil,
- toll,
- trammel,
- trap,
- trip,
- weigh down,
- wind
- absorb,
- appreciate,
- apprehend,
- assimilate,
- attain mastery of,
- be with one,
- become adept in,
- catch,
- catch on,
- comprehend,
- conceive,
- dig,
- digest,
- fathom,
- follow,
- get,
- get down cold,
- get down pat,
- get hold of,
- get taped,
- get the drift,
- get the idea,
- get the picture,
- get up on,
- grasp,
- have,
- have it taped,
- ken,
- know,
- know well,
- learn,
- learn the ropes,
- master,
- read,
- realize,
- savvy,
- seize,
- seize the meaning,
- sense,
- take,
- take in,
- understand
- behold,
- catch,
- catch sight of,
- clap eyes on,
- descry,
- detect,
- discern,
- discover,
- distinguish,
- encounter,
- glimpse,
- have in sight,
- hit,
- identify,
- ken,
- lay eyes on,
- look on,
- look upon,
- make out,
- mark,
- meet with,
- note,
- notice,
- observe,
- perceive,
- pick out,
- pick up,
- recognize,
- remark,
- see,
- sense,
- sight,
- spot,
- spy,
- take in,
- twig,
- view,
- witness
- enmesh
collapse
- entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh related words >
- absorb,
- allure,
- bag,
- bait the hook,
- birdlime,
- burden,
- catch,
- catch out,
- catch up in,
- concern,
- cramp,
- cripple,
- cumber,
- decoy,
- draw in,
- embarrass,
- embrangle,
- encumber,
- engage,
- ensnare,
- ensnarl,
- entangle,
- entoil,
- entrammel,
- entrap,
- entwine,
- enweb,
- fetter,
- foul,
- gin,
- hamper,
- hamstring,
- handicap,
- harpoon,
- hobble,
- hook,
- hook in,
- impede,
- implicate,
- interest,
- inveigle,
- involve,
- lame,
- land,
- lasso,
- lime,
- lumber,
- lure,
- mesh,
- nail,
- net,
- noose,
- press down,
- rope,
- sack,
- saddle with,
- shackle,
- snag,
- snare,
- snarl,
- sniggle,
- spear,
- spread the toils,
- suck into,
- take,
- tangle,
- tangle up with,
- toil,
- trammel,
- trap,
- trip,
- weigh down,
- wind
- all of a sudden
collapse
- without warning; "all at once, he started shouting" related words >
- abruptly,
- bang,
- dash,
- hastily,
- impetuously,
- impulsively,
- like a flash,
- like a thunderbolt,
- of a sudden,
- on short notice,
- plop,
- plump,
- plunk,
- pop,
- precipitantly,
- precipitately,
- precipitously,
- sharp,
- short,
- slap,
- smack,
- startlingly,
- sudden,
- suddenly,
- surprisingly,
- unawares,
- unexpectedly,
- without notice,
- without warning
- be angry,
- be excitable,
- bellow,
- blow a fuse,
- blow a gasket,
- blow up,
- catch fire,
- catch the infection,
- come apart,
- excite easily,
- explode,
- fire up,
- flame up,
- flare up,
- flash up,
- flip,
- fly out,
- get excited,
- go into hysterics,
- have a tantrum,
- rage,
- ramp,
- rant,
- rant and rave,
- rave,
- run a temperature,
- seethe,
- smolder,
- storm,
- take fire,
- turn a hair
- abruptly,
- bang,
- by surprise,
- dash,
- hastily,
- impetuously,
- implausibly,
- improbably,
- impulsively,
- like a flash,
- like a thunderbolt,
- of a sudden,
- on short notice,
- plop,
- plump,
- plunk,
- pop,
- precipitantly,
- precipitately,
- precipitously,
- sharp,
- slap,
- smack,
- startlingly,
- sudden,
- suddenly,
- surprisingly,
- unanticipatedly,
- unawares,
- unexpectedly,
- unforeseeably,
- unpredictably,
- without notice
- ad-lib,
- be caught napping,
- be surprised,
- be taken unawares,
- be unprepared,
- cook up,
- dash off,
- do offhand,
- fake,
- go off half-cocked,
- have no plan,
- improvisate,
- improvise,
- jury-rig,
- knock off,
- lash up,
- make up,
- play by ear,
- scrap the plan,
- strike off,
- throw off,
- throw together,
- toss off,
- toss out,
- vamp,
- whip up,
- whomp up,
- wing it
- accord,
- agree,
- agree with,
- be affected,
- be in tune,
- be inspired,
- be involved,
- be moved,
- care about,
- catch the flame,
- catch the infection,
- change color,
- chime in with,
- color with emotion,
- correspond,
- cotton to,
- dig,
- echo,
- empathize with,
- fall in with,
- get along,
- get along with,
- get on with,
- harmonize,
- harmonize with,
- identify with,
- interchange,
- react,
- reciprocate,
- relate to emotionally,
- respond,
- respond to,
- share,
- sing in chorus,
- sympathize,
- sympathize with,
- understand one another
- unhatched
collapse
- not yet hatched related words >
- ad-lib,
- caught napping,
- caught off balance,
- caught short,
- extemporaneous,
- extemporized,
- haphazard,
- hasty,
- impromptu,
- improvised,
- makeshift,
- precipitate,
- rough-and-ready,
- snap,
- surprised,
- taken aback,
- taken by surprise,
- taken unawares,
- tripped up,
- unarranged,
- unbegun,
- unconcocted,
- uncontrived,
- undeliberated,
- undevised,
- unmade,
- unmanufactured,
- unorganized,
- unplanned,
- unpremeditated,
- unprepared,
- unprimed,
- unready,
- unstudied
- ad-lib,
- caught napping,
- caught off balance,
- caught short,
- extemporaneous,
- extemporized,
- haphazard,
- hasty,
- impromptu,
- improvised,
- makeshift,
- precipitate,
- rough-and-ready,
- snap,
- surprised,
- taken aback,
- taken by surprise,
- taken unawares,
- tripped up,
- unarranged,
- unbegun,
- unconcocted,
- undeliberated,
- undevised,
- unhatched,
- unmade,
- unmanufactured,
- unorganized,
- unplanned,
- unpremeditated,
- unprepared,
- unprimed,
- unready,
- unstudied
- be angry,
- be excitable,
- bellow,
- blow a fuse,
- blow a gasket,
- blow up,
- catch fire,
- catch the infection,
- come apart,
- excite easily,
- explode,
- fire up,
- flame up,
- flare up,
- flash up,
- flip,
- fly out,
- get excited,
- go into hysterics,
- have a tantrum,
- hit the ceiling,
- rage,
- ramp,
- rant,
- rant and rave,
- rave,
- run a temperature,
- seethe,
- smolder,
- storm,
- take fire,
- turn a hair
- descry
collapse
- catch sight of related words >
- appreciate,
- behold,
- catch,
- catch sight of,
- clap eyes on,
- come alive,
- comprehend,
- detect,
- discern,
- discover,
- distinguish,
- encounter,
- espy,
- glimpse,
- have in sight,
- hit,
- identify,
- ken,
- lay eyes on,
- look on,
- look upon,
- make out,
- mark,
- meet with,
- note,
- notice,
- observe,
- penetrate,
- perceive,
- pick out,
- pick up,
- pierce,
- plumb,
- realize,
- recognize,
- see,
- see daylight,
- see into,
- see the light,
- see through,
- sense,
- sight,
- spot,
- spy,
- take in,
- turn up,
- twig,
- understand,
- view,
- witness
- ad-lib,
- astonished,
- caught napping,
- caught off balance,
- extemporaneous,
- extemporized,
- haphazard,
- hasty,
- impromptu,
- improvised,
- makeshift,
- precipitate,
- rough-and-ready,
- snap,
- struck with surprise,
- surprised,
- taken aback,
- taken by surprise,
- taken unawares,
- tripped up,
- unarranged,
- unbegun,
- unconcocted,
- uncontrived,
- undeliberated,
- undevised,
- unhatched,
- unmade,
- unmanufactured,
- unorganized,
- unplanned,
- unpremeditated,
- unprepared,
- unprimed,
- unready,
- unstudied
- ad-lib,
- astonished,
- caught napping,
- caught off balance,
- caught short,
- extemporaneous,
- extemporized,
- haphazard,
- hasty,
- impromptu,
- improvised,
- makeshift,
- precipitate,
- rough-and-ready,
- snap,
- struck with surprise,
- surprised,
- taken aback,
- taken by surprise,
- tripped up,
- unarranged,
- unbegun,
- unconcocted,
- uncontrived,
- undeliberated,
- undevised,
- unhatched,
- unmade,
- unmanufactured,
- unorganized,
- unplanned,
- unpremeditated,
- unprepared,
- unprimed,
- unready,
- unstudied
- ad-lib,
- caught napping,
- caught off balance,
- caught short,
- extemporaneous,
- extemporized,
- haphazard,
- hasty,
- impromptu,
- improvised,
- inadvertent,
- makeshift,
- precipitate,
- rough-and-ready,
- snap,
- surprised,
- taken aback,
- taken by surprise,
- taken unawares,
- tripped up,
- unarranged,
- unbegun,
- unconcocted,
- uncontrived,
- undeliberated,
- undesigned,
- unhatched,
- unintended,
- unmade,
- unmanufactured,
- unorganized,
- unplanned,
- unpremeditated,
- unprepared,
- unprimed,
- unpurposed,
- unready,
- unstudied,
- unthought
- unmade
collapse
- (of a bed) not having the sheets and blankets set in order; "an unmade bed with tangled sheets and blankets" related words >
- ad-lib,
- caught napping,
- caught off balance,
- caught short,
- extemporaneous,
- extemporized,
- haphazard,
- hasty,
- impromptu,
- improvised,
- makeshift,
- precipitate,
- rough-and-ready,
- snap,
- surprised,
- taken aback,
- taken by surprise,
- taken unawares,
- tripped up,
- unarranged,
- unbegotten,
- unbegun,
- unborn,
- unconceived,
- unconcocted,
- uncontrived,
- uncreated,
- undeliberated,
- undevised,
- unhatched,
- unmanufactured,
- unorganized,
- unplanned,
- unpremeditated,
- unprepared,
- unprimed,
- unproduced,
- unready,
- unstudied
- abandon,
- accomplish,
- achieve,
- appear,
- appear unexpectedly,
- approach,
- arise,
- arrive,
- arrive at,
- arrive in,
- assister,
- attain,
- attain to,
- attend,
- be at,
- be found,
- be present at,
- be received,
- be unexpected,
- bechance,
- become manifest,
- become visible,
- befall,
- betide,
- betray itself,
- blow in,
- bob up,
- bring to light,
- catch,
- cede,
- chance,
- check in,
- clock in,
- cock up,
- come,
- come across,
- come along,
- come forth,
- come forward,
- come in,
- come in sight,
- come into being,
- come into existence,
- come on,
- come out,
- come to,
- come to hand,
- come to light,
- come unawares,
- come upon,
- creep up on,
- crop out,
- crop up,
- descry,
- detect,
- dig up,
- disclose,
- discover itself,
- disinter,
- do,
- draw on,
- emerge,
- encounter,
- enter,
- espy,
- excavate,
- exhume,
- expose,
- fade in,
- fall upon,
- ferret out,
- fetch,
- fetch up at,
- find,
- fish up,
- flash upon one,
- gain,
- get in,
- get there,
- get to,
- give up,
- go to,
- hand,
- hang out,
- hap,
- happen,
- happen along,
- happen by chance,
- hazard,
- heave in sight,
- hit,
- hit town,
- issue,
- issue forth,
- look forth,
- look on,
- loom,
- make,
- make it,
- materialize,
- meet with,
- outcrop,
- peep out,
- pop up,
- pounce upon,
- present itself,
- pull in,
- punch in,
- reach,
- rear its head,
- reveal,
- ring in,
- rise,
- roll in,
- root up,
- see,
- see the light,
- show,
- show up,
- sign in,
- sit in,
- slope up,
- spot,
- spring up,
- stream forth,
- strike the eye,
- take in,
- time in,
- track down,
- trend upwards,
- uncover,
- unearth,
- upbend,
- upcast,
- upcurve,
- upsweep,
- upturn,
- visit,
- watch,
- witness,
- worm out
- ad lib
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- without advance preparation; "he spoke ad lib" related words >
- a beneplacito,
- a discretion,
- ad arbitrium,
- ad libitum,
- ad-libbing,
- al piacere,
- arrangement,
- at choice,
- at pleasure,
- at short notice,
- at sight,
- at will,
- be caught napping,
- be surprised,
- be taken unawares,
- be unprepared,
- by ear,
- caught napping,
- caught off balance,
- caught short,
- cook up,
- dash off,
- disqualification,
- do offhand,
- extemporaneous,
- extemporaneously,
- extemporaneousness,
- extemporarily,
- extemporariness,
- extemporary,
- extempore,
- extemporization,
- extemporize,
- extemporized,
- fake,
- go off half-cocked,
- haphazard,
- hasty,
- have no plan,
- impromptu,
- improvisate,
- improvisation,
- improvisatorial,
- improvise,
- improvised,
- improvision,
- improviso,
- incapability,
- incompetence,
- jury-rig,
- jury-rigged,
- knock off,
- lack of preparation,
- lash up,
- make up,
- makeshift,
- measure,
- nonpreparation,
- nonpreparedness,
- off the cuff,
- off the hip,
- off-the-cuff,
- offhand,
- on sight,
- out of hand,
- planlessness,
- play by ear,
- playing by ear,
- precipitate,
- pro tempore,
- rough-and-ready,
- scrap the plan,
- snap,
- stopgap,
- strike off,
- surprised,
- taken aback,
- taken by surprise,
- taken unawares,
- temporary arrangement,
- temporary measure,
- throw off,
- throw together,
- toss off,
- toss out,
- tripped up,
- unarranged,
- unbegun,
- unconcocted,
- uncontrived,
- undeliberated,
- undevised,
- unfitness,
- unfittedness,
- unforced,
- unhatched,
- unmade,
- unmanufactured,
- unorganized,
- unplanned,
- unpremeditated,
- unprepared,
- unpreparedness,
- unprimed,
- unqualification,
- unqualifiedness,
- unreadiness,
- unready,
- unrehearsed,
- unstudied,
- unsuitability,
- unsuitableness,
- unsuitedness,
- vamp,
- vulnerability,
- whip up,
- whomp up,
- wing it,
- without coercion
- allure,
- bait,
- bait the hook,
- birdlime,
- blandish,
- cajole,
- catch,
- catch out,
- coax,
- decoy,
- draw,
- draw in,
- draw on,
- enmesh,
- ensnare,
- ensnarl,
- entangle,
- entice,
- entoil,
- entrap,
- enweb,
- flirt,
- flirt with,
- gin,
- give the come-on,
- hook,
- hook in,
- lead on,
- lime,
- lure,
- mesh,
- net,
- noose,
- offer bait to,
- rope in,
- seduce,
- snare,
- snarl,
- sniggle,
- spread the toils,
- suck in,
- tangle,
- tempt,
- toll,
- trap,
- trip,
- wind,
- woo
- allure,
- bait the hook,
- birdlime,
- burden,
- catch,
- catch out,
- cramp,
- cripple,
- cumber,
- decoy,
- embarrass,
- embrangle,
- encumber,
- enmesh,
- ensnare,
- entangle,
- entoil,
- entrammel,
- entrap,
- entwine,
- enweb,
- fetter,
- gin,
- hamper,
- hamstring,
- handicap,
- hobble,
- hook,
- hook in,
- impede,
- inveigle,
- involve,
- lame,
- lime,
- lumber,
- lure,
- mesh,
- net,
- noose,
- perplex,
- press down,
- saddle with,
- shackle,
- snare,
- snarl,
- sniggle,
- spread the toils,
- tangle,
- toil,
- trammel,
- trap,
- trip,
- weigh down,
- wind
- accord,
- agree,
- agree in opinion,
- agree with,
- be affected,
- be in tune,
- be inspired,
- be involved,
- be moved,
- care about,
- catch the flame,
- catch the infection,
- change color,
- chime in with,
- close with,
- coincide,
- color with emotion,
- concur,
- conform to,
- correspond,
- cotton to,
- dig,
- ditto,
- echo,
- empathize,
- empathize with,
- fall in with,
- get along,
- get along with,
- get on with,
- go along with,
- go with,
- harmonize,
- harmonize with,
- interchange,
- meet,
- react,
- reciprocate,
- relate to emotionally,
- respond,
- respond to,
- share,
- side with,
- sing in chorus,
- strike in with,
- sympathize,
- sympathize with,
- understand one another
- appear,
- assister,
- attend,
- be at,
- be present at,
- be vigilant,
- be watchful,
- behold,
- catch,
- catch sight of,
- clap eyes on,
- come to,
- descry,
- discern,
- discover,
- distinguish,
- do,
- espy,
- eye,
- eyeball,
- follow,
- gape,
- gaze at,
- glimpse,
- go to,
- have a looksee,
- have in sight,
- hold in view,
- keep in sight,
- keep in view,
- keep under observation,
- ken,
- lay eyes on,
- look after,
- look at,
- look upon,
- make out,
- notice,
- observe,
- ogle,
- perceive,
- pick out,
- recognize,
- reconnoiter,
- regard,
- scout,
- see,
- show up,
- sight,
- sit in,
- spot,
- spy,
- spy upon,
- take in,
- turn up,
- twig,
- view,
- visit,
- watch,
- witness
- abduct,
- absorb,
- annex,
- appreciate,
- apprehend,
- ascertain,
- assimilate,
- be informed,
- be with one,
- become acquainted with,
- broaden the mind,
- carry off,
- catch,
- catch on,
- comprehend,
- conceive,
- cram the mind,
- determine,
- dig,
- digest,
- discover,
- fathom,
- find,
- find out,
- find out about,
- follow,
- gain knowledge,
- get,
- get at,
- get the drift,
- get the idea,
- get the picture,
- glom on to,
- grab,
- grasp,
- have,
- have it taped,
- ken,
- kidnap,
- know,
- lay hands on,
- learn,
- learn about,
- load the mind,
- master,
- pick up information,
- read,
- realize,
- savvy,
- seize,
- seize the meaning,
- sense,
- shanghai,
- take,
- take in,
- take over,
- take possession,
- take up,
- throttle,
- understand
- accompany,
- ad-lib,
- be caught napping,
- be surprised,
- be taken unawares,
- be unprepared,
- chord,
- concertize,
- cook up,
- dash off,
- do,
- do offhand,
- execute,
- extemporize,
- fake,
- go off half-cocked,
- have no plan,
- improvisate,
- improvise,
- interpret,
- jury-rig,
- knock off,
- lash up,
- make music,
- make up,
- perform,
- play,
- render,
- scrap the plan,
- strike off,
- symphonize,
- throw off,
- throw together,
- toss off,
- toss out,
- vamp,
- whip up,
- whomp up,
- wing it
- ad-lib,
- anticipate,
- be caught napping,
- be predisposed,
- be surprised,
- be taken unawares,
- be unprepared,
- blow it,
- butt in,
- dive into,
- extemporize,
- foreglimpse,
- forejudge,
- forerun,
- foresee,
- forestall,
- foretaste,
- get ahead of,
- go before,
- have no plan,
- improvise,
- interrupt,
- intrude,
- judge beforehand,
- jump the gun,
- play by ear,
- plunge,
- plunge headlong,
- plunge into,
- preconceive,
- preconclude,
- predecide,
- predetermine,
- prejudge,
- presume,
- presuppose,
- presurmise,
- rush into,
- speak inopportunely,
- speak too late,
- win the start
- alight upon,
- appear unexpectedly,
- arrive at,
- arrive upon,
- be unexpected,
- blunder upon,
- bob up,
- bump into,
- chance upon,
- come across,
- come among,
- come at,
- come on,
- come unawares,
- come up against,
- confront,
- creep up on,
- discover serendipitously,
- encounter,
- fall across,
- fall among,
- fall foul of,
- fall in with,
- fall upon,
- flash upon one,
- get at,
- happen upon,
- hit upon,
- light upon,
- meet,
- meet head-on,
- meet up with,
- meet with,
- pitch upon,
- pop up,
- pounce upon,
- reach,
- run across,
- run into,
- run smack into,
- run up against,
- run upon,
- strike upon,
- stumble on,
- stumble upon,
- tumble on,
- turn up
- understand
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- know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means"
- perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea"
- believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?"
- make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?" related words >
- absorb,
- accept,
- agree,
- allow,
- appreciate,
- apprehend,
- arrange,
- assimilate,
- assume,
- be acquainted with,
- be afraid,
- be apprised of,
- be aware of,
- be cognizant of,
- be conscious of,
- be conversant with,
- be informed,
- be with one,
- believe,
- catch,
- catch on,
- catch on to,
- cognize,
- comprehend,
- conceit,
- conceive,
- conceptualize,
- conclude,
- conjecture,
- consider,
- construe,
- covenant,
- daresay,
- deduce,
- deem,
- define,
- describe,
- diagnose,
- dig,
- digest,
- discern,
- divine,
- dream,
- empathize with,
- expect,
- fancy,
- fathom,
- feel,
- follow,
- forgive,
- gather,
- get,
- get hold of,
- get it,
- get the drift,
- get the idea,
- get the picture,
- get wind of,
- grant,
- grasp,
- have,
- have information about,
- have it taped,
- have knowledge of,
- hear of,
- imagine,
- infer,
- interpret,
- ken,
- know,
- learn,
- let,
- let be,
- make out,
- master,
- opine,
- penetrate,
- perceive,
- perfume,
- possess,
- prefigure,
- prehend,
- presume,
- presuppose,
- presurmise,
- provisionally accept,
- read,
- read into,
- realize,
- reckon,
- recognize,
- repute,
- savvy,
- say,
- see,
- seize,
- seize the meaning,
- sense,
- suppose,
- surmise,
- suspect,
- sympathize with,
- take,
- take cognizance of,
- take for,
- take for granted,
- take in,
- take it,
- take it that,
- take to be,
- take to mean,
- think,
- tolerate,
- tumble to,
- twig,
- understand by,
- view,
- wit,
- wot,
- wot of
- unawares
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- suddenly and unexpectedly; "rain caught them unawares"; "sorrow comes to all, and to the young it comes with bittered agony because it takes them unawares"- A.Lincoln
- without forethought or plan; inadvertently; "came upon the diamond unawares" related words >
- aback,
- abruptly,
- accidentally,
- bang,
- by accident,
- by surprise,
- dash,
- guiltlessly,
- hastily,
- ignorantly,
- impetuously,
- implausibly,
- improbably,
- impulsively,
- inadvertently,
- innocently,
- insensibly,
- like a flash,
- like a thunderbolt,
- mistakenly,
- of a sudden,
- off base,
- on short notice,
- plop,
- plump,
- plunk,
- pop,
- precipitantly,
- precipitately,
- precipitously,
- sharp,
- short,
- slap,
- smack,
- startlingly,
- sudden,
- suddenly,
- surprisingly,
- unanticipatedly,
- unaware,
- unconsciously,
- unexpectedly,
- unforeseeably,
- unguiltily,
- unintentionally,
- unknowingly,
- unmindfully,
- unpredictably,
- unprepared,
- unready,
- unsuspectingly,
- unwittingly,
- without notice,
- without warning,
- witlessly
- improvised
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- done or made using whatever is available; "crossed the river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer" related words >
- ad hoc,
- ad libitum,
- ad-lib,
- band-aid,
- caught napping,
- caught off balance,
- caught short,
- extemporaneous,
- extemporary,
- extempore,
- extemporized,
- haphazard,
- hasty,
- impromptu,
- improvisational,
- improvisatorial,
- improvise,
- improviso,
- jury-rigged,
- makeshift,
- makeshifty,
- off-the-cuff,
- offhand,
- precipitate,
- provisional,
- rough-and-ready,
- snap,
- stopgap,
- surprised,
- taken aback,
- taken by surprise,
- taken unawares,
- temporary,
- tentative,
- tripped up,
- unarranged,
- unbegun,
- unconcocted,
- uncontrived,
- undeliberated,
- undevised,
- unhatched,
- unmade,
- unmanufactured,
- unorganized,
- unplanned,
- unpremeditated,
- unprepared,
- unprimed,
- unready,
- unrehearsed,
- unstudied
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