CAUGHT ON (TO) Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

caught on (to)

verb

past tense of catch on (to)

as in realized

to come to an awareness of she caught on to the fact that they were planning a surprise party

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as in understood

to have a clear idea of he finally caught on to the concept of phototaxis

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The company’s experts realized that, if the tapestry could not be rotated and stored, perhaps it could be stored and then rotated.

— John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
But another frontier remains to be realized, one in which MU ascends from this fine plateau to make good on the sort of top-tier promise implied by the school’s now-enormous commitment to football.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of realized

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When researching this article on Jacquet’s upbringing, The Athletic discovered exactly why Liverpool were so keen to bring the 21-year-old to Anfield after a rapid rise through the ranks at Rennes.

— David Ornstein, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Costs went up again due to a major design flaw discovered during construction in 2024.

— Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of discovered

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As the commission moved toward a vote on the plan, there was a certain resignation among the ballroom skeptics, who knew that they were outnumbered.

— Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
His team-mates and Cisse were among those who knew what happened, while the club tried to help him.

— Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of knew

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Drivers notoriously focus intensely on performance, and, like any athletes, have learned to ignore cues everyday people may follow.

— Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Most of us who have spent careers as osteopathic physicians in a largely allopathic American health care system have learned to value and embrace these unique aspects.

— Torie Bosch, STAT, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of learned

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Uncertainty notwithstanding, the longevity world has glommed onto the notion that the vaginal microbiome is some kind of exotic tealeaf that can be deciphered—and perfected by purchasing the right supplements.

— Sarah DiGregorio, Vanity Fair, 27 July 2026
Its successor script, Linea B, was also a mystery until it was deciphered in 1952 by an amateur linguist and cryptographer Michael Ventris with the help of classicist John Chadwick, both building on patterns in the script first identified by classicist Alice Kober.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 23 June 2026

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