💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Seize on"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| take upverb | (transitive) To lift; to raise. |
| latch onverb | To grasp firmly; to become attached to. |
| fasten onverb | adopt |
| hook onverb | adopt |
| seize uponverb | To take up, embrace, enact, or turn eagerly to (a plan, idea, ideology, cause, practice, method, etc.); to grasp, understand, and accept quickly; to adopt wholeheartedly or vigorously. |
| take holdverb | (followed by of) To grasp, seize. |
| lay hold uponverb | Alternative form of lay hold of. [(transitive) To seize; catch; apprehend.] |
| lay hold onverb | Alternative form of lay hold of. [(transitive) To seize; catch; apprehend.] |
| seizeverb | (transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture. |
| chance onverb | Alternative form of chance upon. [(transitive, idiomatic) To find (someone or something) by chance.] |
| apprehendverb | (transitive) To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand. |
| take oververb | To assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force. |
| swear onverb | Alternative form of swear upon. [(transitive, formal) To take an oath on someone or something.] |
| get a hold ofverb | (transitive) Alternative form of get hold of. [(transitive) To obtain.] |
| get hold ofverb | (transitive) To contact (a person). |
| get ahold ofverb | (transitive) Alternative form of get hold of. [(transitive) To obtain.] |
| capitalizeverb | (transitive) In writing or editing, to write (something: either an entire word or text, or just the initial letter(s) thereof) in capital letters, in upper case. |
| have a handle onverb | (idiomatic) To understand or grasp. |
| be ontoverb | Alternative form of be on to. [(idiomatic) To figure out; to realize the truth.] |
| take onverb | To obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job. |
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