Kids.Net.Au - Thesaurus > Related Words: sweep up

Thesaurus > Related Words: sweep up

Words related to sweep up

Related / Similar Words: espouse, embrace, adopt, embroil, tangle, sweep, drag, drag in

Definition:

take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one''s own; "She embraced Catholocism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith";

force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; "They were swept up by the events"; "don''t drag me into this business";

Hyponyms: take up, latch on, fasten on, hook on, seize on

Derivational Morphology: borrowing, adoption, embrace, bosom, imbroglio, embroilment

Search Thesaurus

Search the meaning/definition of over one hundred thousand words!

Feature Word

Find words starting with:

A
B
C

D
E
F

G
H
I

J
K
L

M
N
O

P
Q
R

S
T
U

V
W
X

Y
Z