All catch antonyms
catch
C c verb catch
- drop β a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- let off β to allow or permit: to let him escape.
- misplace β to put in a wrong place.
- misunderstand β to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
- free β enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- let go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- lose β to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
- give β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- offer β to present for acceptance or rejection; proffer: He offered me a cigarette.
- loose β free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
- unfasten β to release from or as from fastenings; detach.
- miss β to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
- push β to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- overlook β to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
- fail β to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- dissuade β to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
- deny β When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
- disallow β to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- veto β the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- fall behind β to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- depart β When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
- leave β to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- discourage β to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- stop β to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- receive β to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.
- disbelieve β to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in: to disbelieve reports of UFO sightings.
- mistake β an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
- neglect β to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- misinterpret β Interpret (something or someone) wrongly.
- liberate β to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- release β to lease again.
- refuse β to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- reject β to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
- loosen β to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- disentangle β Free (something or someone) from an entanglement; extricate.