- pickup
- n1. rapid acceleration, speed-up, increase in speed or velocity, speed, power, response.2. small truck, open truck, delivery truck, farm truck, quarter-ton truck, carrier.3.Informal. chance meeting or encounter, casual date, flirtation, impromptu friendship, spur-of-the-moment alliance, informal introduction, Sl. one-night stand.4.Informal. improvement, change for the better, getting on the road to recovery, recovery, rally, Inf. comeback; mending, healing, perking up; advance, progress, making progress, making headway, gaining ground.5. freight, load, shipment, cargo, haul, burden, charge, goods, stuff, truckload; passenger, rider, cus tomer, fare; hitchhiker.6.See pick-me-up.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.