Synonyms of pickup

1. pickup, pickup truck, truck, motortruck: usage: a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard
2. pickup, bench warrant, arrest warrant: usage: a warrant to take someone into custody; "put out a pickup on that man"
3. pickup, pick-me-up, corrective, restorative: usage: anything with restorative powers; "she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her"
4. pickup, acquaintance, friend: usage: a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships
5. pickup, getaway, acceleration: usage: the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration; "his car has a lot of pickup"
6. tone arm, pickup, pickup arm, mechanical device: usage: mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge
7. cartridge, pickup, electro-acoustic transducer: usage: an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable
8. pickup, collection, collecting, assembling, aggregation: usage: the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places; "garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays"
9. pickup, acquiring, getting: usage: the act of taking aboard passengers or freight