Synonyms for Catch at straws:

• v.

  •pettifog (verb)
  • niggle,
  • nitpick,
  • pick to pieces.
  •quibble (verb)
  • blow hot and cold,
  • hassle,
  • Paralogize,
  • shift,
  • hypercriticize,
  • hem and haw,
  • dispute,
  • avoid,
  • argufy,
  • flip-flop,
  • equivocate,
  • fence,
  • make a big thing about,
  • bicker,
  • talk back,
  • wrangle,
  • set to,
  • squabble,
  • pettifog,
  • put up an argument,
  • cavil,
  • argue over,
  • split hairs,
  • spar,
  • evade,
  • waffle,
  • have at it,
  • altercate,
  • pretend,
  • carp,
  • criticize,
  • chicane,
  • prevaricate.

• Other synonyms:

  •quibble
  • chicaned,
  • nit-picking,
  • had it,
  • Altercating,
  • flipflop,
  • put up argument,
  • chicanes,
  • talking back,
  • quibble,
  • flip-flopping,
  • altercates,
  • have it,
  • chicaning,
  • Altercated.
  •Other relevant words:
  • go out of one's depth,
  • make the most of,
  • Outreckon,
  • overestimate,
  • strain,
  • make the best of,
  • Overreckon,
  • Caro,
  • overassess,
  • Overcount,
  • overstrain,
  • overrate,
  • overvalue,
  • Overmeasure,
  • nit-pick,
  • make too much of,
  • stretch,
  • overesteem,
  • think too much of,
  • Overprize.

Antonyms for Catch at straws:

• v.

  • pettifog
    give in.
  • quibble
    approve, agree, tell truth, meet, concur, face.