take
vb
1 abduct, acquire, arrest, capture, carry off, cart off (slang) catch, clutch, ensnare, entrap, gain possession of, get, get hold of, grasp, grip, have, help oneself to, lay hold of, obtain, receive, secure, seize, win
2 abstract, appropriate, blag (slang) cabbage (Brit. slang) carry off, filch, misappropriate, nick (slang, chiefly Brit.) pinch (informal) pocket, purloin, run off with, steal, swipe (slang) walk off with
3 book, buy, engage, hire, lease, pay for, pick, purchase, rent, reserve, select
4 abide, bear, brave, brook, endure, go through, hack (slang) pocket, put up with (informal) stand, stomach, submit to, suffer, swallow, thole (Scot.) tolerate, undergo, weather, withstand
5 consume, drink, eat, imbibe, ingest, inhale, swallow
6 accept, adopt, assume, enter upon, undertake
7 do, effect, execute, have, make, perform
8 assume, believe, consider, deem, hold, interpret as, perceive, presume, receive, regard, see as, think of as, understand
9 be efficacious, do the trick (informal) have effect, operate, succeed, work
10 bear, bring, carry, cart, convey, ferry, fetch, haul, tote (informal) transport
11 accompany, bring, conduct, convoy, escort, guide, hold (someone's) hand, lead, usher
12 attract, become popular, captivate, charm, delight, enchant, fascinate, please, win favour
13 call for, demand, necessitate, need, require
14 deduct, eliminate, remove, subtract
15 accept, accommodate, contain, have room for, hold
16 (slang) bilk, cheat, con (informal) deceive, defraud, do (slang) dupe, fiddle (informal) gull (archaic) pull a fast one on (informal) stiff (slang) swindle
n
17 catch, gate, haul, proceeds, profits, receipts, return, revenue, takings, yield
Antonyms
2 give, give back, hand over, restore, return, surrender, yield
4 avoid, dodge, give in, give way
6 decline, dismiss, eschew, ignore, refuse, reject, scorn, spurn
take aback
astonish, astound, bewilder, disconcert, flabbergast (informal) floor (informal) nonplus, stagger, startle, stun, surprise
take back
1 disavow, disclaim, recant, renege, renounce, retract, unsay, withdraw
2 get back, recapture, reclaim, reconquer, regain, repossess, retake
3 accept back, exchange, give one a refund for
take down
1 make a note of, minute, note, put on record, record, set down, transcribe, write down
2 depress, drop, haul down, let down, lower, pull down, remove, take off
3 demolish, disassemble, dismantle, level, raze, take apart, take to pieces, tear down
4 deflate, humble, humiliate, mortify, put down (slang)
take in
1 absorb, assimilate, comprehend, digest, get the hang of (informal) grasp, understand
2 comprise, contain, cover, embrace, encompass, include
3 accommodate, admit, let in, receive
4 (informal) bilk, cheat, con (informal) cozen, deceive, do (slang) dupe, fool, gull (archaic) hoodwink, mislead, pull the wool over (someone's) eyes (informal) stiff (slang) swindle, trick
take off
1 discard, divest oneself of, doff, drop, peel off, remove, strip off
2 become airborne, leave the ground, lift off, take to the air
3 (informal) abscond, beat it (slang) decamp, depart, disappear, go, hit the road (slang) hook it (slang) leave, pack one's bags (informal) set out, slope off, split (slang) strike out
4 (informal) caricature, hit off, imitate, lampoon, mimic, mock, parody, satirize, send up (Brit. informal) spoof (informal) take the piss (out of) (taboo slang) travesty
take on
1 employ, engage, enlist, enrol, hire, retain
2 acquire, assume, come to have
3 accept, address oneself to, agree to do, have a go at (informal) tackle, undertake
4 compete against, contend with, enter the lists against, face, fight, match oneself against, oppose, pit oneself against, vie with
5 (informal) break down, get excited, get upset, give way, make a fuss
take over
assume control of, become leader of, come to power, gain control of, succeed to, take command of
take to
1 flee to, head for, make for, man, run for
2 become friendly, be pleased by, be taken with, conceive an affection for, get on with, like, warm to
3 have recourse to, make a habit of, resort to
take up
1 adopt, assume, become involved in, engage in, start
2 begin again, carry on, continue, follow on, go on, pick up, proceed, recommence, restart, resume
3 absorb, consume, cover, extend over, fill, occupy, use up