Another word for take
take
n.
Something that is taken
Scene filmed or televised
film, shot, motion picture; see photograph.
*Something that is seized
corrupt, corruptible, avaricious, money-hungry; see greedy 1.
take
v.
To seize
appropriate, pocket, carry off; see seize 1, 2.
To collect
To catch
To choose
To acquire
To require
necessitate, demand, call for; see need.
To purchase
To contract; said of a disease
get, come down with, be seized with; see catch 4.
To record
To transport
To captivate
To win
To rent
To steal
misappropriate, purloin, filch; see steal.
To undergo
To consider
To comprehend
apprehend, grasp, perceive; see know 1, understand 1.
To lead
To escort
To admit
To enjoy
To adopt
utilize, assume, appropriate; see adopt 2.
To apply
To travel
To seek
To experience
*To cheat
To grow
germinate, develop into, grow to be; see become 1. See syn. study at bring, receive, seize.
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Another word for take
To obtain possession or control of:
capture, gain, get, win. (Slang) cop. See getTo gain possession of, especially after a struggle or chase:
capture, catch, get, net1, secure. (Informal) bag. (Slang) nail. See getTo become affected with a disease:
catch, contract, develop, get, sicken. Idiom: come down with. See getTo come upon, especially suddenly or unexpectedly:
catch, hit on (or upon), surprise. (Informal) hit. See surpriseTo have a sudden overwhelming effect on:
catch, seize, strike. See attack, overTo direct or impel to oneself by some quality or action:
allure, appeal, attract, draw, entice, lure, magnetize. (Informal) pull. See likeTo cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach:
ingest, swallow. See mouthTo admit to one's possession, presence, or awareness:
accept, have, receive. See acceptTo engage in sexual relations with:
bed, copulate, couple, have, mate, sleep with. Idioms: go to bed with, make love, make whoopee, roll in the hay. See sexTo receive (something given or offered) willingly and gladly.
Also used with up: accept, embrace, welcome. See acceptTo lay claim to for oneself or as one's right:
appropriate, arrogate, assume, commandeer, preempt, seize, usurp. See giveTo go aboard (a means of transport):
board, catch. See usedTo have as a need or prerequisite:
ask, call for, demand, entail, involve, necessitate, require. See necessary, overTo obtain from another source:
derive, draw, get. See kinTo put up with:
abide, accept, bear, brook2, endure, go, stand (for), stomach, suffer, support, sustain, swallow, tolerate, withstand. (Informal) lump2. Idioms: take it, take it lying down. See acceptTo perform a function effectively:
function, go, operate, run, work. See thriveTo perceive and recognize the meaning of:
accept, apprehend, catch (on), compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, get, grasp, make out, read, see, sense, take in, understand. (Informal) savvy. (Slang) dig. (Chiefly British) twig. (Scots) ken. Idioms: get (or have) a handle on, get the picture. See understandTo understand in a particular way:
construe, interpret, read. See understandTo cause to come along with oneself:
bear, bring, carry, convey, fetch, transport. See accompaniedTo move (something) from a position occupied:
remove, take away, take off, take out, withdraw. See moveTo take away (a quantity) from another quantity.
Also used with off: abate, deduct, discount, rebate, subtract. (Informal) knock off. See increase- (Informal)
To get money or something else from by deceitful trickery:
bilk, cheat, cozen, defraud, gull, mulct, rook, swindle, victimize. (Informal) chisel, flimflam, trim. (Slang) diddle1, do, gyp, stick, sting. See honest
To occupy or take again:
reassume, re-claim, reoccupy, repossess, resume, retake. See giveTo send, put, or carry back to a former location:
give back, restore, return. See increase, keepTo disavow (something previously written or said) irrevocably and usually formally:
abjure, recall, recant, retract, withdraw. See accept
To cause to descend:
depress, drop, let down, lower2. See riseTo take (something) apart:
break down, disassemble, dismantle, dismount. See assemble
To allow admittance, as to a group:
accept, admit, receive. See acceptTo have as a part:
comprehend, comprise, contain, embody, embrace, encompass, have, include, involve, subsume. See includeTo perceive and recognize the meaning of:
accept, apprehend, catch (on), compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, get, grasp, make out, read, see, sense, take, understand. (Informal) savvy. (Slang) dig. (Chiefly British) twig. (Scots) ken. Idioms: get (or have) a handle on, get the picture. See understandTo cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation:
beguile, betray, bluff, cozen, deceive, delude, double-cross, dupe, fool, hoodwink, humbug, mislead, trick. (Informal) bamboozle, have. (Slang) four-flush. Idioms: lead astray, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, put something over on, take for a ride. See honest
To take from one's own person:
doff, remove. See put onTo move (something) from a position occupied:
remove, take, take away, take out, withdraw. See move- (Slang)
To move or proceed away from a place:
depart, exit, get away, get off, go, go away, leave1, pull out, quit, retire, run (along), withdraw. (Informal) cut out, push off, shove off. (Slang) blow1, split. Idioms: hit the road, take leave. See approach To rise up in flight:
lift (off). See rise
To take upon oneself:
assume, incur, shoulder, tackle, take over, undertake. See acceptTo go about the initial step in doing (something):
approach, begin, commence, embark, enter, get off, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, lead off, open, set about, set out, set to, start, take up, undertake. (Informal) kick off. Idioms: get cracking, get going, get the show on the road. See startTo obtain the use or services of:
employ, engage, hire, retain. Idiom: put on the payroll. See get, workTo enter into conflict with:
encounter, engage, meet1. Idiom: do (or join) battle with. See conflict, meet- (Informal)
To worry over trifles:
chafe, fuss, pother. See calm To take, as another's idea, and make one's own:
adopt, embrace, espouse, take up. See accept, give
To move (something) from a position occupied:
remove, take, take away, take off, withdraw. See move- (Informal)
To be with another person socially on a regular basis:
date, go out, see. See connect
To seize and move into by force:
occupy. See attackTo take upon oneself:
assume, incur, shoulder, tackle, take on, undertake. See acceptTo free from a specific duty by acting as a substitute:
relieve, spell3. See substitute
To move (something) to a higher position:
boost, elevate, heave, hoist, lift, pick up, raise, rear2, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear. See riseTo begin or go on after an interruption:
continue, pick up, renew, reopen, restart, resume. See continueTo be occupied or concerned with:
consider, deal with, treat. Idiom: have to do with. See relevantTo go about the initial step in doing (something):
approach, begin, commence, embark, enter, get off, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, lead off, open, set about, set out, set to, start, take on, undertake. (Informal) kick off. Idioms: get cracking, get going, get the show on the road. See startTo take in (moisture or liquid):
absorb, drink, imbibe, soak (up), sop up. See giveTo take in and incorporate, especially mentally:
absorb, assimilate, digest, imbibe. (Informal) soak (up). See acceptTo take, as another's idea, and make one's own:
adopt, embrace, espouse, take on. See accept, give
The amount of money collected as admission, especially to a sporting event:
box office, gate. See money- (Slang)
A trying to do or make something:
attempt, crack, effort, endeavor, essay, go, offer, stab, trial, try. (Informal) shot. (Archaic) assay. See try
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