Synonyms of take on

take on

verb

1

as in to meet

to enter into contest or conflict with

will take on his chief opponent in the next political debate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• meet
• face
• encounter
• engage
• fight
• battle
• oppose
• contend
• emulate
• rival

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• escape
• evade
• elude
• retreat

2

as in to employ

to provide with a paying job

decided to take her on as store manager

Synonyms & Similar Words

• employ
• hire
• recruit
• lay on
• sign (up or on)
• pay
• engage
• retain
• place
• fee
• assume
• job
• enlist
• keep (on)
• partner
• reemploy
• promote
• upgrade
• contract
• rehire
• reengage
• subcontract
• apprentice
• advance
• scout
• headhunt

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• can
• dismiss
• sack
• axe
• fire
• discharge
• ax
• lay off
• lock out
• furlough

3

as in to borrow

to take for one's own use (something originated by another)

recently arrived immigrants who are eager to take on the language and culture of their adopted homeland

Synonyms & Similar Words

• borrow
• adopt
• embrace
• take up
• pick up on
• cultivate
• take over
• assimilate
• follow
• use
• utilize
• espouse
• incorporate
• copy
• appropriate
• imitate
• absorb
• put on
• honor
• quote
• bring up
• prize
• affect
• cherish
• treasure
• usurp
• raise
• heed
• domesticate
• foster
• simulate
• pretend
• assume
• arrogate
• naturalize
• nurture
• rear

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• give up
• abandon
• relinquish
• surrender
• forsake
• reject
• disown
• throw away
• abjure
• renounce
• throw out
• repudiate
• spurn
• discard
• abnegate
• jettison
• junk