Synonyms of take out

take out

verb

1

as in to unleash

to find emotional release for

he took out his frustrations by splitting a cord of firewood

Synonyms & Similar Words

• unleash
• give way (to)
• release
• act out
• express
• vent
• loose
• voice
• air
• state
• ventilate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppress
• control
• manage
• handle
• govern
• hold back
• repress
• check
• contain
• restrain
• pull in
• curb
• rein (in)
• bottle (up)
• constrain
• tame
• quell
• smother
• allay
• quiet
• still
• soothe
• inhibit
• swallow
• lull
• choke
• stifle
• repress
• strangle
• bridle
• pocket
• muffle

2

as in to accompany

to go on a social engagement with

she'd like to take the new boy out to the movies sometime

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accompany
• go out (with)
• date
• see
• escort
• woo
• court

3

as in to remove

to take away from a place or position

the airline passenger took his laptop computer out of its carrying case

Synonyms & Similar Words

• remove
• withdraw
• pull
• draw
• extract
• draw out
• clear
• draw off
• dislodge
• move
• abstract
• cut
• shift
• demount
• transfer
• disturb
• displace
• budge
• transpose
• dislocate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• put
• place
• position
• mount
• set
• secure
• fix
• set up
• clamp
• anchor
• site
• hitch
• embed
• root
• stick
• lodge
• implant
• entrench
• situate
• moor
• ingrain

4

as in to assassinate

to put to death deliberately

the rumor is that the CIA is planning to take him out before he can seize control of the country

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assassinate
• murder
• slay
• execute
• put away
• get
• kill
• off
• dispatch
• rub out
• neutralize
• bump off
• do away with
• terminate
• whack
• knock off
• snuff
• liquidate
• destroy
• do in
• ice
• slaughter
• shoot
• carry off
• cut down
• blow away
• shoot down
• croak
• blot out
• wipe out
• fell
• claim
• mow (down)
• eliminate
• butcher
• smite
• massacre
• eradicate
• zap
• exterminate
• annihilate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• raise
• restore
• revive
• resurrect
• animate
• resuscitate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of take out

Moriarty pushed back hard, publicly calling out Reno and even taking out ads in industry trade magazines to defend creative expression. —Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Jan. 2026

Millions of Gen Zers are facing unemployment as entry-level office roles get absorbed by AI, and millennials are regretting taking out thousands in student loans for careers that now have significantly diminished prospects. —Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2026

Finally, the officers corral the woman and another clip shows her being taken out of the restaurant in a stretcher. —Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026

Young, at the time working as a pizza maker at a Wegmans grocery store, briefly opened the door and then tried to shut it, taking out the knife when McEvilley nudged it back. —Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2026