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
• hitch
• site
• moor
• embed
• root
• stick
• lodge
• implant
• imbed
• entrench
• situate
• intrench
• engrain
• 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