Synonyms of takes

takes 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of take

1

as in holds

to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms

take my hand, or we'll get separated in this crowd

Synonyms & Similar Words

• holds
• grasps
• grips
• clasps
• lays hold of
• clenches
• catches
• seizes
• hangs on to
• holds on (to)
• snatches
• clutches
• clings (to)
• nabs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• liberates
• frees
• drops
• gives
• releases
• discharges
• passes
• delivers
• relinquishes
• transmits
• entrusts
• transfers
• hands
• turns over
• hands over
• unhands

2

as in has

to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly

will you take that call?

took a cut in pay

Synonyms & Similar Words

• has
• accepts
• adopts
• confirms
• welcomes
• tolerates
• ratifies
• stands
• sustains
• swallows
• endures
• warrants
• consents (to)
• embraces
• gives in (to)
• submits (to)
• yields (to)
• assents (to)
• concedes (to)
• accedes (to)
• surrenders (to)
• supports
• succumbs (to)
• sticks out
• shoulders
• sanctions
• bows (to)
• abides
• acquiesces (to)
• brooks
• OKs
• capitulates (to)
• bears
• countenances
• sweats out
• stomachs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refuses
• denies
• rejects
• declines
• disapproves
• opposes
• disallows
• turns down
• resists
• spurns
• objects (to)
• vetoes
• protests
• withstands
• negatives
• dissents (to)
• fights
• combats
• contests
• holds off

3

as in gets

to become affected with (a disease or disorder)

if you don't cover your head in this weather, you'll take cold and be stuck inside all weekend

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gets
• catches
• contracts
• comes down (with)
• goes down (with)
• sickens (with)
• breaks out (with)
• fails
• dies (from)
• weakens
• succumbs (to)
• worsens
• sinks
• languishes
• withers
• wastes (away)
• wilts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• recovers
• gains
• comes back
• heals
• mends
• shakes (off)
• recuperates
• recovers (from)
• recoups
• snaps back
• rallies
• rebounds

4

as in chooses

to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities

you can take the white side this time, since I got to be white for our last chess game

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chooses
• selects
• picks
• elects
• prefers
• designates
• names
• opts (for)
• culls
• handpicks
• cherry-picks
• adopts
• nominates
• tags
• accepts
• appoints
• singles (out)
• taps
• embraces
• marks
• sets
• tabs
• espouses
• preselects
• settles (on or upon)
• fixes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refuses
• rejects
• declines
• turns down
• spurns
• disapproves
• repudiates
• discards
• negatives
• throws out
• throws away
• jettisons

5

as in buys

to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for

I'll take two cheeseburgers to go, please

Synonyms & Similar Words

• buys
• purchases
• gets
• obtains
• acquires
• wins
• cops
• picks up
• procures
• garners
• secures
• pays (for)
• offers
• gains
• springs (for)
• deals (for)
• exchanges (for)
• finances
• negotiates (about)
• trades (for)
• bargains (with)
• bids
• barters (for)
• palters (with)
• haggles (for)
• chaffers (with)
• dickers (over)
• horse-trades (with)
• repurchases
• rebuys

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sells
• deals (in)
• retails
• markets
• vends
• merchandises

6

as in requires

to have as a requirement

it will take a lot of courage to stand up for what is right

Synonyms & Similar Words

• requires
• needs
• wants
• involves
• necessitates
• demands
• claims
• calls for
• entails
• challenges
• warrants
• asks
• bears
• begs
• lacks
• insists
• stipulates
• cries (for)
• hurts (for)
• exacts
• presses
• clamors (for)
• enjoins
• commands
• quests

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• has
• holds
• owns
• possesses

7

as in accommodates

to make or have room for

I think we can take two more in this elevator

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accommodates
• holds
• fits
• contains
• seats
• carries
• encompasses
• encloses
• houses
• enfolds
• harbors

8

as in works

to produce a desired effect

it will be a few hours before this medication takes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• works
• performs
• operates
• reacts
• takes effect
• responds
• acts
• affects
• takes hold
• behaves
• results
• influences
• sways
• redounds
• pans out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• backfires
• fizzles

9

as in stands

to put up with (something painful or difficult)

I can't take anymore of your whining about your former boyfriend

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stands
• accepts
• endures
• tolerates
• handles
• sustains
• bears
• absorbs
• meets
• swallows
• wears
• goes
• supports
• stands for
• abides
• sticks out
• lives with
• bides
• allows
• hacks
• lumps (it)
• brooks
• suffers
• pockets
• stomachs
• countenances
• sweats out
• permits
• toughs it out
• respects
• acquiesces
• reconciles (to)
• agrees (with or to)
• submits (to)
• yields (to)
• consents (to)
• capitulates
• assents (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refuses
• rejects
• dismisses
• declines
• spurns
• resists
• opposes
• repudiates
• avoids
• turns down
• escapes
• fights
• misses
• combats
• evades
• eludes
• bypasses
• contests
• circumvents
• dodges
• abstains (from)
• refrains (from)
• forbears

10

as in believes

to regard as right or true

I think we can take his word for it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• believes
• accepts
• understands
• buys
• swallows
• trusts
• credits
• presumes
• accounts
• assumes
• sets store by
• deduces
• infers
• supposes
• concludes
• accredits

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejects
• discredits
• disbelieves
• distrusts
• suspects
• doubts
• questions
• challenges
• mistrusts
• disputes
• misdoubts

11

as in overcomes

to achieve a victory over

I know we can take that team

Synonyms & Similar Words

• overcomes
• defeats
• gets
• masters
• beats
• stops
• conquers
• dispatches
• subdues
• surmounts
• licks
• succeeds
• upends
• gets the better of
• gets around
• prevails (over)
• wins (against)
• bests
• triumphs (over)
• overbears
• trims
• buries
• overmatches
• does down
• overwhelms
• finishes
• sweeps
• worsts
• surpasses
• exceeds
• flattens
• scores
• excels
• skunks
• crushes
• slaughters
• whips
• blows out
• breaks
• annihilates
• upsets
• clobbers
• knocks for a loop
• blows away
• thrashes
• transcends
• flourishes
• tops
• wallops
• edges (out)
• bombs
• smokes
• routs
• vanquishes
• trounces
• noses out
• overpowers
• subjugates
• caps
• outdoes
• outstrips
• overthrows
• outshines
• waxes
• knocks over
• drubs
• creams
• pips
• unseats
• skins
• eclipses
• shellacs
• knocks off
• outdistances
• snows under
• overtops
• betters
• outfights
• aces (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loses (to)
• falls
• fails
• goes down
• gives up
• goes under
• collapses
• folds
• flops
• flunks
• washes out

12

as in manages

to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently

let's take each problem separately

Synonyms & Similar Words

• manages
• manipulates
• addresses
• handles
• treats
• negotiates
• plays
• maneuvers
• contends (with)
• swings
• pulls
• fields
• comes to grips with
• grapples (with)
• hacks
• has a grip on
• engineers
• copes (with)
• directs
• controls
• regulates
• steers
• carries out
• guides
• gets off
• carries off
• runs
• finesses
• commands
• responds (to)
• brings off
• reacts (to)
• jockeys
• micromanages

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fumbles
• botches
• bungles
• mishandles
• messes (up)
• goofs (up)
• muffs
• louses up
• scamps
• foozles

13

as in receives

to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to

the school takes only a small percentage of the thousands of applicants

Synonyms & Similar Words

• receives
• admits
• enters
• welcomes
• confirms
• entertains
• ratifies
• fellowships

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refuses
• rejects
• dismisses
• bans
• bars
• declines
• disallows
• disapproves
• expels
• banishes
• throws out
• ousts
• deports
• ostracizes
• exiles
• blackballs
• blacklists

14

as in destroys

to deprive of life

I never thought heart disease would take such an athletic and health-conscious person

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroys
• kills
• slays
• claims
• dispatches
• does in
• carries off
• fells
• does for
• murders
• does away with
• croaks
• slaughters
• makes away with
• gets
• assassinates
• neutralizes
• wastes
• finishes
• executes
• cuts down
• takes out
• annihilates
• whacks
• snuffs
• puts away
• smites
• mows
• decimates
• rubs out
• offs
• terminates
• kills off
• knocks off
• blots out
• butchers
• ices
• massacres
• bumps off
• puts down
• scrags
• martyrs
• euthanizes
• suicides

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• animates
• raises
• restores
• revives
• nurtures
• resurrects
• resuscitates

takes

2 of 2

noun

plural of take

1

as in reactions

action or behavior that is done in return to other action or behavior

what's your take on the announcement that the senior vice president is taking an early retirement?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reactions
• answers
• responses
• replies
• recoils
• reflexes
• rebounds
• rises
• kickbacks
• backlashes
• counterreactions
• revulsions
• counterresponses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• actions
• effects
• causes
• behaviors

2

as in yields

the total amount collected or obtained especially at one time

who will win the poker tournament and collect the whole take?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• yields
• hauls
• proceeds
• bounties
• catches
• profits
• earnings
• gains
• revenues
• returns
• receipts
• spoils
• incomes
• bags
• winnings
• loots
• payoffs
• plunders
• nets
• appropriations
• collections
• grosses
• swags
• booties

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losses
• deductions
• subtractions

3

as in shares

something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group

because there were so many winners of the jackpot, each person's take will be smaller than expected

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shares
• parts
• portions
• proportions
• percentages
• cuts
• quotas
• allowances
• slices
• pieces
• allotments
• ends
• pieces of the action
• lots
• rations
• members
• segments
• commissions
• sections
• partitions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sums
• compounds
• totals
• aggregates
• pools
• composites
• totalities
• wholes

4

as in variations

a distinct treatment of something (as a story or a play)

despite its contemporary setting, this take on King Lear isn't particularly novel or insightful

Synonyms & Similar Words

• variations
• interpretations
• versions
• riffs
• translations
• adaptations

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of takes

Verb

And the story itself takes place during the year of its two-hundredth anniversary. —Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 3 May 2026

Warren Buffett has loomed large at the company’s annual gatherings, and this will be a key challenge as new CEO Greg Abel takes center stage this year. —Yun Li,alex Harring,sarah Min, CNBC, 2 May 2026

Choosing the right one takes some thought, though. —Jacqueline Tempera, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 May 2026

Social Security payment amounts are set to shrink unless Congress takes action to prevent it. —Adisa Hargett-Robinson, The Washington Examiner, 2 May 2026

Meander leisurely and sculptures begin to materialize like easter eggs, while clusters of wooden houses hint at life continuing after museums close and a slower pace takes hold for the 3,000 people who live here. —Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2026

My outfits stay separated, my suitcase stays tidy, and unpacking takes two minutes instead of twenty. —Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2026

So, while in Taurus, Mercury slows down and takes a breather. —Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026

Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú takes it even further back. —Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026

Noun

And then Hathaway won an Oscar for it, and everyone was entirely normal about it, flowing with generous takes. —Chris Feil, Vulture, 1 May 2026

The cut features plenty of unseen character arcs and alternate takes. —Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 1 May 2026

And fascinatingly, this synthetic universe is so convincing that even some astronomers are doing double-takes. —Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Apr. 2026

The best part of creating projects was pushing each other to work harder, laughing in between takes and spending hours editing together. —Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026

That forced him to adjust his shooting process, relying on longer takes and shorter shot lists to maximize everyone’s time to experiment. —Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 17 Apr. 2026

Other fans who can't attend can share their takes with Chili's on X for a chance to win a Chili's gift card. —Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026

Real-life experiences, humorous takes, social commentary, voices, and characters. —Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 16 Apr. 2026

This recipe only takes—wait for it—20 minutes. —Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 15 Apr. 2026