Synonyms of takes on

takes on

verb

present tense third-person singular of take on

1

as in faces

to enter into contest or conflict with

will take on his chief opponent in the next political debate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• faces
• encounters
• meets
• engages
• battles
• fights
• contends
• opposes
• rivals
• emulates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• escapes
• eludes
• evades
• retreats

2

as in employs

to provide with a paying job

decided to take her on as store manager

Synonyms & Similar Words

• employs
• hires
• recruits
• lays on
• signs (up or on)
• pays
• engages
• retains
• places
• fees
• assumes
• jobs
• enlists
• partners
• keeps (on)
• reemploys
• apprentices
• promotes
• contracts
• rehires
• upgrades
• subcontracts
• reengages
• advances
• headhunts
• scouts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cans
• dismisses
• axes
• fires
• discharges
• sacks
• lays off
• furloughs
• locks out

3

as in borrows

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

• borrows
• adopts
• embraces
• takes up
• takes over
• follows
• picks up on
• espouses
• assimilates
• cultivates
• copies
• puts on
• utilizes
• uses
• incorporates
• imitates
• absorbs
• brings up
• usurps
• quotes
• treasures
• appropriates
• prizes
• honors
• affects
• cherishes
• domesticates
• raises
• arrogates
• naturalizes
• assumes
• fosters
• simulates
• pretends
• nurtures
• heeds
• rears

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gives up
• abandons
• relinquishes
• forsakes
• surrenders
• rejects
• disowns
• abjures
• throws out
• throws away
• renounces
• abnegates
• repudiates
• spurns
• discards
• junks
• jettisons