Synonyms of taking

taking 1 of 2

adjective

as in pretty

very pleasing to look at

had never seen such a taking city as Venice

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pretty
• beautiful
• lovely
• good
• attractive
• cute
• handsome
• gorgeous
• likely
• fetching
• stunning
• charming
• ravishing
• fair
• perfect
• aesthetic
• delightful
• comely
• sightly
• glorious
• seemly
• elegant
• fascinating
• knockout
• engaging
• magnificent
• appealing
• goodly
• hot
• sexy
• beauteous
• bonny
• pleasant
• superb
• flawless
• desirable
• bonnie
• aesthetical
• cunning
• alluring
• exquisite
• prepossessing
• splendid
• delicate
• esthetic
• glamorous
• esthetical
• sublime
• striking
• good-looking
• drop-dead
• lovesome
• well-favored
• arresting
• resplendent
• seductive
• personable
• statuesque
• radiant
• presentable
• dainty
• glamourous
• slick
• showy
• flashy
• glossy
• splashy
• snazzy
• luscious
• prettyish
• hunky
• flamboyant
• photogenic
• foxy
• toothsome
• showstopping
• studly
• nubile
• dollish
• dishy
• Junoesque
• pulchritudinous
• zingy
• eye-catching
• chocolate-box
• telegenic

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• plain
• ugly
• bad
• grotesque
• hideous
• terrible
• shocking
• revolting
• homely
• unattractive
• unsightly
• sickening
• unpleasing
• offensive
• horrible
• nauseating
• objectionable
• disagreeable
• uncomely
• disgusting
• dreadful
• vile
• foul
• unlovely
• repugnant
• repellent
• nasty
• repulsive
• abominable
• unpleasant
• abhorrent
• ghastly
• repellant
• loathsome
• frightful
• unaesthetic
• unhandsome
• unappealing
• unbeautiful
• unpretty
• unappetizing
• unimposing
• unprepossessing
• unbecoming
• ill-favored
• uncute
• frumpy
• unshapely
• frumpish

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• plain
• ugly
• bad
• grotesque
• hideous
• terrible
• shocking
• revolting
• homely
• unattractive
• unsightly
• sickening
• unpleasing
• offensive
• horrible
• nauseating
• objectionable
• disagreeable
• uncomely
• disgusting
• dreadful
• vile
• foul
• unlovely
• repugnant
• repellent
• nasty
• repulsive
• abominable
• unpleasant
• abhorrent
• ghastly
• repellant
• loathsome
• frightful
• unaesthetic
• unhandsome
• unappealing
• unbeautiful
• unpretty
• unappetizing
• unimposing
• unprepossessing
• unbecoming
• ill-favored
• uncute
• frumpy
• unshapely
• frumpish

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taking

2 of 2

verb

present participle of take

1

as in holding

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

• holding
• grasping
• gripping
• clasping
• catching
• snatching
• seizing
• clenching
• clutching
• laying hold of
• nabbing
• hanging on to
• holding on (to)
• clinging (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dropping
• releasing
• discharging
• giving
• freeing
• liberating
• passing
• handing
• transferring
• delivering
• relinquishing
• transmitting
• entrusting
• handing over
• intrusting
• unhanding
• turning over

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• dropping
• releasing
• discharging
• giving
• freeing
• liberating
• passing
• handing
• transferring
• delivering
• relinquishing
• transmitting
• entrusting
• handing over
• intrusting
• unhanding
• turning over

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2

as in having

to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly

will you take that call?

took a cut in pay

Synonyms & Similar Words

• having
• accepting
• adopting
• confirming
• tolerating
• swallowing
• sanctioning
• warranting
• standing
• ratifying
• sustaining
• welcoming
• supporting
• shouldering
• embracing
• countenancing
• okaying
• stomaching
• enduring
• sticking out
• brooking
• abiding
• sweating out
• bearing
• acceding (to)
• consenting (to)
• assenting (to)
• submitting (to)
• OK'ing
• yielding (to)
• succumbing (to)
• bowing (to)
• surrendering (to)
• giving in (to)
• capitulating (to)
• conceding (to)
• acquiescing (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refusing
• denying
• rejecting
• declining
• opposing
• vetoing
• protesting
• spurning
• disapproving
• turning down
• resisting
• fighting
• withstanding
• dissenting (to)
• disallowing
• combating
• contesting
• objecting (to)
• combatting
• holding off
• negativing

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• refusing
• denying
• rejecting
• declining
• opposing
• vetoing
• protesting
• spurning
• disapproving
• turning down
• resisting
• fighting
• withstanding
• dissenting (to)
• disallowing
• combating
• contesting
• objecting (to)
• combatting
• holding off
• negativing

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3

as in getting

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

• getting
• catching
• contracting
• going down (with)
• coming down (with)
• sickening (with)
• failing
• weakening
• withering
• languishing
• worsening
• sinking
• wilting
• breaking out (with)
• succumbing (to)
• dying (from)
• wasting (away)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gaining
• recovering
• recuperating
• healing
• recouping
• mending
• shaking (off)
• recovering (from)
• rallying
• coming back
• snapping back
• rebounding

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• gaining
• recovering
• recuperating
• healing
• recouping
• mending
• shaking (off)
• recovering (from)
• rallying
• coming back
• snapping back
• rebounding

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4

as in selecting

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

• selecting
• choosing
• picking
• electing
• naming
• preferring
• culling
• tagging
• designating
• handpicking
• adopting
• nominating
• accepting
• cherry-picking
• tapping
• appointing
• marking
• embracing
• singling (out)
• opting (for)
• tabbing
• preselecting
• fixing
• setting
• espousing
• settling (on or upon)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refusing
• rejecting
• declining
• turning down
• repudiating
• discarding
• disapproving
• spurning
• throwing out
• throwing away
• jettisoning
• negativing

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• refusing
• rejecting
• declining
• turning down
• repudiating
• discarding
• disapproving
• spurning
• throwing out
• throwing away
• jettisoning
• negativing

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5

as in buying

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

I'll take two cheeseburgers to go, please

Synonyms & Similar Words

• buying
• purchasing
• getting
• copping
• obtaining
• acquiring
• procuring
• winning
• gaining
• securing
• garnering
• picking up
• offering
• financing
• bidding
• rebuying
• repurchasing
• paying (for)
• springing (for)
• exchanging (for)
• paltering (with)
• negotiating (about)
• dealing (for)
• trading (for)
• haggling (for)
• bartering (for)
• bargaining (with)
• dickering (over)
• chaffering (with)
• horse-trading (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• selling
• dealing (in)
• marketing
• vending
• retailing
• merchandising
• merchandizing

• selling
• dealing (in)
• marketing
• vending
• retailing
• merchandising
• merchandizing

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6

as in requiring

to have as a requirement

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• requiring
• needing
• wanting
• involving
• demanding
• claiming
• necessitating
• challenging
• warranting
• asking
• entailing
• calling for
• bearing
• begging
• insisting
• lacking
• commanding
• enjoining
• exacting
• pressing
• stipulating
• questing
• clamoring (for)
• hurting (for)
• crying (for)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• having
• holding
• owning
• possessing

• having
• holding
• owning
• possessing

7

as in accommodating

to make or have room for

I think we can take two more in this elevator

Synonyms & Similar Words

• holding
• accommodating
• fitting
• seating
• containing
• carrying
• housing
• enclosing
• encompassing
• enfolding
• harboring
• inclosing

8

as in working

to produce a desired effect

it will be a few hours before this medication takes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• working
• performing
• operating
• reacting
• acting
• responding
• taking hold
• taking effect
• affecting
• resulting
• influencing
• behaving
• swaying
• redounding
• panning out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• backfiring
• fizzling

• backfiring
• fizzling

9

as in standing

to put up with (something painful or difficult)

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• standing
• tolerating
• accepting
• handling
• enduring
• sustaining
• bearing
• absorbing
• swallowing
• supporting
• stomaching
• wearing
• going
• meeting
• countenancing
• hacking
• pocketing
• biding
• sticking out
• brooking
• living with
• abiding
• allowing
• standing for
• sweating out
• permitting
• suffering
• toughing it out
• respecting
• lumping (it)
• acquiescing
• capitulating
• reconciling (to)
• submitting (to)
• yielding (to)
• consenting (to)
• assenting (to)
• agreeing (with or to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refusing
• dismissing
• rejecting
• fighting
• declining
• resisting
• avoiding
• opposing
• combating
• contesting
• repudiating
• missing
• combatting
• escaping
• turning down
• spurning
• evading
• bypassing
• dodging
• circumventing
• eluding
• refraining (from)
• abstaining (from)
• forbearing

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• refusing
• dismissing
• rejecting
• fighting
• declining
• resisting
• avoiding
• opposing
• combating
• contesting
• repudiating
• missing
• combatting
• escaping
• turning down
• spurning
• evading
• bypassing
• dodging
• circumventing
• eluding
• refraining (from)
• abstaining (from)
• forbearing

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10

as in believing

to regard as right or true

I think we can take his word for it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• believing
• accepting
• buying
• understanding
• swallowing
• trusting
• crediting
• accounting
• setting store on
• deducing
• presuming
• assuming
• inferring
• accrediting
• supposing
• setting store by
• concluding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejecting
• discrediting
• questioning
• suspecting
• doubting
• disbelieving
• challenging
• distrusting
• mistrusting
• disputing
• misdoubting

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• rejecting
• discrediting
• questioning
• suspecting
• doubting
• disbelieving
• challenging
• distrusting
• mistrusting
• disputing
• misdoubting

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11

as in defeating

to achieve a victory over

I know we can take that team

Synonyms & Similar Words

• defeating
• getting
• overcoming
• mastering
• beating
• stopping
• conquering
• dispatching
• licking
• subduing
• surmounting
• succeeding
• trimming
• upending
• getting around
• finishing
• sweeping
• besting
• overbearing
• burying
• doing down
• overmatching
• slaughtering
• overwhelming
• worsting
• scoring
• crushing
• whipping
• getting the better of
• triumphing (over)
• exceeding
• skunking
• prevailing (over)
• capping
• surpassing
• knocking for a loop
• flattening
• annihilating
• winning (against)
• routing
• breaking
• topping
• bombing
• excelling
• upsetting
• clobbering
• thrashing
• smoking
• blowing out
• creaming
• subjugating
• drubbing
• trouncing
• shellacking
• overthrowing
• walloping
• flourishing
• blowing away
• skinning
• excelling
• vanquishing
• pipping
• transcending
• unseating
• bettering
• waxing
• overpowering
• outdoing
• knocking over
• eclipsing
• outshining
• outstripping
• nosing out
• knocking off
• outdistancing
• edging (out)
• snowing under
• overtopping
• outfighting
• acing (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• falling
• losing (to)
• failing
• folding
• collapsing
• flunking
• flopping
• washing out
• going down
• going under
• giving up

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• falling
• losing (to)
• failing
• folding
• collapsing
• flunking
• flopping
• washing out
• going down
• going under
• giving up

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12

as in managing

to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently

let's take each problem separately

Synonyms & Similar Words

• managing
• addressing
• manipulating
• handling
• treating
• negotiating
• playing
• maneuvering
• swinging
• fielding
• hacking
• pulling
• controlling
• engineering
• guiding
• jockeying
• directing
• regulating
• finessing
• carrying out
• coping (with)
• coming to grips with
• grappling (with)
• contending (with)
• steering
• having a grip on
• carrying off
• getting off
• commanding
• bringing off
• running
• micromanaging
• reacting (to)
• responding (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fumbling
• botching
• mishandling
• bungling
• muffing
• scamping
• messing (up)
• goofing (up)
• foozling
• lousing up

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• fumbling
• botching
• mishandling
• bungling
• muffing
• scamping
• messing (up)
• goofing (up)
• foozling
• lousing up

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13

as in receiving

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

• receiving
• admitting
• entering
• welcoming
• fellowshiping
• entertaining
• confirming
• ratifying
• fellowshipping

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refusing
• banning
• dismissing
• rejecting
• barring
• declining
• disapproving
• expelling
• disallowing
• banishing
• ousting
• throwing out
• deporting
• blacklisting
• ostracizing
• exiling
• blackballing

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• refusing
• banning
• dismissing
• rejecting
• barring
• declining
• disapproving
• expelling
• disallowing
• banishing
• ousting
• throwing out
• deporting
• blacklisting
• ostracizing
• exiling
• blackballing

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14

as in destroying

to deprive of life

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroying
• killing
• slaying
• claiming
• dispatching
• murdering
• carrying off
• felling
• getting
• slaughtering
• wasting
• finishing
• doing for
• assassinating
• doing in
• executing
• croaking
• neutralizing
• whacking
• snuffing
• cutting down
• butchering
• annihilating
• taking out
• offing
• mowing
• making away with
• decimating
• massacring
• doing away with
• putting away
• terminating
• smiting
• scragging
• rubbing out
• killing off
• knocking off
• icing
• bumping off
• blotting out
• martyring
• putting down
• euthanizing
• suiciding
• euthanatizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• raising
• restoring
• reviving
• animating
• resurrecting
• nurturing
• resuscitating

• raising
• restoring
• reviving
• animating
• resurrecting
• nurturing
• resuscitating

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