TAKING ON Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

taking on

verb

present participle of take on

as in facing

to enter into contest or conflict with will take on his chief opponent in the next political debate

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as in hiring

to provide with a paying job decided to take her on as store manager

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as in borrowing

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

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Recent Examples of taking on New investors are taking on the next stage of the growth plan while earlier owners reduce their exposure. — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 Athletic Club Boise will test itself on the world stage next month, taking on Sporting FC from Costa Rica’s top division. — Idaho Statesman, 14 July 2026 With interest rates still elevated, savers who have accumulated a substantial cash balance have an opportunity to earn meaningful returns without taking on market risk. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 13 July 2026 But many women who have become first lady of California and the nation have expressed misgivings about taking on such a role. — Jenny Jarvie follow, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026 Financial services have historically directed the investing conversation at men, even as moms are often the ones taking on the bulk of the research, planning, emotional labor and logistics of family life. — Natalie Gordon, Fortune, 6 July 2026 Kate became the Princess of Wales in September 2022 following Queen Elizabeth’s death, taking on the title famously previously associated with her late mother-in-law, Princess Diana. — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026 There is less emphasis on taking on the creative burden himself. — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 29 June 2026 Kudos to Scott Maxwell for taking on Orange County Major Jerry Demings over plans to yet again squander a small fortune of local tax dollars on boondoggle tourism projects. — Mike Thomas, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for taking on

Verb

Multiple schools are at the center of incidents in which teens are facing legal consequences for generating fake explicit images of their classmates.

— Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
European football returns to Wrexham this week with the size of the task facing the hosts clear on their Women’s Champions League debut.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 21 July 2026

Definition of facing

Verb

That puts additional weight on the value of the face-to-face interview — one of the last remaining stages of the hiring process that can’t be automated.

— Cami Fateh, Vogue, 22 July 2026
The casting was just as important as hiring our cinematographer or our production designer.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026

Definition of hiring

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The companies said the NSMV program helped transform the facility from a largely dormant shipyard employing only a few dozen workers into a site with more than 2,000 production workers.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
In a paper published this month in PLOS One, Alaei and her colleagues propose an alternative - employing a suite of superworms, a kind of hefty beetle larva that can capably pick a variety of animal skeletons clean.

— Ari Daniel, NPR, 17 July 2026

Definition of employing

Verb

Board minutes show members voted in April to delay adopting an early voting plan for 30 days to allow additional time to look for a possible voting site in Midland.

— Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
Rubio said that smaller Chinese brands he’s talked with haven’t been open to adopting similar return policies.

— Scott Douglas, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026

Definition of adopting

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Like the book, the movie follows Greek king Odysseus (Matt Damon), who spends 10 years at war and another decade lost at sea, encountering cyclops, sirens and giants along the way.

— Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 18 July 2026
And streaming has introduced Meyers’ films to younger viewers who are encountering them for the first time.

— Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026