Synonyms of took down

took down

verb

past tense of take down

1

as in humiliated

to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes

there's no need to take us down by making fun of our clothes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• humiliated
• discredited
• embarrassed
• humbled
• confused
• degraded
• shamed
• disgraced
• rattled
• dishonored
• insulted
• debased
• chastened
• lowered
• demeaned
• smirched
• cheapened
• abased
• fouled
• criticized
• cried down
• diminished
• flustered
• sank
• wrote off
• put down
• mortified
• ridiculed
• discounted
• disconcerted
• nonplussed
• minimized
• confounded
• disparaged
• detracted
• discomfited
• fazed
• abashed
• discountenanced
• depreciated
• belittled
• maligned
• condemned
• decried
• affronted
• slandered
• damned
• libeled
• defamed
• defiled
• castigated
• denounced
• execrated
• censured
• reprehended
• bad-mouthed
• reprobated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• elevated
• cited
• celebrated
• honored
• exalted
• recognized
• decorated
• applauded
• praised
• cheered
• hailed
• complimented
• acknowledged
• canonized
• commended
• acclaimed
• lauded
• congratulated
• extolled
• boasted
• saluted
• deified
• touted
• feted
• played up
• highlighted
• eulogized
• aggrandized
• lifted
• advanced
• promoted
• magnified
• dignified
• spotlighted
• raised
• enshrined
• upgraded
• enthroned
• uplifted
• glorified
• ennobled
• boosted
• idealized
• enskied
• romanticized

2

as in dismantled

to take apart

electricians will take down all the lights for the set after the play has finished its run

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dismantled
• knocked down
• disconnected
• broke down
• detached
• struck
• dismounted
• disassembled
• divided
• dismembered
• demounted
• disengaged
• separated
• disaggregated
• disjointed
• broke up
• disunited
• dissevered
• disjoined
• disarticulated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• constructed
• built
• assembled
• combined
• erected
• united
• pitched

3

as in recorded

to make a written note of

took down the customer's contact information

Synonyms & Similar Words

• recorded
• logged
• reported
• wrote down
• transcribed
• set down
• noted
• jotted (down)
• marked
• put down
• registered
• entered
• chronicled
• chalked (up)
• inscribed
• notched
• enregistered
• minuted
• scored

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of took down

Potapoval, seeded 28th in the tournament, took down the fourth-seeded Gauff 4-6, 7-6, 6-4. —Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 30 May 2026

Meta took down the informal tokemaxxing leaderboard its employees had created. —Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 28 May 2026

Alex Merkle and Sam Clark each hit solo home runs as Reading (18-2) took down Lynnfield to win the Brendan Grant Tournament. —Marcello Rossetti, Boston Herald, 23 May 2026

After the yearslong investigation, authorities took down the VPN in a series of actions on May 19 and May 20. —ArsTechnica, 22 May 2026

Last summer, the Smithsonian National Museum of American History quietly took down references to Trump’s two impeachments from a display on presidents who had faced the removal process. —Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026

Freeman went deep for the first time in a month as the Dodgers took down his former team, 3-1, on Friday night in the opener of a three-game series between division leaders. —Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 9 May 2026

In March, Polymarket quietly took down a bet on whether a nuclear weapon would be detonated before this year, raising the specter that the site was blatantly incentivizing nuclear conflict. —Frank Landymore, Futurism, 9 Apr. 2026

Tulsa took down New Mexico 74-69 in the first semifinal Thursday. —Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026