" taken "

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

  * e.g., " ... take my hand, or we'll get separated in this crowd "

•  Synonyms : 

•  clasped,

•  grasped,

•  gripped,

•  held

•  Antonyms : 

•  declined,

•  denied,

•  disallowed,

•  disapproved,

•  negatived,

•  refused,

•  rejected,

•  spurned,

•  turned down,

•  vetoed

2: to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly;

  * e.g., " ... will you take that call? "

•  Synonyms : 

•  accepted,

•  had

•  Antonyms : 

•  declined,

•  refused,

•  rejected,

•  turned down

3: to become affected with (a disease or disorder);

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

•  Synonyms : 

•  caught,

•  come down (with),

•  contracted,

•  gone down (with),

•  got,

•  sickened (with)

•  Antonyms : 

•  had,

•  held

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

  * e.g., " ... take my hand, or we'll get separated in this crowd "

•  Synonyms : 

•  clasp,

•  grasp,

•  grip,

•  hold

•  Antonyms : 

•  decline,

•  deny,

•  disallow,

•  disapprove,

•  negative,

•  refuse,

•  reject,

•  spurn,

•  turn down,

•  veto

2: to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly;

  * e.g., " ... will you take that call? "

•  Synonyms : 

•  accept,

•  have

•  Antonyms : 

•  decline,

•  refuse,

•  reject,

•  turn down

3: to become affected with (a disease or disorder);

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

•  Synonyms : 

•  catch,

•  come down (with),

•  contract,

•  get,

•  go down (with),

•  sicken (with)

•  Antonyms : 

•  have,

•  hold

1: as in withdrawn (from), escaped;

•  Synonyms : 

•  escaped,

•  retreated (from),

•  vacated,

•  withdrawn (from),

•  delivered,

•  given up,

•  handed over,

•  relinquished,

•  surrendered,

•  yielded,

•  abjured,

•  cut off,

•  disowned,

•  rejected,

•  renounced,

•  repudiated,

•  separated (from),

•  discarded,

•  ditched,

•  dumped,

•  flung,

•  jettisoned,

•  junked,

•  scrapped,

•  shed,

•  shucked (off),

•  thrown away,

•  thrown out,

•  sacrificed,

•  abandoned,

•  deserted,

•  forsaken,

•  left,

•  marooned,

•  quit,

•  stranded,

•  distanced,

•  disregarded,

•  forgotten,

•  ignored,

•  neglected

•  Antonyms : 

•  reclaimed,

•  had,

•  harbored,

•  held,

•  kept,

•  owned,

•  possessed,

•  reserved,

•  retained,

•  withheld,

•  redeemed,

•  rescued,

•  saved

1: to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to);

  * e.g., " ... I take back what I said about her: she's not the fool I thought she was "

•  Synonyms : 

•  abjured,

•  abnegated,

•  forsworn,

•  recanted,

•  reneged,

•  renounced,

•  repealed,

•  repudiated,

•  retracted,

•  unsaid,

•  withdrawn

•  Antonyms : 

•  adhered (to)

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

  * e.g., " ... there's no need to take us down by making fun of our clothes "

•  Synonyms : 

•  abased,

•  chastened,

•  cheapened,

•  debased,

•  degraded,

•  demeaned,

•  discredited,

•  disgraced,

•  dishonored,

•  fouled,

•  humbled,

•  humiliated,

•  lowered,

•  shamed,

•  smirched,

•  sunk

•  Antonyms : 

•  aggrandized,

•  canonized,

•  deified,

•  elevated,

•  exalted

2: to take apart;

  * e.g., " ... electricians will take down all the lights for the set after the play has finished its run "

•  Synonyms : 

•  broken down,

•  demounted,

•  disassembled,

•  dismantled,

•  dismembered,

•  dismounted,

•  knocked down,

•  struck

•  Antonyms : 

•  assembled,

•  constructed

3: to make a written note of;

  * e.g., " ... took down the customer's contact information "

•  Synonyms : 

•  jotted (down),

•  logged,

•  marked,

•  noted,

•  put down,

•  recorded,

•  registered,

•  reported,

•  set down,

•  written down

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to cause to believe what is untrue;

  * e.g., " ... a fellow passenger on the cruise completely took me in when he claimed to be the owner of a major software company "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bamboozled,

•  beguiled,

•  bluffed,

•  buffaloed,

•  burned,

•  caught,

•  conned,

•  cozened,

•  deceived,

•  deluded,

•  duped,

•  faked out,

•  fooled,

•  gaffed,

•  gammoned,

•  gulled,

•  had,

•  had on,

•  hoaxed,

•  hoodwinked,

•  hornswoggled,

•  humbugged,

•  juggled,

•  misguided,

•  misinformed,

•  misled,

•  snookered,

•  snowed,

•  spoofed,

•  strung along,

•  sucked in,

•  suckered,

•  tricked

•  Antonyms : 

•  undeceived

2: to have as part of a whole;

  * e.g., " ... this report takes in all the latest information on the subject "

•  Synonyms : 

•  carried,

•  comprehended,

•  contained,

•  embraced,

•  encompassed,

•  entailed,

•  included,

•  involved,

•  numbered,

•  subsumed

•  Antonyms : 

•  excluded,

•  left (out),

•  missed out,

•  omitted

3: to provide with living quarters or shelter;

  * e.g., " ... took in the stray dog "

•  Synonyms : 

•  accommodated,

•  bestowed,

•  billeted,

•  bivouacked,

•  boarded,

•  bunked,

•  camped,

•  chambered,

•  domiciled,

•  encamped,

•  harbored,

•  housed,

•  lodged,

•  put up,

•  quartered,

•  roofed,

•  roomed,

•  sheltered

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to leave a place often for another;

  * e.g., " ... I can only stay for a few minutes, and then I'll need to take off again "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bailed,

•  bailed out,

•  booked,

•  bugged off,

•  bugged out,

•  buggered off,

•  buzzed (off),

•  cleared off,

•  cleared out,

•  cut out,

•  departed,

•  dug out,

•  exited,

•  gone,

•  gone off,

•  got,

•  got off,

•  moved,

•  packed (up or off),

•  parted,

•  peeled off,

•  piked (out or off),

•  pulled out,

•  pushed off,

•  pushed on,

•  quit,

•  run along,

•  sallied (forth),

•  scarpered,

•  shoved (off),

•  stepped (along),

•  vamoosed,

•  walked out

•  Antonyms : 

•  arrived,

•  come,

•  shown up,

•  turned up

2: to rid oneself of (a garment);

  * e.g., " ... take off your coat and stay awhile "

•  Synonyms : 

•  doffed,

•  doused,

•  peeled (off),

•  put off,

•  removed,

•  shrugged off

•  Antonyms : 

•  donned,

•  put on,

•  slipped (into),

•  thrown (on)

3: to take away (an amount or number) from a total;

  * e.g., " ... the store will take an additional 20% off if you bring in this coupon "

•  Synonyms : 

•  abated,

•  deducted,

•  knocked off,

•  subtracted

•  Antonyms : 

•  added,

•  tacked (on)

1: to enter into contest or conflict with;

  * e.g., " ... will take on his chief opponent in the next political debate "

•  Synonyms : 

•  battled,

•  encountered,

•  engaged,

•  faced,

•  met

•  Antonyms : 

•  axed,

•  canned,

•  discharged,

•  dismissed,

•  fired,

•  sacked

2: to provide with a paying job;

  * e.g., " ... decided to take her on as store manager "

•  Synonyms : 

•  assumed,

•  employed,

•  engaged,

•  feed,

•  hired,

•  laid on,

•  paid,

•  placed,

•  recruited,

•  retained,

•  signed (up or on)

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

3: to take for one's own use (something originated by another);

  * e.g., " ... recently arrived immigrants who are eager to take on the language and culture of their adopted homeland "

•  Synonyms : 

•  adopted,

•  borrowed,

•  embraced,

•  espoused,

•  taken up

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to find emotional release for;

  * e.g., " ... he took out his frustrations by splitting a cord of firewood "

•  Synonyms : 

•  loosed,

•  released,

•  unleashed,

•  vented

•  Antonyms : 

•  bottled (up),

•  repressed,

•  suppressed

2: to go on a social engagement with;

  * e.g., " ... she'd like to take the new boy out to the movies sometime "

•  Synonyms : 

•  dated,

•  gone out (with)

•  Antonyms : 

•  placed,

•  positioned,

•  put

3: to take away from a place or position;

  * e.g., " ... the airline passenger took his laptop computer out of its carrying case "

•  Synonyms : 

•  cleared,

•  drawn,

•  removed,

•  withdrawn

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to serve as a replacement usually for a time only;

  * e.g., " ... I'll take over for her until she gets back from her morning break "

•  Synonyms : 

•  covered,

•  filled in,

•  pinch-hit,

•  stepped in,

•  stood in,

•  subbed,

•  substituted

•  Antonyms : 

•  disavowed,

•  disclaimed,

•  disowned,

•  repudiated

2: to take to or upon oneself;

  * e.g., " ... took over the responsibility of caring for the animals "

•  Synonyms : 

•  accepted,

•  assumed,

•  borne,

•  shouldered,

•  undertaken

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

3: to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right;

  * e.g., " ... students protesting the war took over the college's radio station "

•  Synonyms : 

•  appropriated,

•  arrogated,

•  commandeered,

•  converted,

•  expropriated,

•  pirated,

•  preempted,

•  pressed,

•  seized,

•  usurped

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)