Synonyms for take
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Get — to receive or accept (something, especially something which was given)
get, get hold of, catch, accept, lay hold of, receive, acquire, endure, let in, put up with, come by, turn to, obtain, gain, win informal, swallow, suffer, tolerate, undergo, experience, procure, pass
2. Consider — to have sex with
consider, have, make, need, require, feel, look at, ask, suppose, think, demand, call for, believe, involve, fill, love, occupy dated, know dated, regard dated
3. Remove — to remove. To remove or end by death; to kill
Definitions
- v. 1
To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
The camera takes 35mm film.
- v. 2
To remove. To remove or end by death; to kill.
He took his life last night.
- v. 3
To have sex with.
- v. 4
To grasp or grip.
Forms
- Past participle
- taken
e.g. taken → getten, accepted, received, acquired…
Choose the right word
The distinctive idea of assume is to take by one's own independent volition, whether well or ill, rightfully or wrongfully. What a man claims he asserts his right to take; what he assumes he takes.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- accept We are sorry we are unable to accept your request.
- acquire I managed to acquire the book after a long search.
- need There is need for improvement in your handwriting.
- consider I do not consider her choice of music a happy one.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| take | rising | |
| accept | steady | |
| acquire | steady | |
| need | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 2 letters
- do1, go1
- 3 letters
- get1, win1, ask1
- 4 letters
- have1, make1, know1, need1, love1, feel1, hold1, lead1, kill1, pass1, gain1, bear1, fill1, grab1
- 5 letters
- think1, catch1, carry2, adopt2, grasp1, seize1
- 6 letters
- choose1, accept2, demand2, remove2, assume2, suffer2, obtain2, regard2, submit2, occupy3, endure2
- 7 letters
- believe2, receive2, require3, suppose2, capture2, involve2, acquire3, swallow2, undergo3, procure2
- 8 letters
- consider3, withdraw2, tolerate3
- 10 letters
- experience4
- 11 letters
- appropriate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (carry2 = 2 syllables).