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Synonyms for take-over

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

seize usurp buy up repeat

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Overtake — to become more successful than (someone or something else)

overtake, surpass

2. Take on

take on, seize, usurp, accept, monopolize, monopolise UK, adopt, commandeer, assume, swallow, carry, absorb, consume, borrow, bear, arrogate

Other

buy up, repeat, relieve

Noun

buy-out, coup, putsch, take-up, coup d'etat

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To become more successful than (someone or something else).

    Tiger Woods has taken over as the top golfer.

  2. v. 2

    To assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force.

  3. n. 1

    The purchase of one company by another; a merger without the formation of a new company, especially where some stakeholders in the purchased company oppose the purchase.

Related words

Other spellings
take over takeover

Forms

Plural
take-overs → buy-outs, coups, putsches, take-ups…

Example sentences

  • seize You have to seize the opportunity with both hands.
  • usurp I didn't mean to usurp anybody.
  • repeat History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme.

By length

4 letters
bear1, coup1
5 letters
carry2, adopt2, seize1, usurp2
6 letters
accept2, assume2, repeat2, borrow2, absorb2, putsch1
7 letters
swallow2, consume2, relieve2, surpass2
8 letters
overtake3, arrogate3
10 letters
monopolize4, commandeer3, monopolise

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (carry2 = 2 syllables).