Synonyms for undertake
Definitions
- v. 1
To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on.
They undertook cleaning the house room by room.
- v. 2
To commit oneself (to an obligation, activity etc.).
He undertook to exercise more in future.
Related words
- Word family
- undertaker undertaking
Forms
- Past participle
- undertaken
e.g. undertaken → taken, commenced, tackled, assumed…
Choose the right word
To undertake is to accept or take upon oneself as an obligation, as some business, labor, or trust; the word often implies complete assurance of success; as, I will undertake to produce the witness.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- tackle Whenever you come across an uphill, you tackle it.
- commence When will you commence the construction work?
- engage I'd like to engage in foreign trade in the future.
- pledge Five is too young to pledge allegiance to a flag.
- offer I am surprised that she refused such a good offer.
By length
- 4 letters
- take1, wage1
- 5 letters
- agree2, offer2, enter2
- 6 letters
- assume2, engage2, tackle2, pledge1
- 7 letters
- attempt2, promise2, warrant2, bargain2
- 8 letters
- contract2, covenant3, commence2, endeavor3
- 9 letters
- guarantee3, endeavour3, stipulate3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (agree2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- entreprendre
- Italiano
- intraprendere
- Español
- comprometerse
- Deutsch
- Unternehmen
- Català
- emprendre