take over

The phrase “take over” has 3 syllables: take o-ver

It's pronounced as /teɪk ˈoʊvər/


What is synonym and antonym for take over?

In the thesaurus, “take over” has 21 synonyms and 10 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for take over along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for take over

  • accept
  • annexation
  • appropriate
  • appropriation
  • assume
  • bear
  • confiscate
  • convert
  • fill in
  • grab
  • invasion
  • occupy
  • seize
  • seizure
  • shoulder
  • stand in
  • steal
  • substitute
  • undertake
  • usurp
  • usurpation

Antonyms for take over

  • disavow
  • disclaim
  • disown
  • refuse
  • renounce
  • repudiate
  • retract
  • take back
  • turn down
  • withdraw

Meanings of take over

  • verb
    1. To assume control of something, especially by force; to usurp.
    2. To adopt a further responsibility or duty.
    3. To relieve someone temporarily.
    4. To buy out the ownership of a business.
    5. To appropriate something without permission.
    6. To annex a territory by conquest or invasion.
    7. To become more successful (than someone or something else).

Example Sentences

  • The new CEO plans to take over the company next month.
  • If you leave your position, who will take over your responsibilities?
  • The rebels attempted to take over the government but were unsuccessful.
  • The kids asked their older sibling to take over the game while they took a break.
  • As the storm intensified, strong winds threatened to take over the entire region.

On this page you'll find 31 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to take over, such as: accept, annexation, appropriate, appropriation, assume, bear, confiscate.

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Related Words

called upon

  • administer
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  • stood on
  • submit
  • subpoena
  • sue
  • suggest
  • summon
  • supervise
  • take
  • take care of
  • take over
  • tell
  • train
  • trusted
  • turn up
  • urge
  • use

calling upon

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  • come by
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  • compel
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  • demand
  • direct
  • disclose
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  • enjoin
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  • expect
  • explain
  • express
  • gather
  • govern
  • guide
  • handle
  • hustle
  • implore
  • incite
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  • persuade
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  • pop in
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  • regulate
  • relying
  • report
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  • requesting
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  • run
  • say
  • scrounge
  • seek
  • speak
  • standing on
  • state
  • submit
  • subpoena
  • sue
  • suggest
  • summon
  • supervise
  • take
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  • take over
  • tell
  • train
  • turn up
  • urge
  • use

calls upon

  • administer
  • admonish
  • advise
  • announce
  • apply
  • appoint
  • ask
  • asks
  • assemble
  • authorize
  • banks on
  • beg
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  • beseech
  • bite
  • call
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  • call in
  • call on
  • cause
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  • claim
  • come by
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  • conduct
  • confess
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  • demand
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  • disclose
  • dominate
  • draft
  • encourage
  • enjoin
  • exorcise
  • expect
  • explain
  • express
  • figures on
  • gather
  • govern
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  • hustle
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  • incite
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  • invoke
  • involve
  • looks to
  • maintain
  • mention
  • mobilize
  • notify
  • obligate
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  • operate
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  • persuade
  • petition
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  • plead
  • pop in
  • pray
  • preach
  • prod
  • propose
  • recall
  • refer
  • regulate
  • relies
  • report
  • request
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  • require
  • reveal
  • run
  • say
  • scrounge
  • seek
  • speak
  • stands on
  • state
  • submit
  • subpoena
  • sue
  • suggest
  • summon
  • supervise
  • take
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  • take over
  • tell
  • train
  • trusts
  • turn up
  • urge
  • use

earn

  • accomplish
  • accumulate
  • achieve
  • acquire
  • amass
  • annex
  • attain
  • bag
  • be entitled to
  • be gainfully employed
  • be in line for
  • be worthy of
  • bring home
  • bring home the bacon
  • bring home the groceries
  • bring in
  • capture
  • carry
  • catch
  • clean up
  • clear
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  • come by
  • consummate
  • cop
  • derive
  • deserve
  • draw
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  • entitle
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  • garner
  • gather
  • get
  • gross
  • harvest
  • hustle
  • knock down
  • land
  • make
  • make fast buck
  • make it big
  • merit
  • net
  • obtain
  • occupy
  • perform
  • pick up
  • procure
  • profit
  • pull
  • pull down
  • qualify
  • rack up
  • rate
  • reacquire
  • realize
  • reap
  • reattain
  • recapture
  • receive
  • regain
  • remake
  • scare up
  • score
  • scrape together
  • secure
  • snag
  • sock
  • take over
  • turn
  • warrant
  • win
  • wrangle

gain

  • accelerate
  • accession
  • accomplish
  • accretion
  • accrual
  • accrue
  • accumulate
  • accumulation
  • achieve
  • achievement
  • acquire
  • acquisition
  • addendum
  • addition
  • advance
  • advancement
  • advantage
  • allure
  • amass
  • ameliorate
  • annex
  • appendix
  • appreciate
  • approach
  • argue
  • assemblage
  • attain
  • attainment
  • attract
  • augment
  • augmentation
  • bag
  • balloon
  • bankroll
  • beat
  • beguile
  • benefit
  • blandish
  • blarney
  • blow up
  • boom
  • boost
  • bottom line
  • bourgeon
  • brainwash
  • bring
  • bring around
  • bring in
  • build up
  • buildup
  • bulk
  • burgeon
  • cajole
  • capital
  • capture
  • carry
  • catch
  • chalk up
  • chew over
  • cleanup
  • clear
  • climb
  • coax
  • coffers
  • collect
  • collection
  • come around
  • come back
  • come by
  • come round
  • come to
  • compensation
  • complement
  • complete
  • consummate
  • continuation
  • convalesce
  • converse
  • convert
  • convince
  • crescendo
  • crest
  • cut
  • debate
  • discuss
  • dispute
  • distend
  • dividend
  • draw
  • earn
  • earnings
  • elevate
  • emolument
  • enhance
  • enlarge
  • enlist
  • enrich
  • entice
  • entreat
  • equal
  • escalate
  • excel
  • exchequer
  • excite
  • exhort
  • expand
  • expansion
  • extend
  • extension
  • fast-talk
  • finances
  • fulfill
  • funds
  • garner
  • gather
  • gathering
  • get
  • glean
  • gravy
  • gross
  • grow
  • growth
  • harvest
  • have
  • headway
  • heal
  • heighten
  • hike
  • hit
  • improve
  • improvement
  • incline
  • income
  • increase
  • increment
  • induce
  • inflate
  • influence
  • intensify
  • interest
  • jump
  • killing
  • knock down
  • land
  • lead on
  • log
  • lucre
  • lure
  • make
  • make a killing
  • match
  • maximize
  • meet
  • mend
  • money
  • moot
  • more
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  • move
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  • mushroom
  • net
  • obtain
  • occupy
  • outdo
  • overpersuade
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  • parlay
  • pay
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  • peak
  • perfect
  • persuade
  • pick up
  • plus
  • pocket
  • pocketbook
  • proceeds
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  • progress
  • proliferate
  • proliferation
  • promote
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  • pull down
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  • pull through
  • rack up
  • raise
  • rally
  • reach
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  • realize
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  • recapture
  • receipts
  • recoup
  • recover
  • recruit
  • recuperate
  • redouble
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  • remake
  • remittal
  • requital
  • resources
  • return
  • revenue
  • revive
  • ring up
  • rise
  • rival
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  • roll up
  • run-up
  • salary
  • sales
  • satisfy
  • score
  • secure
  • seduce
  • sell
  • share
  • skyrocket
  • snap back
  • snow
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  • spread
  • step up
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  • stimulate
  • succeed
  • supplement
  • surge
  • surpass
  • survive
  • sway
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  • take
  • take over
  • take-home pay
  • tempt
  • tie
  • tips
  • top
  • touch
  • up
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  • urge
  • velvet
  • wages
  • wax
  • wheedle
  • wherewithal
  • win
  • win over
  • windfall
  • winnings
  • yield

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