take up with

The phrase “take up with” has 3 syllables: take up with

It's pronounced as /teɪk ʌp wɪð/


What is synonym and antonym for take up with?

In the thesaurus, “take up with” has 121 synonyms and 40 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for take up with

  • accompany
  • affiliate
  • align
  • ally
  • amalgamate
  • associate
  • associate with
  • attach
  • attend
  • band
  • be friends
  • be friends with
  • be in
  • be in cahoots
  • bear
  • befriend
  • bond
  • bring
  • buddy up
  • bunch up
  • carry
  • chaperon
  • chum
  • chum together
  • chum with
  • clique with
  • club
  • collaborate
  • collude
  • come aboard
  • come together
  • company
  • conduct
  • confederate
  • conjoin
  • connect
  • consociate
  • consort
  • convoy
  • cooperate
  • couple
  • encourage
  • enlist
  • enroll
  • enter
  • fall in with
  • follow
  • fraternize
  • friend
  • gang
  • gang up
  • gang up with
  • get along
  • get chummy with
  • get in on
  • get in with
  • get into
  • get on
  • get together
  • go along with
  • go around with
  • go partners
  • go to
  • group
  • hang around
  • hang around with
  • hang out
  • hang out with
  • hang with
  • hit it off
  • hobnob
  • hook up
  • interrelate
  • join
  • join up with
  • keep company
  • knot
  • league
  • line up with
  • link
  • mess around
  • mingle
  • mingle with
  • mix
  • pair with
  • pal
  • pal around with
  • pal up
  • pal with
  • play footsie with
  • plug into
  • pool
  • rally
  • relate
  • run
  • run around with
  • run with
  • side
  • side with
  • sign on
  • sign up
  • socialize
  • sort
  • stand by
  • string along with
  • swing with
  • take part in
  • team
  • team up
  • team up with
  • throw in together
  • throw in with
  • tie
  • tie in
  • tie up
  • tie up with
  • travel
  • truck with
  • wed
  • welcome
  • work with

Antonyms for take up with

  • alienate
  • avoid
  • block
  • break up
  • cold-shoulder
  • disagree
  • disassociate
  • disband
  • disconnect
  • discourage
  • disjoin
  • disperse
  • dissociate
  • dissuade
  • disunite
  • divide
  • divorce
  • estrange
  • harm
  • hinder
  • hurt
  • ignore
  • injure
  • leave
  • neglect
  • obstruct
  • part
  • refuse
  • resign
  • separate
  • sever
  • shun
  • snub
  • split
  • stop
  • sunder
  • take
  • thwart
  • unfriend
  • withdraw

Meanings of take up with

  • verb
    1. To form a close relationship with (someone).
    2. To become interested in (something).
    3. To begin living together with; to lodge with.
    4. To be contented to receive; to receive without opposition; to put up with.

Example Sentences

  • She decided to take up with a new group of friends after moving to a new city.
  • It's risky to take up with strangers you meet online without verifying their identity.
  • He warned his sister not to take up with that crowd, as they were known for trouble.
  • The company encouraged employees to take up with mentors to accelerate their career development.
  • The authorities advised residents not to take up with suspicious individuals in the neighborhood.

On this page you'll find 161 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to take up with, such as: accompany, affiliate, alienate, align, ally, amalgamate, associate.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

fall in with

  • abide by
  • accommodate
  • accord
  • accost
  • adjust to
  • affiliate
  • agree
  • alight upon
  • align
  • aline
  • ally
  • answer
  • arrive at
  • associate
  • associate with
  • attach
  • attend
  • attune
  • band
  • be friendly
  • be friends with
  • be guided by
  • be in
  • be in harmony
  • be of one mind
  • be on the same wavelength
  • be sociable with
  • bear
  • befriend
  • blend
  • bond
  • bring to light
  • brush against
  • bump into
  • chance on
  • chance upon
  • check
  • chime
  • chord
  • chum
  • clean up act
  • click
  • close
  • club
  • club together
  • cohere
  • coincide
  • collaborate
  • collar
  • collide
  • collude
  • come aboard
  • come across
  • come up against
  • come up with
  • come upon
  • company
  • comply
  • comport
  • comport with
  • concert
  • concord
  • concur
  • confederate
  • conform
  • confront
  • conjoin
  • connect
  • consist
  • consociate
  • consort
  • consort with
  • contact
  • cooperate
  • coordinate
  • corral
  • correspond
  • cotton to
  • couple
  • cross
  • cross the path
  • descry
  • detect
  • dig up
  • discern
  • discover
  • distinguish
  • dovetail
  • encounter
  • engage
  • enlist
  • enroll
  • enter
  • equal
  • espy
  • experience
  • expose
  • face
  • ferret out
  • find
  • fit
  • follow
  • follow beaten path
  • follow the crowd
  • fraternize
  • friend
  • front
  • gang
  • get along
  • get along well
  • get along with
  • get on
  • get-together
  • go
  • go around with
  • go by the book
  • go hand in hand
  • go to
  • go together
  • go well with
  • go with the flow
  • grapple
  • greet
  • group
  • hang out with
  • happen upon
  • harmonize
  • hear
  • heed
  • hit
  • hit upon
  • hobnob
  • hook up
  • identify
  • integrate
  • interrelate
  • jibe
  • join
  • judge from
  • keep
  • keep company with
  • keep to
  • knot
  • lay fingers on
  • league
  • light
  • light upon
  • line up
  • link
  • locate
  • luck
  • make a meet
  • make friends
  • make out
  • make room
  • mark
  • match
  • meet
  • meet face to face
  • meet halfway
  • meet up with
  • mess around
  • mind
  • mingle
  • mingle with
  • mix
  • mix with
  • move over
  • note
  • notice
  • obey
  • observe
  • pair with
  • parallel
  • perceive
  • pinpoint
  • play the game
  • plug into
  • proportion
  • quadrate
  • rally
  • recognize
  • reconcile
  • reconciliate
  • recover
  • regard
  • register
  • relate
  • rendezvous with
  • rhyme
  • rime
  • roll with punches
  • rub elbows with
  • rub eyeballs
  • rub shoulders with
  • run
  • run across
  • run into
  • run smack into
  • run up against
  • run with
  • run with the pack
  • salute
  • scare up
  • see
  • see eye to eye
  • shape up
  • side
  • side with
  • sight
  • sign on
  • sign up
  • smoke out
  • socialize
  • socialize with
  • sort
  • spot
  • square
  • straighten up
  • strike
  • stumble
  • stumble upon
  • suffer
  • suit
  • sustain
  • synchronize
  • tailor
  • tailor-make
  • take
  • take as guide
  • take part in
  • take to
  • take up with
  • tally
  • team
  • team up with
  • throw in with
  • tie
  • tie up with
  • toe the line
  • touch shoulders
  • track down
  • travel
  • trip on
  • tumble
  • tune
  • turn up
  • tussle
  • uncover
  • undergo
  • unearth
  • watch
  • wed
  • yield

gang up

  • absorb
  • accompany
  • accumulate
  • add to
  • affiliate
  • agglomerate
  • aggregate
  • ally
  • amalgamate
  • amass
  • arrange
  • assemble
  • assimilate
  • associate
  • band together
  • be friends
  • be in cahoots
  • besiege
  • blend
  • bracket
  • bring together
  • buddy up
  • bunch
  • bunch up
  • cabal
  • call
  • call together
  • capture
  • charter
  • choose
  • circulate
  • close with
  • club
  • cluster
  • coalesce
  • cohere
  • collaborate
  • collect
  • combine
  • come together
  • concentrate
  • confederate
  • conglomerate
  • congregate
  • congress
  • conjoin
  • consolidate
  • consort
  • convene
  • converge
  • convoke
  • cooperate
  • corral
  • cover
  • crowd
  • cull
  • draw
  • draw in
  • dub
  • embody
  • federate
  • flock
  • forgather
  • form
  • fraternize
  • fuse
  • gang around
  • garner
  • gather
  • get in on
  • get in with
  • get into
  • get together
  • get-together
  • go along with
  • go partners
  • group
  • hang around
  • hang out
  • hang out with
  • hang together
  • harmonize
  • heap
  • herd
  • hoard
  • hobnob
  • hook in
  • huddle
  • imbibe
  • incorporate
  • integrate
  • join
  • join up with
  • knot
  • league
  • line up with
  • link
  • lump
  • make the scene
  • marshal
  • mass
  • meet
  • meet up
  • merge
  • mingle
  • mix
  • mobilize
  • muster
  • network
  • organize
  • pack
  • pal up
  • pick
  • pile up
  • play footsie with
  • pluck
  • poke
  • pool
  • pour in
  • punch
  • put together
  • raise
  • rally
  • rendezvous
  • reunite
  • round up
  • rub shoulders
  • run around with
  • run with
  • scare up
  • scrape together
  • show up
  • stack up
  • start
  • stockpile
  • string along with
  • subsume
  • summon
  • swarm
  • swing with
  • systematize
  • take up with
  • team up
  • teem
  • throng
  • throw in together
  • tie
  • tie in
  • tie up
  • truck with
  • unionize
  • unite
  • wed
  • work the room
  • work with

join

  • abut
  • abutment
  • accompany
  • add
  • adhere
  • adjoin
  • affiliate
  • affix
  • agglutinate
  • align
  • ally
  • annex
  • append
  • articulate
  • articulation
  • assemble
  • associate
  • associate with
  • attach
  • attachment
  • be adjacent to
  • be at hand
  • be close to
  • be contiguous to
  • be in
  • blend
  • bound
  • bracket
  • butt
  • catenate
  • cement
  • chain
  • clamp
  • clasp
  • clip
  • cluster
  • coadunate
  • coalesce
  • collaborate
  • combine
  • come aboard
  • communicate
  • compound
  • concatenate
  • concert
  • concourse
  • concrete
  • concur
  • confederate
  • confluence
  • congregate
  • conjoin
  • conjugate
  • connect
  • connection
  • connive
  • consort
  • conspire
  • constellate
  • contact
  • convene
  • converge
  • cooperate
  • copulate
  • cord
  • couple
  • coupling
  • dovetail
  • embrace
  • encircle
  • enclose
  • enlist
  • enroll
  • enter
  • entwine
  • extend
  • fall in with
  • fasten
  • fence
  • flank
  • follow
  • fringe
  • fuse
  • gather
  • get in
  • go to
  • grapple
  • hang together
  • hem
  • hitch
  • hitch on
  • hook
  • inclose
  • incorporate
  • integrate
  • interconnect
  • interconnection
  • interface
  • interfuse
  • interlace
  • interlink
  • interlock
  • intermesh
  • intermix
  • intersection
  • joining
  • joint
  • jointure
  • junction
  • juncture
  • juxtapose
  • knit
  • league
  • leash
  • lie beside
  • lie near
  • lie next to
  • line
  • link
  • lock
  • lump together
  • make common cause
  • march
  • margin
  • marry
  • mate
  • meet
  • meeting
  • melt
  • mingle with
  • mix
  • neighbor
  • nexus
  • open into
  • pair
  • pair with
  • parallel
  • play ball
  • plug into
  • pull together
  • put together
  • re-up
  • reach
  • recombine
  • reconnect
  • reenlist
  • reenroll
  • reenter
  • rejoin
  • reunify
  • reunite
  • rim
  • seam
  • side with
  • sign on
  • sign up
  • skirt
  • slap on
  • span
  • splice
  • stick together
  • string
  • surround
  • suture
  • tack on
  • tag on
  • take part in
  • take up with
  • team up with
  • throw in with
  • tie
  • tie up
  • tie up with
  • touch
  • trench on
  • unify
  • union
  • unite
  • verge on
  • weave
  • wed
  • weld
  • wire
  • yoke

keep company

  • accompany
  • address
  • aim for
  • associate
  • associate with
  • attend
  • bear
  • befriend
  • beg
  • bill and coo
  • bring
  • butter up
  • caress
  • carry
  • chaperon
  • charm
  • chase
  • chum around
  • chum together
  • chum with
  • clique with
  • club
  • come along
  • communalize
  • company
  • conduct
  • consort
  • consort with
  • convoy
  • court
  • cultivate
  • curry favor
  • date
  • deuce it
  • dog
  • draft
  • drag
  • entertain
  • entreat
  • escort
  • fix up
  • follow
  • fraternize
  • gallant
  • gang up with
  • get about
  • get around
  • get-together
  • go along
  • go around together
  • go around with
  • go out
  • go out with
  • go steady
  • go together
  • guard
  • guide
  • hang around
  • hang around with
  • hang out
  • hang out with
  • hang with
  • hobnob
  • importune
  • join
  • knock around with
  • lead
  • league
  • look after
  • make a date
  • make advances
  • make love
  • make the rounds
  • mingle
  • mix
  • pal
  • pal around
  • pal around with
  • pal with
  • propose
  • pursue
  • romance
  • rub elbows
  • rub shoulders
  • run after
  • run around with
  • run with
  • rush
  • see
  • seek in marriage
  • seek the hand of
  • shadow
  • shlep along
  • show about
  • show around
  • socialize
  • solicit
  • spark
  • spend time
  • spook
  • spoon
  • squire
  • step around
  • step out
  • stick to
  • string along
  • tag along
  • tailgate
  • take out
  • take up with
  • tie up with
  • usher
  • woo

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