taken

The word “taken” has 2 syllables: tak-en

It's pronounced as /ˈteɪkən/

What is synonym and antonym for taken?

In the thesaurus, “taken” has 320 synonyms and 118 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for taken

abided
abode
absorbed
accepted
accommodated
accounted
accredited
acquiesced
acquired
acted
addressed
admitted
adopted
affected
allowed
annihilated
appointed
appropriated
arrested
asked
assassinated
assumed
bade
beat
beaten
begged
behaved
believed
bested
bettered
bid
bidden
bided
blotted out
blown away
blown out
bombed
born
borne
bought
broken
brooked
brought off
bumped off
buried
butchered
called for
capitulated
capped
carried
carried off
carried out
caught
challenged
cherry-picked
chosen
claimed
clasped
clenched
clobbered
clutched
come to grips with
commanded
concluded
confirmed
conquered
contained
contracted
controlled
copped
countenanced
creamed
credited
croaked
crushed
culled
cut down
decimated
deduced
defeated
demanded
designated
destroyed
directed
dispatched
done away with
done down
done for
done in
drubbed
eclipsed
elected
embraced
enclosed
encompassed
endured
enfolded
engineered
enjoined
entailed
entered
entertained
espoused
euthanatized
euthanized
exacted
exceeded
excelled
executed
failed
felled
fellowshiped
fellowshipped
fielded
financed
finessed
finished
fit
fitted
fixed
flattened
flourished
gained
garnered
gone
got
got around
got off
got the better of
gotten
gotten around
gotten off
grasped
gripped
guided
hacked
had
had a grip on
handled
handpicked
harbored
held
hired
housed
hung on to
iced
inclosed
inferred
influenced
insisted
involved
jockeyed
killed
killed off
knocked for a loop
knocked off
knocked over
lacked
laid hold of
languished
licked
lived with
made away with
managed
maneuvered
manipulated
marked
martyred
massacred
mastered
met
micromanaged
mowed
murdered
nabbed
named
necessitated
needed
negotiated
neutralized
nominated
nosed out
obtained
occupied
offed
offered
okayed
operated
outdistanced
outdone
outfought
outshined
outshone
outstripped
overborn
overborne
overcome
overmatched
overpowered
overthrown
overtopped
overwhelmed
panned out
performed
permitted
picked
picked up
pipped
played
pocketed
preferred
preselected
pressed
presumed
procured
pulled
purchased
put away
put down
quested
ratified
reacted
rebought
received
redounded
regulated
repurchased
required
reserved
respected
responded
resulted
routed
rubbed out
run
sanctioned
scored
scragged
seated
secured
seized
selected
set
set store by
set store on
shellacked
shouldered
skinned
skunked
slain
slaughtered
smitten
smoked
smote
snatched
snowed under
snuffed
steered
stipulated
stomached
stood
stood for
stopped
stuck out
subdued
subjugated
succeeded
suffered
suicided
sunk
supported
supposed
surmounted
surpassed
sustained
swallowed
swayed
sweat out
sweated out
swept
swung
tabbed
tagged
taken effect
taken hold
taken out
tapped
terminated
thrashed
tolerated
topped
toughed it out
transcended
treated
trimmed
trounced
trusted
unavailable
understood
unseated
upended
upset
vanquished
walloped
wanted
warranted
wasted
waxed
weakened
welcomed
whacked
whipped
wilted
withered
won
worked
worn
worsened
worsted
wrought

Antonyms for taken

animated
avoided
backfired
banished
banned
barred
blackballed
blacklisted
botched
bungled
bypassed
challenged
circumvented
collapsed
combated
combatted
come back
contested
declined
delivered
denied
deported
disallowed
disapproved
disbelieved
discarded
discharged
discredited
dismissed
disputed
distrusted
dodged
doubted
dropped
eluded
entrusted
escaped
evaded
exiled
expelled
failed
fallen
fizzled
flopped
flunked
folded
foozled
forborne
fought
freed
fumbled
gained
given
given up
gone down
gone under
had
handed
handed over
healed
held
held off
intrusted
jettisoned
liberated
loused up
marketed
mended
merchandised
merchandized
misdoubted
mishandled
missed
mistrusted
muffed
negatived
nurtured
opposed
ostracized
ousted
owned
passed
possessed
protested
questioned
raised
rallied
rebounded
recouped
recovered
recuperated
refused
rejected
released
relinquished
repudiated
resisted
restored
resurrected
resuscitated
retailed
revived
scamped
snapped back
sold
spurned
suspected
thrown away
thrown out
transferred
transmitted
turned down
turned over
unhanded
vended
vetoed
washed out
withstood

Meanings of taken

verb
1. To get into one's hands, possession or control, with or without force.
2. To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
3. To remove.
4. To have sex with.
5. To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
6. To grasp or grip.
7. To select or choose; to pick.
8. To adopt (select) as one's own.
9. To carry or lead (something or someone).
10. To use as a means of transportation.
11. To visit; to include in a course of travel.
12. To obtain for use by payment or lease.
13. To consume.
14. To experience, undergo, or endure.
15. To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
16. To regard in a specified way.
17. To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
18. To understand (especially in a specified way).
19. To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
20. To believe, to accept the statements of.
21. To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
22. To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
23. To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
24. To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
25. To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
26. To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
27. (of a material) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc).
28. (of a ship) To let in (water).
29. To require.
30. To proceed to fill.
31. To fill, to use up (time or space).
32. To avail oneself of.
33. To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
34. To assume or perform (a form or role).
35. To bind oneself by.
36. To move into.
37. To go into, through, or along.
38. To have and use one's recourse to.
39. To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
40. To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
41. To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
42. To take a picture, photograph, etc of (a person, scene, etc).
43. To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
44. (now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
45. To deal with.
46. To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
47. To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
48. To accept as an input to a relation.
49. To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
50. To engage, take hold or have effect.
51. To become; to be affected in a specified way.
52. (possibly obsolete) To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.
53. An intensifier.
54. To deliver, bring, give (something) to (someone).
55. (obsolete outside dialectal and slang) To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or hit.
adjective
1. Infatuated; fond of or attracted to.
2. In a serious romantic relationship.

Example Sentences

She has taken up painting as a hobby.
The company has taken measures to improve employee satisfaction.
I have taken the liberty of booking a table for us tonight.
The police have taken the suspect into custody for questioning.
We have taken your feedback into consideration for the new design.

On this page you'll find 438 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to taken, such as: abided, abode, absorbed, accepted, accommodated, accounted, accredited.

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