taking

The word “taking” has 2 syllables: tak-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈteɪkɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for taking?

In the thesaurus, “taking” has 58 synonyms and 74 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for taking

accepting
accommodating
acting
addressing
attractive
bearing
beating
beautiful
believing
buying
catching
charming
choosing
conquering
contracting
cute
defeating
destroying
dispatching
enduring
fetching
getting
good
gorgeous
grasping
gripping
handling
handsome
having
holding
killing
likely
lovely
managing
manipulating
mastering
needing
negotiating
operating
overcoming
performing
picking
pretty
purchasing
reacting
receiving
requiring
seating
selecting
slaying
standing
stopping
stunning
sustaining
tolerating
treating
wanting
working

Antonyms for taking

abominable
animating
avoiding
backfiring
bad
banning
barring
botching
bungling
combating
coming back
contesting
declining
denying
disagreeable
disallowing
discharging
discrediting
disgusting
dismissing
dreadful
dropping
falling
fighting
foul
freeing
fumbling
gaining
giving
grotesque
handing
having
healing
hideous
holding
homely
horrible
liberating
mishandling
muffing
nasty
nauseating
objectionable
offensive
opposing
passing
plain
protesting
questioning
raising
recovering
recuperating
refusing
rejecting
releasing
repellent
repudiating
repugnant
repulsive
resisting
restoring
reviving
revolting
selling
shocking
sickening
terrible
transferring
ugly
unattractive
unlovely
unpleasing
unsightly
vile

Meanings of taking

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.
noun
1. The act by which something is taken.
2. A seizure of someone's goods or possessions.
3. A state of mental distress, resulting in excited or erratic behavior (in the expression in a taking).
4. (in the plural) Cash or money received (by a shop or other business, for example).
adjective
1. Alluring; attractive.
2. Infectious; contagious.

Example Sentences

She is taking a break from her studies to travel abroad.
The teacher praised him for taking initiative in solving the problem.
They are taking precautions to ensure the safety of everyone involved.
He is taking medication to manage his condition effectively.
The team is taking the lead in implementing new strategies for growth.

On this page you'll find 132 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to taking, such as: abominable, accepting, accommodating, acting, addressing, animating, attractive.

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