taking apart

The phrase “taking apart” has 4 syllables: tak-ing a-part

It's pronounced as /ˈteɪ.kɪŋ əˈpɑrt/


What is synonym and antonym for taking apart?

In the thesaurus, “taking apart” has 27 synonyms and 12 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for taking apart

Antonyms for taking apart

Example Sentences

  • The mechanic spent the afternoon taking apart the engine to find the problem.
  • She enjoys taking apart old electronics to see how they work.
  • After taking apart the puzzle, they tried to put it back together.
  • Taking apart the furniture for the move was a time-consuming task.
  • He was taking apart the computer to upgrade its components.

On this page you'll find 39 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to taking apart, such as: abusing, babying, brutalizing, bullying, burning, cherishing, coddling.

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

Related Words

ill-treating

abusing

  • affronting
  • aspersing
  • assailing
  • attacking
  • bad-mouthing
  • bashing
  • beating up on
  • belaboring
  • belittling
  • berating
  • blackguarding
  • blaspheming
  • blasting
  • bleeding
  • brutalizing
  • bullying
  • burning
  • castigating
  • chastising
  • cheating
  • chiding
  • commercializing
  • commodifying
  • corrupting
  • criticizing
  • cursing
  • debasing
  • degrading
  • derogating
  • desecrating
  • disparaging
  • excoriating
  • execrating
  • exploiting
  • fleecing
  • fulminating
  • haranguing
  • harassing
  • harming
  • harrying
  • hurting
  • ill-treating
  • ill-using
  • imprecating
  • injuring
  • insult
  • insulting
  • jerking around
  • kicking around
  • lambasting
  • leveraging
  • libeling
  • libelling
  • lighting into
  • maltreating
  • manhandling
  • manipulating
  • messing over
  • milking
  • misapplying
  • misemploying
  • mishandling
  • mismanaging
  • mistreating
  • misusing
  • molesting
  • oppressing
  • outraging
  • overcharging
  • persecuting
  • perverting
  • pimping
  • potshotting
  • profaning
  • prostituting
  • putting down
  • rebuking
  • reprimanding
  • reviling
  • sailing into
  • sandbagging
  • savaging
  • scathing
  • scolding
  • skinning
  • slamming
  • slandering
  • slurring
  • soaking
  • sticking
  • taking apart
  • tormenting
  • torturing
  • trading on
  • traducing
  • trashing
  • twisting
  • tying into
  • using
  • victimizing
  • vilifying
  • violating
  • vituperating
  • walking on
  • whipping
  • working
  • wronging

ill-using

maltreating

  • abusing
  • ambushing
  • assailing
  • attacking
  • bashing
  • battering
  • beating
  • brutalizing
  • buffeting
  • bullying
  • burning
  • clobbering
  • drubbing
  • fighting
  • harassing
  • harming
  • hitting
  • hurting
  • ill-treating
  • ill-using
  • injuring
  • jumping
  • kicking around
  • knocking
  • lambasting
  • licking
  • manhandling
  • mauling
  • messing over
  • mishandling
  • mistreating
  • misusing
  • molesting
  • oppressing
  • outraging
  • persecuting
  • pommeling
  • pommelling
  • pounding
  • pummeling
  • pummelling
  • roughhousing
  • sandbagging
  • slapping
  • taking apart
  • thrashing
  • tormenting
  • torturing
  • victimizing
  • violating
  • wounding
  • wrestling
  • wronging

kicking around

  • about
  • absorbing
  • abusing
  • aestivating
  • ambling
  • analyzing
  • any old place
  • around
  • around somewhere
  • assimilating
  • bad-mouthing
  • batting
  • believing
  • blame
  • brutalizing
  • bullying
  • bumming
  • burning
  • castigation
  • censure
  • chewing on
  • chewing over
  • chilling
  • cogitating
  • conceiving
  • concluding
  • considering
  • contemplating
  • cruising
  • curse
  • curses
  • dallying
  • dawdling
  • debating
  • defamation
  • deliberating
  • derision
  • digesting
  • dillydallying
  • doodling
  • dozing
  • drifting
  • droning
  • elsewhere
  • entertaining
  • estivating
  • exploring
  • eyeing
  • eying
  • floating
  • fooling
  • fooling around
  • footling
  • fribbling
  • furloughing
  • galavanting
  • gallivanting
  • goldbricking
  • gypsying
  • hanging about
  • harassing
  • harming
  • here and there
  • hibernating
  • hoboing
  • horsing around
  • hosing
  • hurting
  • idling
  • ill-treating
  • ill-using
  • in one place or another
  • injuring
  • insults
  • invective
  • kicking back
  • killing time
  • knifing
  • lagging
  • lazing
  • lazying
  • libel
  • lingering
  • loafing
  • loitering
  • lolling
  • looking at
  • lounging
  • malingering
  • maltreating
  • manhandling
  • maundering
  • meandering
  • meditating
  • messing
  • messing around
  • messing over
  • mishandling
  • mistreating
  • misusing
  • molesting
  • monkeying
  • mooching
  • moping
  • moseying
  • mucking
  • obloquy
  • opining
  • oppressing
  • opprobrium
  • outraging
  • parts unknown
  • perpending
  • persecuting
  • piddling
  • playing
  • poking
  • pondering
  • pushing around
  • put down
  • questioning
  • quinine
  • rambling
  • ranging
  • reasoning
  • relaxing
  • reminiscing
  • reproach
  • resting
  • reviewing
  • revilement
  • revolving
  • roaming
  • roving
  • ruminating
  • sandbagging
  • sauntering
  • scattered
  • scolding
  • second-guessing
  • signifying
  • slander
  • someplace
  • someplace or another
  • someplace or other
  • somewheres
  • straggling
  • straying
  • strolling
  • studying
  • swanning
  • swearing
  • taking apart
  • tarrying
  • tinkering
  • tirade
  • tormenting
  • torturing
  • traipsing
  • tramping
  • trifling
  • truanting
  • turning
  • upbraiding
  • vagabonding
  • vegging out
  • victimizing
  • vilification
  • violating
  • vituperation
  • wandering
  • weighing
  • wronging

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