take

Synonyms clasp, grasp, grip, hold

Related Words clench, cling (to), clutch, hold on (to); catch, nab, seize, snatch

Phrases hang on to, lay hold of

Near Antonyms discharge, drop, free, liberate, release; deliver, entrust (also intrust), give, hand, hand over, pass, relinquish, transfer, transmit, turn over, unhand

Synonyms accept, have

Related Words accede (to), assent (to), concede (to), confirm, consent (to), OK (or okay), ratify, sanction, warrant; acquiesce (to), bow (to), capitulate (to), give in (to), submit (to), succumb (to), surrender (to), yield (to); abide, bear, brook, countenance, endure, shoulder, stand, stick out, stomach, support, sustain, swallow, sweat out, tolerate; adopt, embrace, welcome

Near Antonyms dissent (to), object (to), oppose, protest; hold off, resist, withstand; combat, contest, fight

Antonyms decline, deny, disallow, disapprove, negative, refuse, reject, spurn, turn down, veto

Synonyms catch, come down (with), get, go down (with) [chiefly British], sicken (with), take

Related Words break out (with); die (from), succumb (to); fail, languish, sink, waste (away), weaken, wilt, wither, worsen

Near Antonyms come back, gain, heal, mend, recoup, recover, recuperate, snap back; rally, rebound, recover (from), shake (off)

Synonyms cherry-pick, cull, elect, handpick, name, opt (for), pick, prefer, select, single (out), tag, take

Related Words preselect; appoint, designate, fix, mark, nominate, set, tab, tap; accept, adopt, embrace, espouse; settle (on or upon)

Near Antonyms disapprove, negative, repudiate, spurn; discard, jettison, throw away, throw out

Antonyms decline, refuse, reject, turn down

Synonyms cop [slang], pick up, purchase, take

Related Words acquire, gain, garner, get, obtain, procure, secure, win; finance, pay (for), spring (for); barter (for), deal (for), dicker (over), exchange (for), haggle (for), negotiate (about), trade (for); bargain (with), chaffer (with), horse-trade (with), palter (with); bid, offer; rebuy, repurchase

Near Antonyms deal (in), market, merchandise (also merchandize), retail, sell, vend

Synonyms bear, challenge, claim, demand, necessitate, require, take, want, warrant

Related Words entail, involve; ask, beg, claim, clamor (for), cry (for); hurt (for), lack; command, enjoin, exact, insist, press, quest, stipulate

Near Antonyms own, possess

Antonyms have, hold

Synonyms fit, hold, take

Related Words carry, contain, seat; enclose (also inclose), encompass, enfold; harbor, house

Synonyms operate, perform, take, work

Related Words behave, react, respond; affect, influence, sway; pan out, redound, result

Near Antonyms backfire; fizzle

Synonyms abide, absorb, accept, bide [chiefly dialect], brook, countenance, endure, go, hack, handle, meet, pocket, stand, stick out, stomach, support, sustain, sweat out, take, tolerate, wear [British]

Related Words allow, permit, suffer, swallow; reconcile (to); acquiesce, agree (with or to), assent (to), capitulate, consent (to), respect, submit (to), yield (to)

Near Antonyms decline, dismiss, refuse, reject, repudiate, spurn, turn down; combat, contest, fight, oppose, resist; avoid, bypass, circumvent, dodge, elude, escape, evade, miss; abstain (from), forbear, refrain (from)

Synonyms accept, buy, credit, swallow, take, trust

Related Words account, accredit, understand; assume, presume, suppose; conclude, deduce, infer

Near Antonyms distrust, doubt, misdoubt, mistrust, question, suspect; challenge, dispute

Antonyms disbelieve, discredit, reject

Synonyms best, conquer, defeat, dispatch, do down [British], get, get around, lick, master, overbear, overcome, overmatch, prevail (over), skunk, stop, subdue, surmount, take, trim, triumph (over), upend, win (against), worst

Related Words sweep; edge (out), nose out, pip [British]; annihilate, blow away, blow out, bomb, break, bury, clobber, cream, crush, drub, finish, flatten, overwhelm, rout, shellac, skin, slaughter, smoke [slang], snow under, thrash, trounce, upset, wallop, wax [slang], whip; cap, excel, flourish, score, succeed; knock off, knock over, overpower, overthrow, subjugate, unseat, vanquish; ace (out), better, eclipse, exceed, excel, outdistance, outdo, outfight, outshine, outstrip, overtop, surpass, top, transcend

Near Antonyms fall, give up, go down, go under; collapse, fail, flop, flunk, fold, wash out

Antonyms lose (to)

Synonyms address, contend (with), cope (with), field, grapple (with), hack, manage, maneuver, manipulate, negotiate, play, swing, take, treat

Related Words engineer, finesse, jockey; bring off, carry off, carry out, get off, pull; command, direct, guide, steer; control, micromanage, regulate, run; react (to), respond (to)

Near Antonyms botch, bungle, foozle, fumble, goof (up), louse up, mess (up), mishandle, muff, scamp

Synonyms enter, receive, take

Related Words entertain, welcome; fellowship; confirm, ratify

Near Antonyms decline, disallow, disapprove, dismiss, refuse, reject; blackball, blacklist, ostracize; banish, deport, exile, expel, oust, throw out

Antonyms ban, bar

Synonyms carry off, claim, croak [slang], destroy, dispatch, do in, fell, slay, take

Related Words bump off, butcher, cut down, finish, get, ice [slang], knock off, murder, neutralize, off [slang], put away, rub out, scrag, snuff, take out, waste, whack [slang]; annihilate, blot out, decimate, kill off, massacre, mow, slaughter, smite; assassinate, execute, martyr, terminate; euthanize (also euthanatize), put down; suicide

Near Antonyms raise, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revive; nurture

Antonyms animate