Synonyms for Take up:

v.
• act
- DO
- accomplish
- achieve
- carry out
- consummate
- cook
- create
- develop
- enforce
- execute
- function
- go about
- intrude
- knock off
- labor
- maneuver
- officiate
- perpetrate
- persevere
- persist
- preside
- pursue
- respond
- serve
- work out
• address
- apply oneself to
- attend to
- concentrate on
- devote oneself to
- dig
- focus on
- give
- go at
- go for
- hammer away
- have a go at
- have at
- knuckle down to
- peg away
- pitch into
- plug away at
- take care of
- throw oneself into
- try
- turn
• adopt
- adapt
- affiliate
- affirm
- appropriate
- approve
- assent
- endorse
- go down the line
- imitate
- maintain
- mimic
- opt
- ratify
- support
- tap
- use
- utilize
• assimilate
- Osmose
- comprehend
- grasp
- incorporate
- sense
- understand
• assume
- confiscate
- embark upon
• attack
- buckle down
• be in force, exist
- stand
• blot
- dry
• choose
- appoint
- co-opt
- crave
- cull
- designate
- desire
- determine
- excerpt
- extract
- fancy
- favor
- finger
- glean
- judge
- love
- name
- predestine
- prefer
- separate
- sort
- tab
- tag
- want
- weigh
- wish for
• commence
- arise
- come into being
- come into existence
- get cracking
- get one's feet wet
- get show on road
- hit the ground running
- jump into
- start the ball rolling
• consider
- Meditated
- Perpend
- Scanned
- allow for
- allowed for
- allowing for
- allows for
- assent to
- assented to
- assenting to
- assents to
- chew over
- chewed over
- chewing over
- chews over
- de liberate
- de liberated
- de liberates
- de liberating
- de-liberate
- de-liberated
- de-liberates
- de-liberating
- dream of
- dreamed of
- dreaming of
- dreams of
- dreamt of
- ex cogitate
- ex cogitated
- ex cogitates
- ex cogitating
- ex-cogitate
- ex-cogitated
- ex-cogitates
- ex-cogitating
- flirt with
- flirted with
- flirting with
- flirts with
- in spect
- in spects
- in-spect
- in-spects
- keep in mind
- keep mind
- keeping in mind
- keeping mind
- keeps in mind
- keeps mind
- kept in mind
- kept mind
- looked at
- looking at
- looks at
- mull over
- mulled over
- mulling over
- mulls over
- perpended
- perpending
- perpends
- provide for
- provided for
- provides for
- providing for
- re cognize
- re cognized
- re cognizes
- re cognizing
- re gards
- re-cognized
- re-cognizing
- re-gard
- reckon with
- reckoned with
- reckoning with
- reckons with
- reflects
- revolve
- revolved
- saw about
- scanning
- see about
- seeing about
- sees about
- subscribed to
- subscribes to
- subscribing to
- take in to account
- take under advisement
- takes into account
- takes under advisement
- taking under advisement
- think out
- think over
- thinking out
- thinking over
- thinks out
- thinks over
- thought out
- thought over
- took under advisement
- tossed around
- tosses around
- tossing around
- tost around
• continue
- Re-store
- began over
- began where left off
- began where one left off
- begin where left off
- beginning over
- beginning where left off
- beginning where one left off
- begins over
- begins where left off
- begins where one left off
- carried over
- carries over
- carrying over
- goes on with
- going on with
- going with
- re capitulate
- re capitulated
- re capitulates
- re capitulating
- re commence
- re commenced
- re commences
- re commencing
- re establish
- re established
- re establishes
- re establishing
- re instate
- re instated
- re instates
- re instating
- re institute
- re instituted
- re institutes
- re instituting
- re new
- re news
- re store
- re stored
- re stores
- re storing
- re-capitulate
- re-capitulated
- re-capitulates
- re-capitulating
- re-commence
- re-commenced
- re-commences
- re-commencing
- re-instate
- re-instated
- re-instates
- re-instating
- re-institute
- re-instituted
- re-institutes
- re-instituting
- re-new
- re-news
- re-stored
- re-stores
- re-storing
- reinstitutes
- went on with
• devote effort to something
- address
• discuss
- Altercated
- Altercating
- Discept
- Dissert
- Mooted
- Mooting
- altercate
- altercates
- bounce off
- bounced off
- bounces off
- bouncing off
- compare notes
- compared notes
- compares notes
- comparing notes
- consult with
- consulted with
- consulting with
- consults with
- de bate
- de bated
- de bates
- de bating
- de scant
- de scanted
- de scanting
- de scants
- de-bate
- de-bated
- de-bates
- de-bating
- de-scant
- de-scanted
- de-scanting
- de-scants
- dis cept
- dis cuss
- dis cussed
- dis cusses
- dis cussing
- dis sert
- dis-cept
- dis-cuss
- dis-cussed
- dis-cusses
- dis-cussing
- dis-sert
- discepted
- discepting
- discepts
- discourse about
- discoursed about
- discourses about
- discoursing about
- dissertate
- dissertated
- dissertates
- dissertating
- disserted
- disserting
- disserts
- ex plain
- ex plained
- ex plaining
- ex plains
- ex-plain
- ex-plained
- ex-plaining
- ex-plains
- exchange views on
- exchanged views on
- exchanges views on
- exchanging views on
- get together
- groupthink
- groupthinked
- groupthinking
- groupthinks
- hash over
- hashed over
- hashes over
- hashing over
- held forth
- hold forth
- holding forth
- holds forth
- kick about
- kicked about
- kicking about
- kicks about
- knock around
- moot
- moots
- put heads together
- puts heads together
- putting heads together
- re view
- re viewed
- re viewing
- re views
- re-view
- re-viewed
- re-views
- reason about
- reasoned about
- reasoning about
- reasons about
- thrash out
- thrashed out
- thrashes out
- thrashing out
• do something
- act
• dominate, control
- monopolize
• elevate
- Stilting
- fetched up
- fetches up
- fetching up
- hiked up
- hikes up
- hiking up
- jacked up
- jacking up
- jacks up
- pyramidded
- pyramidding
- shoots up
- up lift
- up lifted
- up lifting
- up lifts
- up-lift
- up-lifted
- up-lifting
- up-lifts
• embark on
- embarking on
- jumped off
- jumping off
- jumps off
- sets out
- teeing off
- tees off
• embrace
- avail of
- avail oneself of
- availed of
- availed oneself of
- availing of
- availing oneself of
- avails of
- avails oneself of
- gat in to
- gat into
- get in to
- gets in to
- gets into
- getting in to
- getting into
- got in to
- got into
- gotten in to
- gotten into
- made use of
- make use of
- makes use of
- making use of
- subsumed
- took advantage of
• employ
- be stow
- be stowed
- be stowing
- be stows
- be-stow
- be-stowed
- be-stowing
- be-stows
- bring bear
- keep busy
- keeping busy
- keeps busy
- kept busy
- put use
- puts to use
- puts use
- putting to use
- putting use
- used up
- uses up
- using up
• engross
- Busied
- Busying
- am hung
- are hung
- art hung
- be hung
- be witch
- be witched
- be witches
- be witching
- be-witch
- be-witched
- be-witches
- be-witching
- became lost
- become lost
- becomes lost
- becoming lost
- being hung
- busies
- hog
- is hung
- pre occupied
- pre occupies
- pre occupy
- pre occupying
- pre-occupied
- pre-occupies
- pre-occupy
- pre-occupying
- sew up
- sewed up
- sewing up
- sews up
- up on
- upped on
- upping on
- ups on
- was hung
- wast hung
- were hung
- wert hung
• enter
- became member
- becomes member
- becoming member
- gat oneself in to
- gat oneself into
- get oneself in to
- gets oneself in to
- gets oneself into
- getting oneself in to
- getting oneself into
- got oneself in to
- got oneself into
- gotten oneself in to
- gotten oneself into
- joining up
- participates in
- participating in
- sets out on
- setting out on
- signs on
- sub scribe
- sub scribed
- sub scribes
- sub scribing
- sub-scribed
- sub-scribes
- sub-scribing
• enter upon
- enter up on
• espouse
- de fend
- de fended
- de fending
- de fends
- de-fend
- de-fended
- de-fending
- de-fends
- stand behind
- standing behind
- stands behind
- stood behind
• fill
- Shoaled
- Shoaling
- Stoppering
- brim over
- brimmed over
- brimming over
- brims over
- bulged out
- bulges out
- bulging out
- dis charge
- dis charged
- dis charges
- dis charging
- dis patch
- dis patched
- dis patches
- dis patching
- dis tend
- dis tended
- dis tending
- dis tends
- dis tribute
- dis tributes
- dis-charge
- dis-charged
- dis-charges
- dis-charging
- dis-patch
- dis-patched
- dis-patches
- dis-patching
- dis-tend
- dis-tended
- dis-tending
- dis-tends
- dis-tribute
- dis-tributes
- filled
- filling
- glut
- jam pack
- jampack
- over flow
- over flowed
- over flowing
- over flown
- over flows
- over spread
- over spreading
- over spreads
- over-flow
- over-flowed
- over-flowing
- over-flown
- over-flows
- over-spread
- over-spreading
- over-spreads
- overspreading
- overspreads
- pack like sardines
- packed like sardines
- packing like sardines
- packs like sardines
- pervades
- puff up
- puffing up
- puffs up
- pump up
- pumped up
- pumping up
- pumps up
- rammed in
- ramming in
- rams in
- re plenish
- re plenished
- re plenishes
- re plenishing
- re-plenish
- re-plenished
- re-plenishes
- re-plenishing
- stoppered
- top off
- topped off
- topping off
- tops off
• force or break open
- pry
• go into
- am absorbed in
- are absorbed in
- art absorbed in
- being absorbed in
- go in to
- gotten involved with
- is absorbed in
- take up on oneself
- takes upon oneself
- taking up on oneself
- took up on oneself
- took upon oneself
- was absorbed in
- wert absorbed in
• have recourse to; make use of
- resort
• initiate
- Initiating
- Instate
- break ice
- come with
- gat ball rolling
- gat under way
- get ball rolling
- get feet wet
- get under way
- gets ball rolling
- gets under way
- getting ball rolling
- getting under way
- got ball rolling
- got under way
- gotten ball rolling
- gotten under way
- in duct
- in ducted
- in ducting
- in ducts
- in stalled
- in stalling
- in vest
- in vested
- in vests
- in-duct
- in-ducted
- in-ducting
- in-ducts
- in-stall
- in-stalled
- in-stalling
- in-vest
- in-vested
- in-vesting
- in-vests
- intro
- introed
- introes
- introing
- set in motion
- set motion
- sets in motion
- sets motion
- setting in motion
- setting motion
- trigger
- triggering
- triggers
- usher in
- ushered in
- ushering in
- ushers in
• instate
- in state
- in stated
- in states
- in stating
- in-state
- in-stated
- in-states
- in-stating
• lift
- Hefted
- Hefting
- Soared
- bare aloft
- beared aloft
- bearing aloft
- bears aloft
- bore aloft
- dis appear
- dis appeared
- dis appearing
- dis appears
- dis perse
- dis-appear
- dis-appeared
- dis-appearing
- dis-appears
- dis-perse
- goose
- goosed
- gooses
- goosing
- heft
- hefts
- jump up
- jumped up
- jumping up
- jumps up
- move up
- moved up
- moves up
- moving up
- raise high
- raised high
- raises high
- raising high
- up heave
- up heaved
- up heaves
- up heaving
- up hove
- up-heave
- up-heaved
- up-heaves
- up-heaving
- up-hove
- upheave
- upheaved
- upheaves
- upheaving
- uphove
• lift, rise
- rear
• make an effort
- tackle
• make use of
- employ
• monopolize
- Patenting
- bogart
- bogarted
- bogarting
- bogarts
- copyright
- copyrighted
- copyrighting
- copyrights
- corner market
- corner the market
- cornered market
- cornered the market
- cornering market
- cornering the market
- corners market
- corners the market
- exercise control
- exercised control
- exercises control
- exercising control
- keep oneself
- keeping oneself
- keeping to oneself
- keeps oneself
- keeps to oneself
- kept oneself
- kept to oneself
- locked up
- locking up
- own exclusively
- owned exclusively
- owning exclusively
- owns exclusively
- patented
- re strain
- re strained
- re straining
- re strains
- re-strain
- re-strained
- re-straining
- re-strains
- sat on
- sate on
- sits on
- syndicated
- syndicating
• pick up
- get well
• take up
- follow through
- get off
- kick off
- open
Other synonyms:

•

attack

•

clash
face
play

•

meet

•

duel
renew
team

•

come
race
replay

•

approach
go on

•

defense
lie

Other relevant words:

• act

• argue

discuss

• attack

• choose

• continue

• elevate

• embark on

• enter

• enter upon

enter upon

• go into

be absorbed in
take upon oneself

• jack

jacked

• occupy

• rear

spring up

• restart

re-start

• resume

• scoop

• soak up

blot

• start

enter on or upon

• tackle

• take on

• turn to

resort to

• Other relevant words (adjective):

behaviour
state

• Other relevant words (transitive noun):

What are the hypernyms for Take up?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

hypernyms for take up (as verbs)
- contact
  fuel.
- social
  take office.

What are the hyponyms for Take up?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

hyponyms for take up (as verbs)
- change
  embark, enter.
- contact
  have, receive.
- social
  turn.
- stative
  fill, occupy.

What are the opposite words for take up?

Antonyms for the phrase "take up" include "give up," "abandon," "leave," "discard," and "surrender." These words imply the act of relinquishing or letting go of something, which is the complete opposite of taking up. "Give up" suggests yielding or conceding while "abandon" suggests leaving something behind permanently. "Leave" means departing from a place or thing. "Discard" implies getting rid of an object or idea that is no longer needed. Lastly, "surrender" implies the act of yielding to an opposing force or authority. These antonyms for "take up" should be used according to the context of the sentence.

What are the antonyms for Take up?

v.
• act
- abstain
- cease
- discontinue
- give up
- halt
- hesitate
- idle
- refrain
- stop
• address
- avoid
- cut
- disregard
- ignore
- overlook
- pass
- shun
- slight
• adopt
- disown
- leave alone
- reject
- repudiate
- repulse
• arrest
- Gaffed
- Gaffing
- de tain
- de tains
- de-tain
- de-tains
- gaffs
- glommed
- gloms
- put arm on
- put cuffs on
- put the cuffs on
- puts arm on
- puts cuffs on
- puts the arm on
- puts the cuffs on
- putting arm on
- putting cuffs on
- putting the arm on
- putting the cuffs on
- tabbed
- tabbing
- take prisoner
- taking prisoner
- took prisoner
- toss jail
- tossed in jail
- tossed jail
- tosses in jail
- tosses jail
- tossing in jail
- tossing jail
- tost in jail
- tost jail
• assimilate
- misunderstand
- unlearn
• assume
- not do
• attack
- be lazy
- slough off
• begin or start again
- close
- exclude
- forget
- leave
- neglect
- release
• blot
- dampen
- moisten
- soak
- wet
• drop
- Plumped
- Re sign
- Snowed
- Snowing
- adios
- adiosed
- adioses
- adiosing
- am alienated from
- are alienated from
- art alienated from
- be alienated from
- beaded
- beading
- being alienated from
- cave in
- caved in
- caves in
- caving in
- de cline
- de clines
- de press
- de pressed
- de presses
- de pressing
- de scend
- de scended
- de scending
- de scends
- de sert
- de-cline
- de-clines
- de-press
- de-pressed
- de-presses
- de-pressing
- de-scend
- de-scended
- de-scending
- de-scends
- de-sert
- dis continue
- dis continued
- dis continues
- dis continuing
- dis missed
- dis missing
- dis owned
- dis owning
- dis till
- dis tilled
- dis tilling
- dis tills
- dis-continue
- dis-continued
- dis-continues
- dis-continuing
- dis-missed
- dis-missing
- dis-owned
- dis-owning
- dis-till
- dis-tilled
- dis-tilling
- dis-tills
- dust off
- dusted off
- dusting off
- dusts off
- eighty six
- forgat about
- forget about
- forgets about
- forgetting about
- forgot about
- had done with
- haddest done with
- hadst done with
- has done with
- hast done with
- hath done with
- have done with
- having done with
- is alienated from
- nose dive
- nose dived
- nose dives
- nose diving
- nose dove
- nose-dive
- nose-dived
- nose-dives
- nose-diving
- nose-dove
- nosedived
- nosediving
- nosedove
- part from
- parted from
- parted with
- parting from
- parting with
- parts from
- parts with
- plummet
- plumping
- plumps
- re lease
- re leases
- re signed
- re signing
- re signs
- re-lease
- re-leased
- re-leases
- re-signed
- re-signs
- top pled
- top-pled
- un load
- un loaded
- un loading
- un loads
- un-load
- un-loading
- un-loads
- was alienated from
- wash out
- washed out
- washes out
- washing out
- wast alienated from
- waste one
- wasted one
- wastes one
- wasting one
- were alienated from
- wert alienated from
• hit with foot
- kick
• kick
- Calcitrate
- Fussed
- Fussing
- calcitrated
- calcitrates
- calcitrating
- dropkick
- dropkicked
- dropkicking
- dropkicks
- ex cept
- ex postulate
- ex postulated
- ex postulates
- ex postulating
- ex-cept
- ex-postulate
- ex-postulated
- ex-postulates
- ex-postulating
- gave foot
- gave the foot
- give foot
- give the foot
- gives foot
- gives the foot
- giving foot
- giving the foot
- go cold turkey
- goes cold turkey
- going cold turkey
- pro tested
- pro testing
- pro-tested
- pro-testing
- punted
- punting
- re pine
- re pined
- re-pine
- re-pined
- re-pines
- re-pining
- went cold turkey
- with stand
- with standing
- with stands
- with stood
- with-stand
- with-standing
- with-stands
• relinquish
- dis card
- dis carded
- dis carding
- dis cards
- dis-card
- dis-carded
- dis-carding
- dis-cards
- drop like hot potato
- dropped like hot potato
- dropping like hot potato
- drops like hot potato
- dropt like hot potato
- kiss goodbye
- kissed good bye
- kissed good-bye
- kissed goodbye
- kisses good bye
- kisses good-bye
- kisses goodbye
- kissing good bye
- kissing good-bye
- kissing goodbye
- laid aside
- lay aside
- laying aside
- quit cold turkey
- quits cold turkey
- quitted cold turkey
- quitting cold turkey
- retire from
- retired from
- retires from
- retiring from
- stand down
- standing down
- stands down
- stood down
- sur rendered
- sur rendering
- sur renders
- sur-render
- sur-rendered
- sur-rendering
- sur-renders
- sware off
- swear off
- swearing off
- swears off
- swore off
- take oath
- take pledge
- take the oath
- take the pledge
- takes pledge
- takes the pledge
- taking oath
- taking pledge
- taking the oath
- taking the pledge
- took oath
- took pledge
- took the oath
- took the pledge
- with draw
- with drawing
- with drawn
- with draws
- with drew
- with-draw
- with-drawing
- with-drawn
- with-drew
• take into authorized custody
- arrest
• take up
- complete
- conclude
- end
- finish
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Famous quotes with Take up

Middle age occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net.

Franklin Pierce Adams
Years ago we discovered the exact point, the dead center of middle age. It occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net.

Franklin Pierce Adams
New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time.

James Agate
There's editing, and scripts to read and edit, and casting, and all the elements of production that just sort of take up the normal downtime that you would have as an actor. So there's not a lot of that for me.

Richard Dean Anderson
It's nice to win. I'll never win again. I may have to take up golf - take on Tiger.

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