What is another word for taken?
477 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ tˈe͡ɪkən], [ tˈeɪkən], [ t_ˈeɪ_k_ə_n]
The word "taken" has several synonyms that can be used interchangeably depending on the context of the sentence. Some common synonyms for "taken" are "captured," "seized," "acquired," "grabbed," "conquered," "secured," "retrieved," "collected," and "gathered". When expressing the idea of taking possession, some synonyms for "taken" can be "obtained," "gained," "received," "acquired," or "accepted." In the realm of photography, "taken" can be substituted by "shot," "snapped," or "photographed." Using synonyms not only enhances the language, but also adds variety and depth to writing.
Synonyms for Taken:
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adj.
• captured • enamored • occupied • received • taken- Annexed ,
- Bagged ,
- Captured ,
- Caught ,
- Commandeered ,
- Gotten ,
- Grabbed ,
- Harvested ,
- Impounded ,
- Levied ,
- Nabbed ,
- Procured ,
- Reaped ,
- abducted ,
- amassed ,
- collected ,
- confiscated ,
- gathered ,
- usurped .
- de fended ,
- de-fended ,
- more believed ,
- more clutched ,
- more detained ,
- most believed ,
- most clutched ,
- most detained .
- Enticed ,
- eat sleep breathe ,
- ex cited ,
- ex-cited ,
- in spired ,
- in spirited ,
- in tent ,
- in to ,
- in-spired ,
- in-spirited ,
- more awakened ,
- more enticed ,
- more in to ,
- more inspirited ,
- more interested ,
- more into ,
- more lured ,
- more roused ,
- more stirred ,
- most awakened ,
- most enticed ,
- most in to ,
- most inspirited ,
- most interested ,
- most into ,
- most lured ,
- most roused ,
- most stirred ,
- on case ,
- pre disposed ,
- pre-disposed ,
- struck .
- at loss for words ,
- blownaway ,
- bowledover ,
- more blown away ,
- more blown-away ,
- more blownaway ,
- more bowled over ,
- more bowled-over ,
- more bowledover ,
- more conquered ,
- more run over ,
- more run-over ,
- more runover ,
- more swamped ,
- most blown away ,
- most blown-away ,
- most blownaway ,
- most bowled over ,
- most bowled-over ,
- most bowledover ,
- most conquered ,
- most run over ,
- most run-over ,
- most runover ,
- most swamped ,
- over come ,
- over thrown ,
- over-come ,
- over-thrown ,
- runover ,
- speechless ,
- unable continue .
- decided up on ,
- more adopted ,
- more culled ,
- more fancied ,
- more handpicked ,
- more picked ,
- more preferred ,
- more well liked ,
- more well-liked ,
- more wellliked ,
- most adopted ,
- most culled ,
- most fancied ,
- most handpicked ,
- most picked ,
- most well liked ,
- most well-liked ,
- most wellliked ,
- settled up on ,
- well liked ,
- wellliked .
- caught in ,
- de lighted ,
- de-lighted ,
- in-attentive ,
- more beguiled ,
- more daydreaming ,
- more enthralled ,
- more gripped ,
- more ravished ,
- most beguiled ,
- most daydreaming ,
- most enthralled ,
- most gripped ,
- most ravished ,
- over whelmed ,
- over-whelmed ,
- pre occupied ,
- pre-occupied ,
- trans ported ,
- un conscious ,
- un-conscious ,
- wrapped up .
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n.
• assumed • taken -
v.
• acquired- Bought ,
- Claimed ,
- Fetched ,
- Garnered ,
- Incurred ,
- Lured ,
- Palmed ,
- Purchased ,
- Retrieved ,
- Scored ,
- Wrangled ,
- accumulated ,
- added ,
- cornered ,
- heaped ,
- landed ,
- netted .
Other synonyms:
- interested ,
- open .
Other relevant words:
- rapt .
- Demised ,
- Getter ,
- Love-sick ,
- Presupposed ,
- Riveted ,
- Valetudinary ,
- abide ,
- abundant ,
- accept ,
- acceptor ,
- acquire ,
- admit ,
- adopt ,
- affected ,
- affirm ,
- ailing ,
- alert ,
- alive to ,
- allege ,
- allow ,
- ample ,
- apply ,
- arrogated ,
- ascertain ,
- ask ,
- assert ,
- assigned ,
- attached to ,
- attain ,
- attentive ,
- aver ,
- avow ,
- awake to ,
- be no more ,
- be taken ,
- bear a grudge ,
- become ,
- bedridden ,
- beggar ,
- bewitched ,
- bitten ,
- bonk ,
- break one's neck ,
- breathe one's last ,
- breathless ,
- broad ,
- busy ,
- buyer ,
- captivated ,
- captor ,
- capture ,
- careful ,
- carry away ,
- catch ,
- catch on ,
- cease to live ,
- charmed ,
- choose ,
- client ,
- come ,
- come upon ,
- comprehensive ,
- concerned ,
- condemned ,
- confined ,
- confiscate ,
- consume ,
- copious ,
- crazed ,
- curious ,
- customer ,
- dead ,
- dead and gone ,
- deceased ,
- decide ,
- defunct ,
- departed ,
- deprive ,
- detailed ,
- determine ,
- die ,
- disabled ,
- diseased ,
- drop dead ,
- earn ,
- embezzled ,
- enamored ,
- enchanted ,
- endure ,
- engaged ,
- engaged in ,
- enlist ,
- enter ,
- entranced ,
- exanimate ,
- expectant ,
- expected ,
- expend ,
- expire ,
- expropriated ,
- extensive ,
- extinct ,
- fall dead ,
- fall upon ,
- fond of ,
- full ,
- gain ,
- get ,
- get hold of ,
- go off ,
- gone ,
- good ,
- grab ,
- hold ,
- hypnotized ,
- hypothetical ,
- ill ,
- in hospital ,
- in love ,
- in use ,
- inanimate ,
- inattentive ,
- indisposed ,
- intent ,
- intent on ,
- interpret ,
- interpreted ,
- invalided ,
- laid up ,
- late ,
- lay hold of ,
- lifeless ,
- lovesick ,
- loving ,
- meet one's death ,
- mesmerized ,
- mindful ,
- miscalculate ,
- moocher ,
- no more ,
- not expect ,
- observant ,
- observing ,
- obsessed ,
- occupied with ,
- on the watch ,
- open-eyed ,
- out of health ,
- overcome ,
- own ,
- parasite ,
- pass away ,
- payee ,
- perish ,
- plump ,
- poached ,
- poorly ,
- pop off ,
- pre-empted ,
- preoccupied ,
- presumed ,
- punter ,
- purloined ,
- pushing up daisies ,
- receive ,
- receiver ,
- recipient ,
- regardful ,
- released ,
- removed ,
- respecter ,
- seedy ,
- seize ,
- sick ,
- smitten ,
- snatch ,
- spoken for ,
- squeamish ,
- start ,
- steal ,
- stealer ,
- stolen ,
- submit ,
- subscribe ,
- suffer ,
- supposed ,
- suppositional ,
- sustain ,
- take ,
- take off ,
- take out ,
- taker ,
- taking ,
- theoretical ,
- total ,
- transfixed ,
- unavailable ,
- under the weather ,
- understood ,
- undistracted ,
- undivided ,
- unobtainable ,
- unwell ,
- useless ,
- user ,
- watchful ,
- wedded to ,
- whole ,
- wrapped in .
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How to use "Taken" in context?
"taken" is a thriller film directed by Pierre Morel and written by Jaume Collet-Serra. The film stars Liam Neeson and Maggie Grace. The film is about a mother who goes on the run with her 8-year-old son when they are kidnapped by a stranger.
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Equivalence
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Verb, past participle
Picked.
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Verb, past participle
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Reverse Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
Undertaken.
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Verb, past participle
retaken.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
catch, needs, taking, Industries, Carriers, Clips, Measures, Resources, catches, excerpts, corporations, items, plugs, entrepreneurs.
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Noun, plural
checks, catches, spoils, makers, intakes, considerations, purposes, processes, fingers.
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Verb, past participle
absorbed, accepted, accompanied, accomplished, accused, acknowledged, acquired, adapted, added, adjusted, admitted, advanced, advised, affected, afflicted, aged, agenda, agreed, aids, alleged, amended, analyzed, annex, announced, applied, appointed, appreciated, apprehended, approved, arranged, arrested, article, articulated, asserted, assigned, assistance, assisted, associated, assumed, assured, attached, attained, attempted, attended, austria, authorized, backed, based, beaten, become, ben, beset, biased, bit, bitten, blown, born, bound, breached, broken, built, bulletin, burdened, busted, calculated, calibrated, called, cashed, cast, categorized, centered, centred, changed, characterised, characterized, charged, checked, chopped, chosen, classified, cleared, closed, coated, coherence, collapsed, collected, combined, commissioner, committed, compelled, compensated, composed, concealed, conceived, concentrated, concerned, concluded, conference, confirmed, confiscated, confused, conquered, consolidated, consumed, continued, contracted, controlled, converted, conveyed, convicted, convinced, coordinated, copied, corrected, cost, council, covered, crisis, crossed, cut, damaged, dated, deadline, decided, declared, decreased, dedicated, deducted, deferred, defined, delayed, demonstrated, depressed, deprived, derived, described, designated, designed, desired, destined, destroyed, detailed, detected, determined, devastated, developed, devoted, dictated, diminished, directed, discharged, dismissed, dispatched, disposed, dissociated, dissolved, distributed, diverted, documented, dominated, donated, drawn, driven, dropped, dumped, earned, eaten, educated, effected, elaborated, elapsed, elected, embedded, embodied, emergency, emphasized, employed, encouraged, endorsed, enforced, engaged, envisioned, equal, equality, equipped, established, estimated, evacuated, evaporated, executed, exhausted, expanded, expended, experienced, exploited, exposed, expressed, extended, faced, failed, fallen, fed, felt, filled, filmed, finished, fired, firing, fixed, focused, focussed, forbidden, forced, foreseen, forfeited, forged, formed, formulated, fostered, found, founded, framed, fulfilled, funded, gathered, geared, given, gone, governed, granted, grown, guaranteed, guided, halted, handed, handled, harnessed, headed, heard, hidden, hired, honoured, hunted, hurt, identified, ignored, impacted, imposed, impressed, imprisoned, improved, inclined, included, increased, induced, infected, informed, ingested, inherited, injured, inscribed, inspired, insured, integrated, interested, interpreted, intervention, invited, involved, jailed, joined, justified, known, landed, lapsed, learned, leased, led, left, lent, let, lf, lifted, liked, limited, linked, listed, loaded, located, locked, looped, lost, mainstreamed, maintained, marked, married, measured, mined, ministry, missed, mistaken, motivated, mounted, moved, named, needed, neglected, nominated, noted, noticed, obligated, obliged, observed, occupied, offset, opened, opposed, ordered, organised, organized, oriented, outlined, overcome, owed, owned, packed, paid, painted, paragraph, perceived, permitted, persecuted, photo, pinched, placed, planted, playback, played, pleased, pledged, pointed, population, posed, possessed, posted, postponed, powered, practiced, practised, preferred, preoccupied, prepared, prescribed, presented, pressed, preventive, prey, priced, printed, procedure, proceed, proceedings, processed, produced, programme, prolonged, promised, promulgated, pronounced, proposed, protected, proved, proven, provide, published, pulled, pursued, put, raised, ratified, ravaged, read, realised, realized, reasoned, received, recognised, recognized, recommended, recorded, recovered, reduced, reflected, registered, regulated, related, released, relocated, removed, renewed, repeated, representative, represented, requested, reserved, resolution, resolved, resort, respected, restored, restricted, retained, retaliation, retired, revealed, revised, revived, risen, rolled, rooted, rounded, routed, ruled, run, rushed, said, satisfied, saved, search, seat, seated, secretariat, secured, seen, seized, selected, sent, separated, set, settled, severed, shaken, shared, shortened, shouldered, signed, situated, soldier, solved, sought, specified, spent, spoken, spread, stated, statement, stolen, stopped, stricken, stripped, struck, structured, studied, stung, submerged, subscribed, substantiated, suggested, supported, supposed, supra, surrounded, suspected, suspended, sustained, swallowed, swept, sworn, tailored, tapped, taught, terminated, tested, thought, thrown, tied, torn, touched, traded, trained, transformed, transmitted, transposed, trapped, travelled, treated, tried, turned, understood, united, used, utilised, utilized, valued, venue, verified, vigilant, violence, voiced, vote, voting, wanted, warranted, washed, watch, welcomed, withdrawn, witnessed, won, written, Abolished, Abstained, Acceded, Accommodated, Accorded, Accounted, Achieved, Acted, Adhered, Adjourned, Administered, Advocated, Afforded, Aimed, Allowed, Answered, Appeared, Approached, Argued, Arisen, Arrived, Asked, Assessed, Attacked, Attracted, Attributed, Availed, Avoided, Awarded, Borne, Befallen, Begun, Believed, Benefited, Borrowed, Bought, Brought, Buoyed, Captured, Cared, Carried, Caused, Ceased, Challenged, Championed, Channelled, Cited, Claimed, Classed, D, Dealt, Debated, Deceived, Declined, Deemed, Defended, Deleted, Delivered, Demanded, Denied, Deployed, Deported, Deteriorated, Devised, Disappeared, Discussed, Displayed, Drafted, Dragged, Earmarked, Echoed, Eliminated, Embarked, Embraced, Emerged, Emitted, Enabled, Enacted, Encountered, Enjoyed, Enshrined, Entered, Escorted, Espoused, Evolved, Exacted, Examined, Exceeded, Excluded, Exempted, Exercised, Exerted, Expelled, Explained, Explored, Exported, Extracted, Fought, Filed, Fished, Flown, Fooled, Forwarded, Gained, Generated, Gotten, Got, Grabbed, Greeted, Had, Happened, Harvested, Has, Helped, Immersed, Incarcerated, Incurred, Indicated, Installed, Instituted, Intercepted, Intervened, Introduced, Investigated, Invoked, Issued, Judged, Jumped, K, Killed, Lagged, Lasted, Launched, Learnt, Legislated, Levelled, Levied, Liquidated, Listened, Lived, Loaned, Lodged, Logged, Looked, Managed, Manifested, Meant, Met, Mentioned, Meted, Migrated, N, Necessitated, Negotiated, Nicked, Notified, Obtained, Occurred, Offered, Operated, Originated, Overstepped, Overtaken, Participated, Parties, Passed, Performed, Perpetrated, Persuaded, Photographed, Plunged, Reached, Recruited, Referred, Refused, Regarded, Remained, Remitted, Rendered, Rented, Replicated, Replied, Resorted, Responded, Resulted, Resumed, Retrieved, Returned, Revoked, Robbed, S, Sacrificed, Sentenced, Served, Shifted, Shipped, Shown, Slowed, Tackled, Talked, Targeted, Taxed, Tempted, Tended, Tolerated, Transferred, Translated, Transported, Traversed, Undergone, Underpinned, Undertaken, Upheld, Urged, V, Viewed, Visited, Voted, Waged, Waited, Watched, Weighed, Wished, Withstood, Worked, Yielded, 23, 36, Commenced, Commended, Communicated, Compared, Compiled, Complied, Comprised, Computed, Confronted, Construed, Consulted, Contemplated, Contended, Contributed, Convened, Copped, Counted, Created, Praised, Premised, Prevailed, Prevented, Proceeded, Procured, Progressed, Promoted, Prompted, Prosecuted, Purchased, Provided, Punched, Pushed, Spared, Steered, Stepped, Stood, Struggled, Subjected, started, Submitted, Succeeded, Suffered, Supplemented, Supplied, Jim, Efforts, Measures, Organizations, Rights, ministers, undermined, grasped, accessed, hijacked, meetings, contacted, escalated, states, finalized, evaluated, summarized, tabled, entrusted, reacted, gripped, ensured, safeguarded, allocated, replaced, decisions, restated, reproduced, questions, unleashed, rebounded, recommenced, reopened, positioned, mandated, triggered, reviewed, withheld, sampled, HIT, PAGES, 281, reinstated, parameters, leveraged, opted, restarted, complemented, interned, regained, reprinted, recaptured, phased, encapsulated, reworked, hospitalized, renamed, redirected, reconvened, laid, Favoured, analysed, doubled, enamoured, endeavoured, harboured, mobilised, drunk, ter, finalised, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2005, ke, redeployed, servin, seised, 2.22.
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Proper noun, singular
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Proper noun, singular
take.
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Verb, past participle
incorporated, ridden.
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Proper noun, singular
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