Synonyms for take in
take in

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1. take in

   A fluid that is absorbed is taken up into the mass of the absorbing body, with which it may or may not permanently combine. Wood expands when it absorbs moisture, iron when it absorbs heat, the substance remaining perhaps otherwise substantially unchanged; quicklime, when it absorbs water, becomes a new substance with different qualities, hydrated or slaked lime. A substance is consumed which is destructively appropriated by some other substance, being, or agency, so that it ceases to exist or to be recognized as existing in its original condition; fuel is consumed in the fire, food in the body; consume is also applied to whatever is removed from the market for individual use; as, silk and woolen goods are consumed. A great talker engrosses the conversation. A credulous person swallows the most preposterous statement. A busy student imbibes or drinks in knowledge; he is absorbed in a subject that takes his whole attention. "I only postponed it because I happened to get absorbed in a book." Kane Grinnell Exped. ch. 43, page 403. [Harper & Bros. '54.]

   Synonyms:
   absorb, consume, drink in, drink up, engross, exhaust, imbibe, suck up, swallow, swallow up, take up

   Antonyms:
   cast out, disgorge, disperse, dissipate, distract, eject, emit, exude, give up, put forth, radiate, send out, shoot forth, throw off, vomit

   Preposition:
   Plants absorb moisture from the air; the student is absorbed in thought; nutriment may be absorbed into the system through the skin.

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1. take-inverb

   the act of taking in as by fooling or cheating or swindling someone

   Antonyms:
   let out, widen

2. take inverb

   provide with shelter

   Synonyms:
   earn, put one over, gather in, suck up, assimilate, invite, befool, slang, gull, pull in, put on, view, put one across, take, have, suck, adopt, fool, make, see, receive, collect, gain, ingest, realise, soak up, sop up, watch, clear, imbibe, cod, overhear, draw, bring in, catch, absorb, dupe, realize, consume, take up, suck in

   Antonyms:
   let out, widen

3. gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one acrossverb

   fool or hoax

   "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"

   Synonyms:
   earn, draw, put one over, gather in, suck up, assimilate, invite, befool, catch, slang, imbibe, make, pull in, don, put on, tantalise, put one across, take, have, suck, adopt, view, rally, tease, assume, see, fool around, horse around, gain, fool away, fritter, ingest, realise, apply, ride, turn in, get into, sop up, watch, receive, fritter away, arse around, clear, razz, frivol away, gull, take up, soak up, tantalize, cod, dissipate, fool, shoot, bring in, overhear, rag, mount, taunt, wear, dupe, realize, consume, absorb, collect, bait, twit, suck in

   Antonyms:
   widen, let out

4. absorb, take inverb

   suck or take up or in

   "A black star absorbs all matter"

   Synonyms:
   earn, engulf, put one over, gather in, suck up, assimilate, invite, befool, adopt, slang, gull, engross, pull in, put on, view, soak up, take, have, suck, occupy, make, see, take over, collect, gain, steep, ingest, realise, sop up, watch, receive, clear, imbibe, plunge, cod, fool, draw, bring in, overhear, catch, absorb, dupe, realize, immerse, consume, put one across, take up, engage, suck in

   Antonyms:
   widen, let out

5. take inverb

   visit for entertainment

   "take in the sights"

   Synonyms:
   earn, put one over, gather in, suck up, assimilate, invite, befool, slang, gull, pull in, put on, view, put one across, take, have, suck, adopt, fool, make, see, receive, collect, gain, ingest, realise, soak up, sop up, watch, clear, imbibe, cod, overhear, draw, bring in, catch, absorb, dupe, realize, consume, take up, suck in

   Antonyms:
   let out, widen

6. collect, take inverb

   call for and obtain payment of

   "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent"

   Synonyms:
   earn, pile up, put one over, gather in, suck up, pull in, invite, befool, gather, slang, imbibe, amass, gain, put on, view, roll up, put one across, take, have, suck, adopt, make, garner, see, receive, accumulate, gather up, ingest, realise, compile, soak up, sop up, watch, hoard, pull together, clear, gull, take up, call for, cod, pick up, fool, draw, bring in, overhear, catch, assimilate, absorb, dupe, realize, consume, collect, suck in

   Antonyms:
   widen, let out

7. watch, view, see, catch, take inverb

   see or watch

   "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a show on Broadway"; "see a movie"

   Synonyms:
   ensure, project, receive, bring in, interpret, look out, make, look, experience, get word, visualise, watch, have, assure, image, fancy, overhear, go steady, look on, cod, learn, absorb, run into, discover, escort, keep an eye on, draw, earn, examine, bewitch, pick up, visit, adopt, reckon, trance, fascinate, consider, collect, gather in, come across, get a line, gull, get wind, enamor, becharm, take care, take up, gain, watch out, put one across, invite, control, ascertain, insure, attend, take hold of, date, realize, sop up, check, consume, meet, go out, witness, pull in, fool, take, catch up with, catch, construe, find out, see, suck, befool, regard, entrance, visualize, picture, suck in, grab, find, captivate, go through, enamour, get, view, capture, enchant, soak up, watch over, dupe, hitch, overtake, put on, arrest, hear, follow, realise, envision, determine, beguile, encounter, trip up, clear, slang, figure, suck up, look at, see to it, understand, run across, put one over, ingest, assimilate, observe, imbibe, charm

   Antonyms:
   widen, let out

8. receive, take in, inviteverb

   express willingness to have in one's home or environs

   "The community warmly received the refugees"

   Synonyms:
   earn, ask over, put one over, gather in, suck up, assimilate, invite, welcome, get, befool, adopt, slang, imbibe, pull in, find, put on, put one across, take, have, suck, meet, view, tempt, pay for, make, call for, see, receive, ask round, gain, bid, ingest, realise, encounter, soak up, sop up, watch, clear, incur, gull, take up, cod, ask for, pick up, fool, experience, draw, bring in, overhear, catch, absorb, dupe, realize, consume, obtain, collect, ask in, suck in

   Antonyms:
   let out, widen

9. take in, gather inverb

   fold up

   "take in the sails"

   Synonyms:
   earn, put one over, gather in, suck up, assimilate, invite, befool, slang, gull, pull in, put on, view, put one across, take, have, suck, adopt, fool, make, see, receive, collect, gain, ingest, realise, soak up, sop up, watch, clear, imbibe, cod, overhear, draw, bring in, catch, absorb, dupe, realize, consume, take up, suck in

   Antonyms:
   widen, let out

10. absorb, assimilate, ingest, take inverb

    take up mentally

    "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"

    Synonyms:
    earn, engulf, put one over, gather in, suck up, assimilate, invite, befool, adopt, slang, gull, engross, pull in, put on, view, soak up, take, have, suck, occupy, make, see, take over, collect, gain, steep, ingest, realise, sop up, watch, receive, clear, imbibe, plunge, cod, fool, draw, bring in, overhear, catch, absorb, dupe, realize, immerse, consume, put one across, take up, engage, suck in

    Antonyms:
    widen, let out

11. gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring inverb

    earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages

    "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"

    Synonyms:
    wee-wee, cause, receive, bring in, attract, make, arrive at, top, light up, recognise, draw, stool, have, solve, piddle, hold, overhear, draw in, sack, cod, unclutter, absorb, agnize, clear up, invite, garner, do, consume, earn, stimulate, pull, actualize, exculpate, assimilate, sort out, defecate, lay down, bring, make water, crystalise, name, pass water, actualise, exonerate, gull, make headway, crystalize, create, crap, collect, get to, pretend, cook, fool, suck, gain, build, authorize, assoil, adopt, gather, understand, crystallise, straighten out, establish, pee, discharge, realize, sop up, constitute, make up, introduce, take up, give, attain, see, pull in, urinate, take, form, derive, catch, befool, benefit, net, acquit, substantiate, wee, ca-ca, pull ahead, get, recognize, prepare, suck in, micturate, soak up, agnise, watch, throw, advance, profit, reach, take a shit, get ahead, illuminate, score, view, piss, sack up, make believe, induce, dupe, ingest, brighten, put on, pee-pee, ready, shit, relieve oneself, fetch, spend a penny, elucidate, gather in, enlighten, puddle, take a crap, clear, hit, produce, slang, gain ground, crystallize, acquire, suck up, move in, progress to, take a leak, authorise, get in, win, put one across, pass, put one over, nominate, shed light on, work, fix, realise, imbibe, seduce, construct

    Antonyms:
    let out, widen

12. catch, take in, overhearverb

    hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers

    "We overheard the conversation at the next table"

    Synonyms:
    hitch, earn, put one over, gather in, suck up, capture, beguile, get, befool, invite, slang, gull, imbibe, trip up, pull in, put on, view, arrest, enamour, captivate, take, have, trance, adopt, make, fascinate, enamor, see, receive, gain, becharm, assimilate, put one across, ingest, realise, catch up with, sop up, watch, suck, clear, entrance, take up, soak up, charm, cod, pick up, fool, draw, bring in, overhear, catch, overtake, grab, dupe, enchant, realize, consume, absorb, collect, take hold of, bewitch, suck in

    Antonyms:
    let out, widen

13. take in, take upverb

    accept

    "The cloth takes up the liquid"

    Synonyms:
    earn, put one over, resume, gather in, suck up, assimilate, invite, befool, slang, gull, scoop out, pull in, put on, view, put one across, take, have, suck, adopt, fool, borrow, lift out, make, assume, see, receive, collect, scoop up, gain, strike, scoop, ingest, realise, fasten on, seize on, soak up, sop up, watch, hook on, clear, take over, imbibe, sorb, cod, latch on, overhear, draw, bring in, catch, absorb, dupe, realize, consume, take up, start, suck in

    Antonyms:
    let out, widen

14. absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take upverb

    take in, also metaphorically

    "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"

    Synonyms:
    plunge, receive, occupy, withdraw, run, tie, ingest, draw, assume, resume, have, borrow, lactate, overhear, eviscerate, absorb, cast, take over, consume, earn, suckle, pull, draw and quarter, adopt, reap, draw in, scoop, fellate, bootlick, drink, gather in, steep, gull, get out, pull back, disembowel, collect, start, lift out, fool, suck, sidle up, breastfeed, put one across, truckle, go down on, seize on, realize, sop up, fasten on, blow, strike, take out, latch on, take up, delineate, see, pull in, take, quarter, catch, befool, make, hook on, wet-nurse, pull out, get, describe, puff, suck in, thread, soak up, drag, cotton up, shine up, attract, scoop up, cozy up, force, cod, toady, sorb, engage, trace, dupe, put on, kowtow, engulf, view, kotow, draw off, immerse, engross, invite, pass, play up, give suck, line, slang, watch, fawn, suck up, bring in, clear, string, guide, depict, put one over, scoop out, assimilate, realise, imbibe, nurse, gain

    Antonyms:
    widen, let out

15. take in, sop up, suck in, take upverb

    take up as if with a sponge

    Synonyms:
    earn, put one over, resume, gather in, suck up, assimilate, invite, befool, slang, gull, scoop out, pull in, put on, view, put one across, take, have, suck, adopt, fool, borrow, lift out, make, assume, see, receive, collect, scoop up, gain, strike, scoop, ingest, realise, fasten on, seize on, soak up, sop up, watch, hook on, clear, take over, imbibe, sorb, cod, latch on, overhear, draw, bring in, catch, absorb, dupe, draw in, realize, consume, take up, start, suck in

    Antonyms:
    widen, let out

16. consume, ingest, take in, take, haveverb

    serve oneself to, or consume regularly

    "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"

    Synonyms:
    require, read, receive, bring in, subscribe to, rent, withdraw, make, lead, ingest, take on, carry, draw, assume, cause, have, hold, overhear, choose, sustain, cod, learn, fill, absorb, have got, squander, necessitate, invite, consume, earn, stimulate, drive, demand, wipe out, assimilate, consider, need, study, gather in, suffer, run through, pick out, gull, collect, fool, suck, gain, contract, deal, adopt, film, remove, exhaust, admit, birth, call for, lease, realize, down, train, deplete, strike, give birth, take up, give, bring, see, pull in, use up, select, take, engage, catch, sop up, let, feature, eat up, claim, befool, get, devour, get hold of, suck in, take away, pack, soak up, throw, go through, exact, submit, convey, view, own, take aim, shoot, aim, induce, dupe, direct, charter, put on, eat, contain, waste, bear, subscribe, deliver, clear, experience, slang, watch, involve, acquire, suck up, look at, postulate, ware, hire, accept, put one across, possess, guide, occupy, put one over, ask, realise, imbibe, conduct

    Antonyms:
    widen, let out

17. adopt, take inverb

    take into one's family

    "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"

    Synonyms:
    take on, earn, put one over, gather in, suck up, assimilate, invite, espouse, befool, acquire, slang, imbibe, pull in, put on, view, put one across, sweep up, take, have, suck, adopt, borrow, make, assume, bring in, see, take over, gain, ingest, embrace, soak up, sop up, watch, receive, follow, clear, gull, dramatise, cod, realise, fool, draw, take up, overhear, catch, absorb, dupe, realize, dramatize, consume, collect, suck in

    Antonyms:
    widen, let out

18. take inverb

    make (clothes) smaller

    "Please take in this skirt--I've lost weight"

    Synonyms:
    earn, put one over, gather in, suck up, assimilate, invite, befool, slang, gull, pull in, put on, view, put one across, take, have, suck, adopt, fool, make, see, receive, collect, gain, ingest, realise, soak up, sop up, watch, clear, imbibe, cod, overhear, draw, bring in, catch, absorb, dupe, realize, consume, take up, suck in

    Antonyms:
    let out, widen

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. take in

   Synonyms:
   receive, admit

2. take in

   Synonyms:
   comprise, enclose, encompass

3. take in

   Synonyms:
   comprehend, understand

4. take in

   Synonyms:
   lessen, contract, make smaller

5. take in

   Synonyms:
   [colloquial.] cheat, circumvent, gull, deceive, impose upon

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1. take in

   Synonyms:
   comprise, encompass, comprehend, include, embrace

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How to use take in in a sentence?

1. Henry Boye:

   The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people halfway.

2. Marcus Tullius Cicero:

   When you wish to instruct, be brief that men's minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.

3. Niccolo Machiavelli "The Prince" 1532:

   There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct or more uncertain in its success than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.

4. Niccolo Machiavelli:

   There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order to things.

5. Jay Stanley:

   For police officers, it can take a while to sink in [that they may be filmed]. As police officers do take in that new reality, we may see a revolution in terms of a drastic reduction in brutality. We may not, but it's too early to tell.