Synonyms for taking
ˈteɪ kɪŋtak·ing

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1. pickings, takingadjective

   the act of someone who picks up or takes something

   "the pickings were easy"; "clothing could be had for the taking"

   Synonyms:
   pickings

   Antonyms:
   unattractive

2. fetching, taking, winningadjective

   very attractive; capturing interest

   "a fetching new hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his manner"; "a winning personality"

   Synonyms:
   fetching, victorious, winning

   Antonyms:
   unattractive

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1. takingadjective

   Synonyms:
   pleasing, alluring, captivating, attractive

2. takingadjective

   Synonyms:
   infectious, catching

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1. takingadjective

   Synonyms:
   alluring, fascinating, winning, charming, captivating

2. takingnoun

   Synonyms:
   seizure, apprehension, reprisal, prehension

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1. List of paraphrases for "taking":

   bearing, take, adopting, takes, making, adoption, having, adopt, taken, recallingtaking, assuming, speaking

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How to use taking in a sentence?

1. The President:

   I feel better about Syria than I felt before I had lunch. The President is taking this really seriously. The trip to Iraq was well timed.

2. Shawn Pleasants:

   He was always as a young child taking things apart and putting them back together, he was a whiz kid.

3. Hillary Clinton:

   I ’m looking for additional endorsements as we go forward, i ’m not taking anything for granted. I ’m going to work hard to win as much support as I possibly can.

4. Jon Gray:

   There’s not a specific thing I follow, but I’ve been pitching with the same penny in my pocket the last three or four times, and I’ve done a lot better, it’s a 2016 penny. It was on heads and in the bullpen, so I thoughtit made sense. It was meant for me to see it, so I picked it up and put it in my pocket, and have been doing well ever since. I’m just going to keep rolling with it. I’ve been taking very good care of it. Been taking it out of my pocket, putting it in the same part of my locker, and putting it back in each time. I’ve been handling it really well. I’m surprised it’s lasted as long as it has. I found it in the bullpen before Tampa, I found it in our bullpen.

5. The Mint:

   We ask that the American public start spending their coins, depositing them, or exchanging them for currency at financial institutions or taking them to a coin redemption kiosk, the coin supply problem can be solved with each of us doing our part.