Synonyms of taking on

taking on

verb

present participle of take on

1

as in facing

to enter into contest or conflict with

will take on his chief opponent in the next political debate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• facing
• meeting
• encountering
• engaging
• battling
• fighting
• opposing
• emulating
• contending
• rivaling
• rivalling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• escaping
• evading
• retreating
• eluding

2

as in hiring

to provide with a paying job

decided to take her on as store manager

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hiring
• employing
• recruiting
• signing (up or on)
• laying on
• engaging
• paying
• placing
• retaining
• assuming
• enlisting
• keeping (on)
• feeing
• jobbing
• reemploying
• partnering
• rehiring
• subcontracting
• promoting
• contracting
• re-employing
• upgrading
• re-engaging
• reengaging
• apprenticing
• scouting
• advancing
• headhunting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismissing
• firing
• discharging
• canning
• laying off
• sacking
• locking out
• axing
• furloughing

3

as in borrowing

to take for one's own use (something originated by another)

recently arrived immigrants who are eager to take on the language and culture of their adopted homeland

Synonyms & Similar Words

• borrowing
• adopting
• embracing
• taking up
• picking up on
• taking over
• following
• espousing
• cultivating
• assimilating
• utilizing
• using
• putting on
• incorporating
• bringing up
• copying
• imitating
• usurping
• appropriating
• absorbing
• honoring
• quoting
• cherishing
• domesticating
• affecting
• raising
• fostering
• heeding
• simulating
• arrogating
• naturalizing
• pretending
• assuming
• nurturing
• rearing
• treasuring
• prizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• giving up
• abandoning
• relinquishing
• forsaking
• surrendering
• rejecting
• throwing away
• throwing out
• disowning
• renouncing
• repudiating
• spurning
• discarding
• abjuring
• abnegating
• jettisoning
• junking