TAKEN UP Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

taken up

verb

Definition of taken up next

past participle of take up

as in lifted

to move from a lower to a higher place or position please take up the blanket so I can look underneath it

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

as in absorbed

to take in (something liquid) through small openings the soil was so dry that the plant seemed to take up the much-needed water instantly

Synonyms & Similar Words

as in borrowed

to take for one's own use (something originated by another) one cluster of fans started chanting the team name of the champions, and the crowd quickly took up the cry

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of taken up Soon, the group had taken up most of the grassy stretch behind the walkway, their beer cans, bags of chips, and pouches of tobacco scattered all around. —

Ayşegül Savaş, New Yorker, 24 May 2026 But lately access has been restricted to pedestrians, too, as the plaza just in front of the White House fence has been partially taken up by construction equipment for the construction of the new East Wing ballroom. —

Ted Johnson, Deadline, 23 May 2026 Increasingly, communities have taken up arms themselves to fight back against groups like Los Ardillos. —

Megan Janetsky, Fortune, 10 May 2026 The idea was then taken up by other Scottish scholars, including James Frazer, whose widely read compendium The Golden Bough (1890) attempted to establish cross-cultural parallels in mythology. —

Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 2 May 2026 That bill was expected to be taken up by the House. —

John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026 Most of the ground floor's space is taken up by the kitchen, which occupies the center of the home. —

Adam Williams april 19, New Atlas, 19 Apr. 2026 With airfares and fees on the rise, consumers still can make choices that determine how much of their travel budgets will get taken up by paying to get to and from their destinations. —

ABC News, 18 Apr. 2026 An almost identical policy was originally taken up during a lengthy Plymouth Select Board meeting in January. —

Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 18 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for taken up

Verb

Evacuation orders were issued for the area Thursday, but they were lifted that night after the vapor conditions improved, McGovern said.

— Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 23 May 2026
The last of the old space-skimming Starships lifted off in October.

— Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026