Like and Take

Like

Like verb - To show partiality toward.

Usage example: I like romantic comedies more than action movies

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Take and like are semantically related In some cases you can use "Take" instead a verb "Like".

Nearby Words: likely, likeness, liking, liked, likeable

Take verb - To reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms.

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Like and take are semantically related in accept topic. Sometimes you can use "Like" instead a verb "Take".

Nearby Words: taking, taken, taker

good	good like	good take
rare	rare like	rare take
similar	similar like	similar take
normal	normal like	normal take
Other adjectives: complete, actual, real, large, big, serious, little, bad, beautiful, personal, new, odd, different, modern, generic.

power	like power	take power
life	like life	take life
people	like people	take people
word	like word	take word
Other words: job, name, look, time, way.

Instead of reading the poster while it's on the wall like anyone who doesn't like to get scolded, they just yank it down and (often implicitly) take it with them.

Source: Just Take The Poster
In Attack of the Clones, Anakin demonstrates his tech savvy by ordering the gunship he's on to target the Techno Union Hardcell-class ships (the ones that look like and take off like real-life rocketships) right above their fuel cells.

Source: Attack Its Weak Point aka: Weak Spot
This has been going on since at least Pertwee, who himself said that if they didn't like the show, there was a little knob on the television that would take care of that.

Source: Don't Like, Don't Read

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Take and Like. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/like/take

Like & Take. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/like/take>.

Take or Like. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/like/take.

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