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take away has 9 distinct synonyms spread across 6 of its 7 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its 2 recorded opposites are bring, add.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state
“Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands”
take from a person or place
“We took the abused child away from its parents”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for take away come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.