take to be

Questions about take to be

What is another word for take to be?

It depends which take to be you mean. In the sense “look on as or consider”, the synonyms are think of, repute, know as, be known as, regard as, look upon, look on, esteem. Across all 1 sense there are 8 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of take to be?

WordNet records no antonym for take to be. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for take to be come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of take to be

• Full entry for take to beAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for take to beWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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