take after

1. 1.

   be similar to a relative

   “She takes after her father!”

   Broaderresemble
2. 2.

   imitate in behavior; take as a model

   “Teenagers follow their friends in everything”

   Synonymsfollow

   Broaderimitate

Questions about take after

What does take after mean?

take after means "be similar to a relative". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for take after?

Close synonyms include follow. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is take after a common word?

take after is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.