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Antonyms for takeover
Grammar : Adj, noun |
Spell : teyk-oh-ver |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈteɪkˌoʊ vər |
- apathetic
- bestowal
- cowardly
- decrease
- delicate
- detachment
- disaster
- dispirited
- division
- doubt
- dull
- easy
- enervated
- facile
- failure
- feeble
- forfeit
- fragile
- genuineness
- giving
- helpless
- idle
- impotent
- inactive
- incapable
- indifferent
- ineffective
- infirm
- keeping
- lazy
- lease
- lethargic
- loss
- meek
- mild
- moderate
- naturalness
- parting
- passive
- reality
- realness
- refusal
- rejection
- renting
- return
- sadness
- separation
- sluggish
- soft
- sorrow
- subtraction
- surrender
- timid
- unadventurous
- unambitious
- unenthused
- unenthusiastic
- unexpected
- unforceful
- unhappiness
- unhealthy
- unimaginative
- unresourceful
- weak
- whole
- yielding
Definition of takeover
Origin :- 1917, "an act of taking over," noun derivative of verbal phrase take over (1884), from take (v.) + over. Attested from 1958 in the corporate sense.
- As in vigorous : adj energetic, powerful
- As in enterprising : adj resourceful, energetic
- As in forceful : adj effective, powerful
- As in appropriation : noun stealing
- As in merger : noun consolidation
- As in assumption : noun assuming possession, power
- As in ownership : noun possession of property
- As in requisition : noun demand; application for need
- As in triumph : noun victory, achievement
- As in takeover bid : noun offer to buy company
- As in proprietorship : noun ownership
- As in conquest : noun defeat, victory
- As in : noun violent seizure
- As in annexation : noun adding, joining
- Dimitrov and Kalarov returned from Moscow, where they had been in exile since 1925, to assist the new government in its takeover.
- Extract from : « Area Handbook for Bulgaria » by Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole
- Until the Communist takeover in 1944, there had been two broad social classes in the country, an upper and a lower class.
- Extract from : « Area Handbook for Albania » by Eugene K. Keefe
- What will justify such a volte-face and with what excuse can he repudiate the principles with which he justified his takeover?
- Extract from : « The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 4 (of 6) » by Hippolyte A. Taine
Synonyms for takeover
- acceptance
- accepting
- accomplishment
- acquisition
- active
- addition
- adoption
- advancing
- adventurous
- aggressive
- alert
- alliance
- amalgamation
- ambitious
- annexation
- annexing
- appropriation
- arrogation
- ascendancy
- aspiring
- assuming
- athletic
- attachment
- attainment
- audacious
- ball of fire
- big hit
- big win
- bold
- bouncing
- brisk
- bullish
- busy
- buying
- cahoots
- call
- cinch
- claim
- clean sweep
- coadunation
- coalition
- cogent
- combination
- coming on strong
- commandeering
- commanding
- compelling
- confiscation
- conquering
- conquest
- constraining
- control
- convincing
- coup
- craving
- cut
- daring
- dashing
- deed
- defeating
- diligent
- discomfiture
- dominant
- dominion
- driving
- dynamic
- eager
- effective
- efficient
- electric
- elemental
- embezzlement
- embracing
- end
- energetic
- enterprising
- enthusiastic
- expropriation
- exuberant
- feat
- feather in cap
- flourishing
- forceful
- forcible
- fusion
- gain
- go-ahead
- go-go
- grab
- grand slam
- gumptious
- gutsy
- hale
- hand
- hard ball
- hard-driving
- hardworking
- hardy
- having
- healthy
- hearty
- hit
- holding
- hole in one
- homer
- hookup
- hostile takeover
- hungry
- hustling
- incorporation
- increase
- increment
- industrious
- intense
- intrepid
- invasion
- itching
- keen
- killing
- leverage
- leveraged buyout
- lineup
- lively
- lusting
- lusty
- melding
- mergence
- merger
- merging
- mettlesome
- mighty
- misappropriation
- occupancy
- occupation
- organization
- overthrow
- palace revolution
- partnership
- peppy
- persuasive
- piece
- pilfering
- pithy
- pool
- possession
- possessorship
- potent
- power play
- powerhouse
- progressive
- property
- proprietary rights
- proprietorship
- puissant
- punch
- punchy
- purchase
- purchasing
- pushing
- pushover
- putsch
- ready
- rebellion
- red-blooded
- request
- residence
- revolt
- revolution
- riot
- robust
- rout
- routing
- rugged
- score
- seizure
- self-starting
- sell
- sensation
- shoo-in
- shouldering
- slice
- smash-hit
- snappy
- sound
- spanking
- spark plug
- spirited
- splash
- steamroller
- stirring
- strapping
- strenuous
- stringent
- strong
- strong as an ox
- sturdy
- subdual
- subjection
- subjugation
- success
- summons
- sure bet
- sure thing
- surmounting
- take-charge
- take-over
- takeover
- taking
- taking on
- taking up
- telling
- tenancy
- tenure
- the gold
- tie-in
- tie-up
- titanic
- title
- tough
- tour de force
- triumph
- undertaking
- unification
- union
- up-and-coming
- use
- usurpation
- vanquishing
- vanquishment
- vehement
- venturesome
- vigorous
- violent
- virile
- vital
- walkover
- weighty
- win
- yearning
- zealous
- zippy
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