taker
nounEtymology
From Middle English takere, equivalent to take + -er.
- inherited from takere
Definitions
One who takes something.
- She is known as quite a risk taker.
- The hostage taker decided to surrender to the police.
- The study could not confirm the real percentage of drug takers in the country.
A person or thing that takes or receives, often more than he or she gives.
- I don't want to be a relationship with you anymore - you are too much of a taker.
One who is willing to participate in, or buy, something.
- Are there any takers for helping me clean the garage this weekend?
- I'm selling handmade postcards—any takers?
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A nipper or claw of a scorpion.
- The ſixt is like a Crabbe, & this is called by Elianus a flamant Scorpion, it is of a great body, and hath tonges and takers very ſolid and ſtrong, like the Gramuell or Creuiſh, & is therefore thought to take the beginning from that fiſh.
The neighborhood
- synonymappropriator
- synonymtaker
- antonymgiver
- antonymreturner
- neighbortaking
- neighborget
- neighborreceive
- neighbortake
- neighborrecipient
- neighborannexer
- neighborbribetaker
- neighborcaptor
- neighborconfiscator
- neighborhostage-taker
- neighborthief
Derived
breathtaker, bribetaker, caretaker, check-taker, copytaker, double taker, drugtaker, furtaker, hostage-taker, hostage taker, liberty taker, lifetaker, notetaker, numbertaker, oathtaker, painstaker, piss-taker, polltaker, price taker, prizetaker, risktaker, ruletaker, stocktaker, taker-backer, taker-off, test-taker, thief-taker, time-taker, tolltaker, wagetaker, wicket taker, wife-taker, worktaker
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for taker. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA