taker
Plural: takers
Noun
- One who takes or receives something.
- one who accepts an offer
- one who takes a bet or wager
- One who takes something.
- A person or thing that takes or receives, often more than he or she gives.
- One who is willing to participate in, or buy, something.
- A nipper or claw of a scorpion.
Examples
- Are there any takers for helping me clean the garage this weekend?
- As a good TAKER of tiles, he always hoped for a Q or Z in Words With Friends.
- I don't want to be a relationship with you anymore - you are too much of a taker.
- I'm selling handmade postcards—any takers?
- 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.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English takere, equivalent to take + -er.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 9
taker: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordtaker: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
taker: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 9
taker: valid Words With Friends Word