I seize the moment and turn it to my advantage.
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Seize
//siːz//
Synonyms for "seize" (214 found)
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Closest matches (43)
Strong matches (64)
Related words (107)
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3 entriesrelated to
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1 entriesTranslations
190 translations across 54 languages.
Ancient Greek
3 entries- μάρπτω verb (take possession of by force, law etc.)
- συλλαμβάνω verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- ἁρπάζω verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
Arabic
1 entries- إِسْتَوْلَى عَلَى verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
Armenian
1 entries- գրավել verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
Belarusian
2 entries- захапі́ць verb (take possession of by force, law etc.)
- захо́пліваць verb (take possession of by force, law etc.)
Bengali
1 entries- ধরা verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
Bulgarian
4 entries- възползвам се verb (take advantage of)
- завземам verb (take possession of by force, law etc.)
- завладявам verb (take possession of by force, law etc.)
- заяждам verb (bind or lock in position — see also seize up)
Burmese
1 entries- ဖမ်း verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
Catalan
2 entries- apoderar-se verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- confiscar verb (take possession of by force, law etc.)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 檢取 /检取 verb (take possession of by force, law etc.)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 奪取 /夺取 verb (take possession of by force, law etc.)
- 抓住 verb (take advantage of)
- 抓獲 /抓获 verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- 捕獲 /捕获 verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
Czech
4 entries- chopit se pf příležitosti verb (take advantage of)
- dostat záchvat verb (have a seizure)
- lapit verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- mít záchvat verb (have a seizure)
Danish
3 entries- beslaglægge verb (take possession of by force, law etc.)
- gribe verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- gribe verb (take advantage of)
Dutch
4 entries- aangrijpen verb (take advantage of)
- beslag leggen op verb (take possession of by force, law etc.)
- grijpen verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- grijpen verb (take advantage of)
Eastern Mari
2 entries- авалаш verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- авалташ verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
Egyptian
1 entries- iTi verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
Esperanto
2 entries- kapti verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- konfiski verb (take possession of by force, law etc.)
Finnish
4 entries- alistaa verb (submit for consideration to a deliberative body)
- iskeä verb (have a sudden and powerful effect upon)
- jumittua verb (bind or lock in position — see also seize up)
- juuttua verb (bind or lock in position — see also seize up)
French
4 entries- s'emparer de verb (take possession of by force, law etc.)
- saisir verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- saisir verb (take advantage of)
- saisir verb (take possession of by force, law etc.)
Galician
3 entries- agarrar verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- apreixar verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- aproveitar verb (take advantage of)
German
4 entries- beschlagnahmen verb (take possession of by force, law etc.)
- erfassen verb (have a sudden and powerful effect upon)
- ergreifen verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- ergreifen verb (take advantage of)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌽 verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
Hebrew
2 entries- הפקיע verb (take possession of by force, law etc.)
- תפס verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
Hungarian
2 entries- megfog verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- megragad verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
Icelandic
1 entries- grípa verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
Irish
1 entries- urghabh verb (take possession of by force, law etc.)
Italian
4 entries- afferrare verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- approfittare verb (take advantage of)
- prendere verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- sfruttare verb (take advantage of)
Japanese
2 entries- つかむ verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- 捉える verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
Korean
1 entries- 붙잡다 verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
Latin
4 entries- capiō verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- carpo verb (take advantage of)
- possideō verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- prehendō verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
Macedonian
4 entries- за́земе verb (take possession of by force, law etc.)
- за́плени verb (take possession of by force, law etc.)
- за́фати verb (have a sudden and powerful effect upon)
- завла́дее verb (take possession of by force, law etc.)
Mirandese
1 entries- agarrar verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
Māori
2 entries- herepū verb (take possession of by force, law etc.)
- parerori verb (bind or lock in position — see also seize up)
Ngazidja Comorian
2 entries- usiha verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- uzingara verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
North Frisian
1 entries- gripe verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
Norwegian
2 entries- gripe verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- gripe verb (take advantage of)
Old English
2 entries- fōn verb (take possession of by force, law etc.)
- niman verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
Old Galician-Portuguese
1 entries- tomar verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- استولی علی verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- پنچهلمك verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- faustnämen verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- jriepen verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
Polish
4 entries- chwycić verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- chwytać verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- złapać verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- łapać verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
Portuguese
4 entries- agarrar verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- apanhar verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- apoderar-se de verb (have a sudden and powerful effect upon)
- apreender verb (take possession of by force, law etc.)
Romagnol
2 entries- abranchêr verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- branchêr verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
Russian
4 entries- захва́тывать verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- захва́тывать verb (take possession of by force, law etc.)
- захвати́ть verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- захвати́ть verb (take possession of by force, law etc.)
Sanskrit
1 entries- घिण्णते verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
Shan
1 entries- ယွပ်း verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
Spanish
4 entries- aferrar verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- agarrar verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- apoderarse de verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- apresar verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
Swedish
4 entries- beslagta verb (take possession of by force, law etc.)
- fånga verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- gripa verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- konfiskera verb (take possession of by force, law etc.)
Thai
4 entries- คว้า verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- ฉวย verb (take advantage of)
- ยึด verb (take possession of by force, law etc.)
- ริบ verb (take possession of by force, law etc.)
Tibetan
2 entries- བཟུང verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- འཛིན verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
Tocharian B
1 entries- eṅk verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
Turkish
3 entries- el koymak verb (take possession of by force, law etc.)
- kapmak verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- koymak verb (take possession of by force, law etc.)
Ukrainian
2 entries- захо́плювати verb (take possession of by force, law etc.)
- захопи́ти verb (take possession of by force, law etc.)
Volapük
1 entries- gleipön verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
Walloon
2 entries- apicî verb (deliberately take hold of, grab)
- saizi verb (take possession of by force, law etc.)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
I can't seize the meaning.
Source: tatoeba (49649)
She will seize us, and, instead of finding happiness, we shall perish, and all for nothing.
Source: tatoeba (263573)
Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here.
Source: tatoeba (411073)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.