Gain

/ɡeɪn/

Synonyms for "gain" (528 found)

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Closest matches (106)

Noun(17 words)

increase profit accesses acquire acquirement acquiring addition advantage advantages amplification appreciating appreciations attaining beachheads benefit benefiting benefits

accept access accession accomplish accretion accrual accrue accruement accumulate accumulation achieve achievement acquire acquisition addition admit advance advantage aggrandizement ameliorate

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amend amplification annex appreciate appreciation approachargue intoarrivearrive atarrive inascent assume attainattain toattainment augmentation availavailable gainbag balloon ballooningbe receivedbe responsible forbe seized ofbear the palmbehalf behoof benefit benison blessing bloat bloatingblow inbob upboom boon boost booty breedbring downbring inbring onbring overbring roundbring to reasonbring uponbroaden broadening buildup

Verb(17 words)

accrued acquireacquire a skillacquired acquires advanceamplify loudnessappreciated appreciatesarrive atattain benefit benefited benefitted benefittingboost motor speedbring in

Adjective(3 words)

acquired skillactual growthbehavioral progress

Strong matches (158)

capital gainscaptivate capture carrycarry awaycarry itcarry offcarry the daycatchcatch up withchalk upcharmcheck inclean upcleanup clearclear profitclock inclose withcollect

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comecome alongcome bycome income in forcome intocome oncome out firstcome tocome to handcome up tocome up withcompass complete con conquer consummate contract convalesce convince corral crescendo curecurrent gaincutdead timederivederive fromdeserted develop development dividend dividendsdrag downdrawdraw fromdraw overearn earnings edema educe elevation emolument enhancement enlargemententer into possessionexpansion extensionfall in withfall intofetchfetch upfetch up atfilthy lucrefindfinish in frontflood fluke fulfillgain groundgain ongain overgain strengthgain the daygain upongains garner gather getget aheadget alongget betterget inget thereget togettings glean gleaning gleaningsgo aheadgo forwardgo upgood graduate greatening grossgross profitgrowgrow bettergrowth gush harvest havehave coming inheal hike hithit townhoard holdup hookhook inhysteresis improve improvement income increase

Noun(15 words)

carvingclass progressclimbing earn earning earnings excel experiences favor grow growthgrowth over timeharvestsimmersion experienceimprovement

Adjective(2 words)

certain benefitenvironmental benefit

Verb(14 words)

clear derive derives derivingdevelop a skillearnearn esteemearned earnsestablishing a rulegain groundgatherget aheadhit

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Verb(34 words)

increase abilityincrease capabilityincrease kinetic energymade makemake headwaymakesobtain recordsobtained obtainspay offprocure by catalogprocure guest speakerprocured profit profited prosperpull aheadpull input on

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reach realise realize reaped reapsreceive energyreceives rewardedsecure resultssecuredtake inwinwin supportyielded profits

Noun(48 words)

increase crank rotationincrease economic valueincrease extentincrease in valueincrements kazanland a joblawfully obtainedleaps learnedlegitimately earnedlootsmade thingnet benefitnorwegian tanotch notches notching obtain obtaining

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obtainmentold norse fáaoutperform payoff payoffsprocure sampleprofit making businessprofitability profiting return reward riserise in influencerisen in statusrisesrising of civilizationscoresscoring metricsecure snags speedups surpass surplus surplussing upsideupward changeupward movewins

increment incur inflation intensify interest invigorate invite it jump killing lag lap leapleave behindleave standinglooklook uplucre makemake a killing

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make headwaymake itmake progressmake stridesmakings margin meliorate mend money mount mounting multiplication multiplynarrow the gapneat profitnetnet profitnotch obtainoperational gainoutdistance outpace outputoutput lagoutrun outsail outstrip outtalk overhaul overtakepaper profitspass pay payment pelf percentage perfect perkperk upperks perquisite persuade pickpick uppickings pluspop uppossessprevail onprevail uponprevail withprize proceed proceedsprocess lagprocure produce productiveness profit profits progress proliferate proliferation prosper pullpull downpull inpunch inpurchase purpose raiserake offrake-off rally reach realize reap receipts receive recovery recuperate regain remedy renew return returns revenue revivering inriseroll inrunrun upsack sake score secure sellsell one onshape upshareshoot upshow improvementshow upsign inskyrocket snowball snowballing spread store strengthen succeed surge sway swell swelling taketake intake offtake ontake overtake the caketake-intalk intotalk overthroughputtime constantstime intime leadtriumph tumescenceturn upup upping upsurge upswing uptrend upturn usefulness wanglewangle intowax waxing wealthwear downwelcome welfare well-being widen widening winwin outwin overwin the battlewin the laurelswin the palmwin the prizewin throughwinningsworld of goodyield

Adjective(1 words)

skilled

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More general

32 entries

acquire acquisition act advancement advantage amountamount of moneyattainment augmentation benefit changechange stateclimbeconomic resultfinance resultget

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More specific

14 entries

advantagecapital gainedgegradual riseintangible gainleadmaterial gainnet gainpercentage gainprofit rewardsharp increaseshort term gainweight gain

Collocations

11 entries

capital gaineconomic gaingain experiencegain groundgain knowledgegain momentumgain permissiongain weightnet gainshort term gainweight gain

Inflections

3 entries

gained gaining gains

Derivations

6 entries

gained gainer gainful gainfully gainfulness gaining

Antonyms

3 entries

fall backloss reduce

similar

5 entries

clear make net sacksack up

Sample sentences

32 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The key question is not what can I gain but what do I have to lose.

Source: tatoeba (1745)

I don't think you can gain his ear.

Source: tatoeba (15837)

No pain, no gain.

Source: tatoeba (18370)

No gain without pains.

Source: tatoeba (18374)

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