Word Type

Noun

The word "acquisition" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

abandonment

Dbpedia Genre

file sharing

Derived Terms

acquisition debt acquisition feeding time acquisition prize acquisition time acquisitional acquisitioned acquisitionism acquisitionist compulsory acquisition data acquisition deacquisition gear acquisition syndrome macroacquisition misacquisition nonacquisition postacquisition preacquisition reacquisition second-language acquisition statistical language acquisition third language acquisition

Derived From

acquire

Context

computing

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

ability acquiring adjunct basic cognitive process getting power transferred possession transferred property

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

earnings gift inheritance profit purchase reacquisition regain winnings

Type Of (IsA)

acquiring merger or acquisition software transferred property

Related Terms

property receive

Related Terms

acquire acquiring

Synonym Network

accession learning skill

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.