GAIN Synonyms

• come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

• take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect

• come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

• locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar

• win something through one's efforts

• gain knowledge or skills

• gain through experience

• to gain with effort

• reach a point in time, or a certain state or level

• find unexpectedly

• reach a destination, either real or abstract

• reason by deduction; establish by deduction

• obtain

• obtain from a particular source

• develop or evolve from a latent or potential state

• come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example

• earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages

• acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions

• sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching

• the act of gathering something

• assemble or get together

• collect in one place

• increase in amount by collecting or gathering

• conclude from evidence

• draw together into folds or puckers

• get people together

• draw and bring closer

• look for (food) in nature

• increase or develop

• be fully aware or cognizant of

• perceive (an idea or situation) mentally

• make real or concrete; give reality or substance to

• earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages

• convert into cash; of goods and property

• expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass

• to gain with effort

• a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent

• come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

• enter or assume a certain state or condition

• cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition

• receive a specified treatment (abstract)

• reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

• go or come after and bring or take back

• go through (mental or physical states or experiences)

• take vengeance on or get even

• achieve a point or goal

• cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

• succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase

• come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

• be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

• communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone

• give certain properties to something

• move into a desired direction of discourse

• grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of

• attract and fix

• reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot

• reach by calculation

• acquire as a result of some effort or action

• purchase

• perceive by hearing

• suffer from the receipt of

• receive as a retribution or punishment

• leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form

• reach and board

• irritate

• evoke an emotional response

• apprehend and reproduce accurately

• earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher

• overcome or destroy

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

• undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)

• make (offspring) by reproduction

• come into possession of

• receive a specified treatment (abstract)

• be valid, applicable, or true

• be or do something to a greater degree

• get the better of

• be or do something to a greater degree

• go far ahead of

• get by special effort

• arrange for sexual partners for others

• gather, as of natural products

• get or derive

• get something; come into possession of

• receive a specified treatment (abstract)

• register (perceptual input)

• go through (mental or physical states or experiences)

• express willingness to have in one's home or environs

• accept as true or valid

• bid welcome to; greet upon arrival

• convert into sounds or pictures

• experience as a reaction

• have or give a reception

• receive as a retribution or punishment

• partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament

• regard favorably or with disapproval

• free from fear or doubt; easy in mind

• free from danger or risk

• not likely to fail or give way

• immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with

• financially safe

• get by special effort

• cause to be firmly attached

• assure payment of

• make certain of

• fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug

• furnish with battens

• get on top of; deal with successfully

• be on top of

• reach the highest point of

• be or do something to a greater degree

• a movement forward

• a change for the better; progress in development

• a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others

• the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

• an amount paid before it is earned

• increase in price or value

• being ahead of time or need

• situated ahead or going before

• move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

• bring forward for consideration or acceptance

• increase or raise

• contribute to the progress or growth of

• cause to move forward

• obtain advantages, such as points, etc.

• develop in a positive way

• develop further

• give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

• pay in advance

• move forward

• rise in rate or price

• a recognizable kind

• the act of mixing cards haphazardly

• engage in

• give certain properties to something

• make or cause to be or to become

• cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

• give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally

• create or manufacture a man-made product

• make, formulate, or derive in the mind

• compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way

• create by artistic means

• earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages

• create or design, often in a certain way

• to compose or represent

• reach a goal

• be or be capable of being changed or made into

• make by shaping or bringing together constituents

• perform, produce, or carry out

• make by combining materials and parts

• change from one form into another

• act in a certain way so as to acquire

• charge with a function; charge to be

• achieve a point or goal

• reach a destination, either real or abstract

• institute, enact, or establish

• carry out or commit

• form by assembling individuals or constituents

• organize or be responsible for

• put in order or neaten

• head into a specified direction

• have a bowel movement

• undergo fabrication or creation

• be suitable for

• add up to

• amount to

• constitute the essence of

• appear to begin an activity

• proceed along a path

• reach in time

• gather and light the materials for

• prepare for eating by applying heat

• induce to have sex

• assure the success of

• represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like

• consider as being

• calculate as being

• cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable

• favor the development of

• develop into

• behave in a certain manner

• eliminate urine

• the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

• the advantageous quality of being beneficial

• derive a benefit from

• make a profit; gain money or materially