| Main Entry: | acquire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obtain or receive |
Synonyms: |
access, achieve, amass, annex, attain, bring in, buy, catch, collect, cop, corral*, earn, gain, gather, get, get hands on, get hold of, grab, have, hustle, land, latch onto, lock up, pick up, procure, promote, rack up, scare up, secure, snag*, take, take possession of, wangle, win |
| Notes: | a person or thing is the subject of (acquire) the acquiring process; a person or thing is the object or goal of (accrue) the accruing process |
Antonyms: |
fail, forfeit, forgo, lose, relinquish, surrender, yield |
| Main Entry: | acquired |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gained by personal exertion |
Synonyms: |
accomplished, attained, captured, collected, earned, gained, gathered, learned, obtained, reached, realized, secured, seized, won |
| Main Entry: | acquired |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gained without special exertion |
Synonyms: |
accrued, bequeathed, endowed, given, granted, handed down, inherited, passed on, transmitted |
Antonyms: |
deprived, forfeited, lost |
| Main Entry: | accept |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | receive something given physically |
Synonyms: |
acquire, gain, get, obtain, secure, take, welcome |
| Notes: | accept is 'take or agree to' and except means 'exclude, leave out' |
Antonyms: |
deny, discard, refuse, reject |
| Main Entry: | accumulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather or amass something |
Synonyms: |
accrue, acquire, add to, agglomerate, aggregate, amalgamate, assemble, bring together, cache, clean up, collect, collocate, compile, concentrate, cumulate, draw together, expand, gain, gather, grow, heap, heap together, hoard, incorporate, increase, load up, lump*, make a bundle, make a killing, mass, pile up, pile*, procure, profit, rack up, roll up, round up, scare up, stack up, stockpile, store, store up, swell, unite |
Antonyms: |
disperse, dissipate, dwindle, lessen, lose, spend, squander, waste |
| Main Entry: | achieve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring to successful conclusion; reach a goal |
Synonyms: |
accomplish, acquire, actualize, attain, bring about, bring off, bring to pass, cap, carry out, carry through, close, complete, conclude, consummate, deliver, discharge, dispatch, do, earn, earn wings, effect, effectuate, enact, end, execute, finish, follow through, fulfill, gain, get, get done, manage, negotiate, obtain, perfect, perform, procure, produce, rack up, reach, realize, resolve, score, seal, see through, settle, sign, solve, win, wind up, work out |
Antonyms: |
fail, lose, miss |
| Main Entry: | assume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take, undertake |
Synonyms: |
accept, acquire, appropriate, arrogate, attend to, begin, confiscate, don, embark upon, embrace, enter upon, seize, set about, take on, take over, take up |
Antonyms: |
not do |
| Main Entry: | attain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | achieve, accomplish |
Synonyms: |
accede to, acquire, arrive, arrive at, bring off, come through, complete, cop, earn, effect, fulfill, gain, get fat, get hands on, get there, get*, glom onto, grasp, hit, latch onto, make it, obtain, procure, promote, pull off, rack up, reach, realize, reap, score, secure, snag, succeed, unzip, win |
Antonyms: |
abandon, desert, fail, forfeit, give in, give up, lose, miss, surrender |
| Main Entry: | bag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch |
Synonyms: |
acquire, apprehend, capture, collar, gain, get, hook, kill, land, nab, nail, net, seize, shoot, take, trap |
Antonyms: |
lose |
| Main Entry: | borrow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take for temporary use |
Synonyms: |
accept loan of, acquire, beg, bite, bum, cadge, chisel, give a note for, hire, hit up, lift, mooch, negotiate, obtain, pawn, pledge, raise money, rent, run into debt, scrounge, see one's uncle, soak, sponge, take on loan, tap, touch, use temporarily |
Antonyms: |
give, lend, pay, return |