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| 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, grab, have, hustle, land, pick up, procure, promote, rack up*, secure, snag*, take, wangle*, win, get hands on, get hold of, latch onto, lock up, scare up, take possession of |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accept |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | receive something given physically |
| Synonyms: | acquire, gain, get, obtain, secure, take, welcome |
| 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, cache, collect, collocate, compile, concentrate, expand, gain, gather, grow, heap, hoard, incorporate, increase, lump*, mass, pile*, procure, profit, rack up*, round up*, stockpile, store, swell, unite, bring together, clean up*, cumulate, draw together, heap together, load up, make a bundle, make a killing, pile up*, roll up*, scare up, stack up, store up |
| Antonyms: | disperse, dissipate, dwindle, lessen, lose, spend, squander, waste |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, close, complete, conclude, consummate, deliver, discharge, dispatch, do, earn, effect, enact, end, execute, finish, follow through, fulfill, gain, get, manage, negotiate, obtain, perfect, perform, procure, produce, rack up*, reach, realize, resolve, score, seal, settle, sign, solve, win, wind up, work out, carry through, earn wings, effectuate, get done, see through |
| Antonyms: | fail, lose, miss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take, undertake |
| Synonyms: | accept, acquire, appropriate, arrogate, begin, confiscate, don, embrace, enter upon, seize, take on, take up, attend to, embark upon, set about, take over |
| Antonyms: | not do |
| Main Entry: | attain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | achieve, accomplish |
| Synonyms: | acquire, arrive, bring off, come through, complete, cop*, earn, effect, fulfill, gain, get*, grasp, hit, obtain, procure, promote, pull off*, rack up, reach, realize, reap, score, secure, snag, succeed, unzip, win, accede to, arrive at, get fat, get hands on, get there, glom onto, latch onto, make it |
| Antonyms: | abandon, desert, fail, forfeit, give in, lose, miss, surrender, give up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | borrow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adopt from another source; appropriate |
| Synonyms: | acquire, adopt, assume, copy, filch, imitate, make one's own, obtain, pilfer, pirate, plagiarize, simulate, steal, take, use, usurp |
| Antonyms: | give, return |
| Main Entry: | bring in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a profit |
| Synonyms: | accrue, acquire, bear, bring, cost, earn, fetch, gain, get, gross, make, pay, produce, realize, return, sell, yield, be worth |
| Antonyms: | decrease, lose |
| Main Entry: | buy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | purchase |
| Synonyms: | acquire, bargain for, get, market, obtain, procure, purchase, redeem, score, secure, take, barter for, contract for, get in exchange, go shopping, invest in, pay for, shop for, sign for |
| Antonyms: | market, sell |
| Main Entry: | clear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | profit |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, acquire, earn, gain, gather, get, glean, make, net, obtain, pick up, realize, reap, receive, secure, win, clean up* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | collect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obtain (money) |
| Synonyms: | acquire, muster, raise, requisition, secure, solicit, dig up, pass the hat |
| Antonyms: | compensate, give, meed |
| Main Entry: | come in for |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be eligible for something |
| Synonyms: | acquire, endure, get, receive, suffer, bear brunt |
| Main Entry: | conquer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | win; obtain |
| Synonyms: | achieve, acquire, annex, best, master, occupy, overcome, overrun, prevail, seize, succeed, triumph |
| Antonyms: | forfeit, lose, surrender |
| Main Entry: | contract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch disease |
| Synonyms: | acquire, afflict, be afflicted with, be ill with, become infected with, bring on, cause, come down with, decline, derange, develop, disorder, fall, fall victim to, get, go down with, incur, indispose, induce, obtain, sicken, sink, succumb to, take, take one's death, upset, weaken |
| Antonyms: | give |
| Main Entry: | derive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deduce a conclusion |
| Synonyms: | acquire, arrive, assume, collect, determine, develop, draw, educe, elaborate, elicit, evolve, excogitate, extract, follow, formulate, gain, gather, get, glean, infer, judge, make, make out, obtain, procure, put together, reach, receive, trace, work out |
| Antonyms: | create, invent |
| Main Entry: | develop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin; occur |
| Synonyms: | acquire, arise, befall, betide, break, break out, breed, chance, come about, come off, commence, contract, ensue, establish, follow, form, generate, go, happen, invest, originate, pick up, result, start, transpire |
| Antonyms: | cease, discontinue, end, halt, stop |
| Main Entry: | develop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | unfold; be made known |
| Synonyms: | account for, acquire, actualize, disclose, disentangle, elaborate, evolve, exhibit, explain, explicate, foretell, form, materialize, produce, reach, realize, recount, state, uncover, unfurl, unravel, unroll, unwind, uncoil, untwist |
| Main Entry: | earn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make money |
| Synonyms: | acquire, attain, be gainfully employed, be in line for, bring home, bring home the bacon*, bring home the groceries, bring in, clean up*, clear*, collect, consummate, cop*, derive, draw, effect, gain, gather, get, gross, hustle, make, make fast buck, make it big, net, obtain, pay one's dues, perform, pick up, procure, profit, pull down*, pull*, rate, realize, reap, receive, scare up, score*, scrape together, secure, snag*, sock*, turn, win, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | cost, lose, spend, throw away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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