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gate - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | gate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | movable barrier at entrance |
| Synonyms: | access, bar, conduit, door, egress, exit, fence, gateway, issue, lock, opening, passage, port, portal, way, doorway, portcullis, revolving door, slammer*, turnstile, weir |
| Notes: | a gait is a person's manner of walking or a horse's manner of moving; a gate is a door-like movable barrier in a fence or wall, or the total admission receipts at a sports or entertainment event |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | embankment, wall |
| Synonyms: | bank, barrage, barrier, dike, ditch, gate, grade, hindrance, levee, obstruction, milldam, millpond, weir |
| Main Entry: | door |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entrance to room, building |
| Synonyms: | aperture, egress, entry, entryway, exit, gate, gateway, hatch, hatchway, ingress, opening, portal, postern, slammer |
| Main Entry: | earnings |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money for work performed |
| Synonyms: | balance, bottom line*, emolument, gain, gate, groceries*, in the black, income, lucre, net, pay, payoff, proceeds, profit, receipts, remuneration, return, revenue, reward, salary, salt*, stipend, wages, piece of the pie, take-home, takings |
| Antonyms: | debt, bills, losses, payout |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | eviction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | throwing out of a residence |
| Synonyms: | boot*, bounce*, bum's rush, clearance, dislodgement, dispossession, ejection, expulsion, kicking out, ouster, removal, rush, the gate, walking papers* |
| Antonyms: | admittance, boarding, including, leasing, receiving, renting, welcome, welcoming |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lucre |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money, profits |
| Synonyms: | capital, cash, earnings, funds, gain, gate*, gravy*, income, proceeds, receipts, resources, revenue, riches, take*, wealth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | payback |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | return |
| Synonyms: | accrual, compensation, gain, gate, income, interest, proceeds, profit, recompense, reimbursement, reparation, repayment, reward, take, yield, accruement, reciprocation |
| Main Entry: | pay dirt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | profit |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, benefit, bottom line*, earnings, gate*, goods*, gravy*, harvest, killing*, net, payoff, proceeds, receipts, return, revenue, score*, split*, surplus, take*, cleanup, winnings |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | port |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for boat docking, traffic, and storage |
| Synonyms: | anchorage, gate, harbor, haven, landing, refuge, retreat, sanctuary, shelter, wharf, boatyard, dockage, docks, dockyard, harborage, piers, roads, roadstead, seaport |
| Main Entry: | portal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hole or door in vessel |
| Synonyms: | entrance, entry, entryway, gate, gateway, ingress, opening, doorway, way in |
| Main Entry: | proceeds |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | earnings from business |
| Synonyms: | gain, gate, handle, income, interest, lucre, produce, product, profit, receipts, result, revenue, reward, split, take, till, yield, returns, takings |
| Antonyms: | loss |
| Main Entry: | profit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gain |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, acquisition, advancement, advantage, augmentation, avail, benefit, bottom line*, earnings, gate*, goods*, gravy*, gross, harvest, income, interest, killing, lucre, net, output, percentage, proceeds, product, production, receipt, receipts, remuneration, return, revenue, saving, skim*, split*, surplus, take*, turnout, use, value, velvet*, yield, aggrandizement, cleanup, emoluments, outturn, takings, winnings |
| Antonyms: | loss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | receipts |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money earned in business venture |
| Synonyms: | bottom line*, cash flow, earnings, gain, gate, get*, gross, handle*, income, net, proceeds, profit, return, revenue, royalty, take*, comings in, revenue stream, take-in, taking |
| Antonyms: | loss, losses |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | revenue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | income, profit |
| Synonyms: | bottom line*, cash flow, credit, dividend, earnings, emolument, fund, gain, gate*, get*, gravy*, handle*, interest, means, net, pay, payoff, perquisite, proceeds, receipt, resources, return, reward, salary, split*, stock, strength, take*, wages, wealth, yield, acquirement, annuity, fruits, takings |
| Antonyms: | debt, payment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | take |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | profit |
| Synonyms: | booty*, catch, catching, cut, gate, haul*, part, proceeds, receipts, return, revenue, share, yield, holding, returns, takings |
| Antonyms: | debt, loss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | threshold |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opening; beginning |
| Synonyms: | brink, dawn, door, edge, entrance, gate, inception, origin, outset, point, start, verge, vestibule, doorstep, doorway, point of departure, sill, starting point |
| Main Entry: | valve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | on-and-off device |
| Synonyms: | cock, faucet, flap, gate, hydrant, lid, pipe, plug, spigot, stopper, tap, shutoff |
| Main Entry: | box office |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ticket office |
| Synonyms: | gate, receipts, ticket booth |
| Main Entry: | marching orders |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | request to leave |
| Synonyms: | boot, bounce, chuck, elbow, gate, pink slip, sack, walking papers, drumming out, heave-ho, orders to move on |
| Main Entry: | pink slip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | notice of dismissal |
| Synonyms: | ax, boot, gate, sack, walking papers, termination notice, walking ticket |
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