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obtaining - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | obtain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get, acquire |
| Synonyms: | access, accomplish, achieve, annex, attain, beg borrow or steal, capture, chalk up*, collect, come by, compass, cop*, corral, drum up*, earn, effect, fetch, gain, gather, get at, get hold of, get one's hands on, glean, gobble up, grab, have, hoard, inherit, invade, lay up, make use of, nab*, occupy, pick up, pocket*, procure, purchase, reach, realize, reap, receive, recover, retrieve, salvage, save, score, scrape together, scrape up, secure, seize, snag, take, wangle, win |
| Notes: | obtain means to come into possession of; attain means to gain with effort |
| Antonyms: | forfeit, forsake, lose, sacrifice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | attainment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement, accomplishment |
| Synonyms: | acquisition, arrival, completion, feat, finish, fulfillment, getting, procurement, reaching, realization, securing, winning, acquirement, gaining, obtaining, reaping, succeeding |
| Antonyms: | failure, forfeit, loss, miss, surrender |
| Main Entry: | capture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | catching, forceful holding |
| Synonyms: | abduction, acquisition, apprehension, appropriation, arrest, bag*, bust*, catch, collar, drop*, fall, grab*, grasping, hit the jackpot*, hook*, imprisonment, knock off*, nab*, nail*, occupation, pick up*, pinch*, pull*, run in*, securing, seizure, sweep*, trip, winning, acquirement, appropriating, commandeering, confiscation, ensnaring, gaining, laying hold of, obtaining, seizing, snatching, taking, taking captive, taking into custody, trapping |
| Antonyms: | freeing, release, letting go, liberalization |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | collection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group, accumulation |
| Synonyms: | acquisition, agglomeration, anthology, assemblage, assembly, assortment, batch, clump, cluster, collation, combination, company, compilation, congregation, convocation, crowd, digest, gathering, heap, hoard, kit, levy, lot, mass, medley, mess, miscellany, muster, number, omnibus, pile, quantity, securing, selection, set, stack, stock, stockpile, store, accumulating, acquiring, amassing, amassment, assembling, bringing together, caboodle, congeries, cumulation, mobilization, obtaining |
| Main Entry: | buying |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | purchasing |
| Synonyms: | getting, procuring, shopping, transaction, acquiring, obtaining, ordering |
| Antonyms: | selling |
| Main Entry: | purchasing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | buying |
| Synonyms: | possession, procuring, acquiring, obtaining |
| Main Entry: | acceptance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement, taking |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, admission, approval, assent, compliance, consent, cooperation, getting, go-ahead*, green light*, nod*, okay, permission, receipt, receiving, reception, recognition, securing, undertaking, yes, accepting, acquiring, gaining, obtaining, taking on |
| Antonyms: | disagreement, dissent, refusal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dominant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | superior, controlling |
| Synonyms: | assertive, authoritative, bossy, chief, commanding, demonstrative, despotic, domineering, effective, first, foremost, governing, imperative, imperious, leading, main, overbearing, paramount, powerful, predominant, predominate, preeminent, preponderant, presiding, prevailing, prevalent, principal, regnant, reigning, ruling, sovereign, supreme, transcendent, ascendant, obtaining, outweighing, overbalancing, overweighing, surpassing |
| Antonyms: | humble, inferior, modest, reserved, retiring, unassuming, unaggressive, uncontrolling |
| Main Entry: | getting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the act of procuring |
| Synonyms: | catching, grasping, pursuing, securing, winning, appropriating, assimilating, capturing, clutching, confiscating, earning, gaining, mastering, obtaining, seizing, snatching, taking |
| Antonyms: | giving up, losing, abandoning |
| Main Entry: | occupying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | filling a place |
| Synonyms: | commanding, controlling, covering, placed, remaining, resting, sitting, situated, assigned to, holding, living in, maintaining, obtaining, owning, permeating, pervading, possessing, posted, residing, settled on, staying, taking up, tenanting |
| Antonyms: | gone, leaving, removing |
| Main Entry: | realizing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective2 |
| Definition: | earning |
| Synonyms: | clearing, getting, making, netting, receiving, acquiring, gaining, inheriting, obtaining, taking in |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | be |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exist |
| Synonyms: | abide, act, breathe, continue, do, endure, go on, hold, inhabit, last, live, move, obtain, persist, prevail, remain, rest, stand, stay, subsist, survive, be alive, have being, have place |
| 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: | 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: | capitalize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | benefit from situation |
| Synonyms: | exploit, gain, obtain, profit, realize, subsidize, take advantage of, avail oneself of, make capital of |
| 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
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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