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| 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: | 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
| Main Entry: | come by |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | acquire |
| Synonyms: | get, obtain, procure, secure, win, lay hold of, take possession of |
| Antonyms: | give, lose, miss |
| Main Entry: | compass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | achieve, get |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, annex, attain, bring about, effect, execute, fulfill, gain, have, land, obtain, perform, procure, realize, secure, win |
| Antonyms: | fail, lose |
| 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: | drum up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather support for something |
| Synonyms: | attract, canvass, discover, obtain, petition, round up, solicit, bid for, succeed in finding |
| Antonyms: | dissuade, repulse, turn off |
| 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
| Main Entry: | educe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring out, elicit |
| Synonyms: | come out, conclude, deduce, derive, develop, distill, drag, draw, draw out, evince, evoke, evolve, excogitate, extort, extract, gain, get, infer, milk*, obtain, procure, pull, reason, secure, wrest, wring, think out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | elicit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw out |
| Synonyms: | badger, bite*, bring, bring out, bring to light*, cause, derive, educe, evince, evoke, evolve, exact, extort, extract, fetch, milk*, obtain, rattle, shake, squeeze, wrest, wring, arm-twist, bring forth, call forth, give rise to, put muscle on, put the arm on, shake down* |
| Antonyms: | cover, hide, keep, repress, supress |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | employ |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give money in exchange for work performed |
| Synonyms: | commission, contract, engage, enlist, hire, obtain, place, procure, put on*, retain, secure, take on, bring on board, come on board, contract for, ink, sign on*, sign up*, truck with |
| Antonyms: | fire, lay off, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enlist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sign up for responsibility |
| Synonyms: | admit, appoint, assign, attract, call to arms, conscript, draft, embody, employ, engage, enroll, enter, enter into, gather, get, hire, hitch, incorporate, induct, initiate, inscribe, interest, join, levy, list, mobilize, muster, oblige, obtain, place, procure, record, recruit, register, reserve, secure, serve, take on, volunteer, call up, conscribe, join up, press into service, sign on |
| Antonyms: | avoid, dodge, shun |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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