GAINING Synonyms

• the act of acquiring something

• the act of gathering something together

• the act of acquiring something

• evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score

• succeeding with great difficulty

• having won

• very attractive; capturing interest

• get or gather together

• increase in amount by collecting or gathering

• to gain with effort

• to gain with effort

• reach a point in time, or a certain state or level

• find unexpectedly

• reach a destination, either real or abstract

• earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages

• acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions

• a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed

• acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions

• store grain

• assemble or get together

• come into possession of

• receive a specified treatment (abstract)

• be valid, applicable, or true

• get by special effort

• arrange for sexual partners for others

• the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

• the advantageous quality of being beneficial

• derive a benefit from

• make a profit; gain money or materially

• be fully aware or cognizant of

• perceive (an idea or situation) mentally

• make real or concrete; give reality or substance to

• earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages

• convert into cash; of goods and property

• expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass

• gather, as of natural products

• get or derive

• free from fear or doubt; easy in mind

• free from danger or risk

• not likely to fail or give way

• immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with

• financially safe

• get by special effort

• cause to be firmly attached

• assure payment of

• make certain of

• fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug

• furnish with battens

• a movement forward

• a change for the better; progress in development

• a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others

• the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

• an amount paid before it is earned

• increase in price or value

• being ahead of time or need

• situated ahead or going before

• move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

• bring forward for consideration or acceptance

• increase or raise

• contribute to the progress or growth of

• cause to move forward

• obtain advantages, such as points, etc.

• develop in a positive way

• develop further

• give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

• pay in advance

• move forward

• rise in rate or price

• a recognizable kind

• the act of mixing cards haphazardly

• engage in

• give certain properties to something

• make or cause to be or to become

• cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

• give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally

• create or manufacture a man-made product

• make, formulate, or derive in the mind

• compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way

• create by artistic means

• earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages

• create or design, often in a certain way

• to compose or represent

• reach a goal

• be or be capable of being changed or made into

• make by shaping or bringing together constituents

• perform, produce, or carry out

• make by combining materials and parts

• change from one form into another

• act in a certain way so as to acquire

• charge with a function; charge to be

• achieve a point or goal

• reach a destination, either real or abstract

• institute, enact, or establish

• carry out or commit

• form by assembling individuals or constituents

• organize or be responsible for

• put in order or neaten

• head into a specified direction

• have a bowel movement

• undergo fabrication or creation

• be suitable for

• add up to

• amount to

• constitute the essence of

• appear to begin an activity

• proceed along a path

• reach in time

• gather and light the materials for

• prepare for eating by applying heat

• induce to have sex

• assure the success of

• represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like

• consider as being

• calculate as being

• cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable

• favor the development of

• develop into

• behave in a certain manner

• eliminate urine

• the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

• the advantageous quality of being beneficial

• derive a benefit from

• make a profit; gain money or materially

• a victory (as in a race or other competition)

• something won (especially money)

• be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious

• win something through one's efforts

• obtain advantages, such as points, etc.

• attain success or reach a desired goal

• acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions