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gaining

ADJECTIVE
fortunate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
affluent encouraging fortuitous happy healthy helpful lucky profitable prosperous successful wealthy well-off
WEAK
advantageous auspicious blessed born with a silver spoon bright charmed convenient favorable favored felicitous flourishing get a break golden hopeful in luck in the gravy on a roll opportune overcoming promising propitious providential rosy sitting pretty sunny side thriving timely triumphant victorious well-to-do
Antonyms
STRONGEST
destitute disadvantageous failing hopeless lacking losing needy poor unfortunate unlucky unprofitable unsuccessful wanting
WEAK
adverse sad unhappy untoward upset
ADJECTIVE
realizing
Synonyms
STRONG
acquiring clearing getting inheriting making netting obtaining receiving
WEAK
taking in
NOUN
acceptance
Synonyms
STRONGEST
acknowledgment admission approval compliance consent cooperation recognition
STRONG
acquiring assent getting go ahead nod okay permission receipt reception undertaking yes
WEAK
accepting green light obtaining receiving securing taking on
Antonyms
STRONGEST
denial disagreement disapproval dissension opposition refusal
STRONG
veto
WEAK
disbelief dissent
NOUN
acquisition
Synonyms
STRONGEST
addition gain procurement purchase recovery
STRONG
accretion achievement acquirement acquiring attainment buy learning obtainment possession prize property pursuit retrieval salvage winning
WEAK
procuration procuring
Antonyms
STRONGEST
loss
STRONG
failure forfeit surrender
WEAK
dearth lack need want
NOUN
attainment
Synonyms
STRONGEST
fulfillment realization
STRONG
acquirement acquisition arrival completion feat finish getting procurement reaching winning
WEAK
arete obtaining reaping securing succeeding
Antonyms
WEAK
failure forfeit loss miss surrender
NOUN
capture
Synonyms
STRONGEST
abduction apprehension arrest confiscation imprisonment occupation seizure taking
STRONG
acquirement acquisition appropriating appropriation bag bust catch collar commandeering drop ensnaring fall grab grasping hook nab nail obtaining pinch pull securing seizing snatching sweep trapping trip winning
WEAK
hit the jackpot knock off laying hold of pick up run-in taking captive taking into custody
Antonyms
STRONGEST
letting go release
STRONG
rise
WEAK
freeing
NOUN
getting
Synonyms
STRONG
appropriating assimilating capturing catching clutching confiscating earning grasping mastering obtaining pursuing securing seizing snatching taking winning
Antonyms
WEAK
abandoning giving up losing refusal rejecting throwing off
NOUN
OK
Synonyms
STRONGEST
okay permission yes
STRONG
acknowledgment acquiescence acquiring admission agreement approval assent compliance consent cooperation getting go ahead nod receipt reception recognition undertaking
WEAK
accepting green light obtaining receiving securing taking on
Antonyms
STRONGEST
denial veto
STRONG
disagreement disapproval dissension dissent opposition refusal rejection
NOUN
procuring
Synonyms
STRONG
acquiring
WEAK
acquisition addition procurement

Example Sentences

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Gaining control of bank accounts, surprisingly, does not help young people build a credit score.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

And the experience drove home a truth I have long warned about: Gaining AI-enabled medical clarity means losing some privacy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Gaining that balance enabled us to stay in the Premier League.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

Gaining insight into these processes may also help scientists address broader questions about galaxy formation and the nature of dark matter.

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025

Gaining the ramparts, she ran along, dodging the heaps of rubble.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques