benefit
Usage
What are other ways to say benefit?
Benefit refers to anything that promotes the welfare or improves the state of a person or group: a benefit to society. Advantage refers to anything that places one in an improved position, especially in coping with competition or difficulties: It is to one's advantage to have traveled widely. Profit refers to any valuable, useful, or helpful gain: to one’s intellectual profit.
Example Sentences
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Merle at Autovol agreed that the surety bond proposal would likely benefit newer manufacturers.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Truist Securities’ William Stein thinks that some chip companies stand to benefit from the satellite rush, which could power everything from fast imaging to remote internet access.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
It said the investigation concerns "instigation of breach of trust, computer fraud and false attestation with the intent to obtain for another an unlawful benefit."
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
A lot of them are probably there for the right reasons, and then a lot of them are like, “Hey, this is cool exposure. I have a small company that could maybe benefit from this.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
I let go of Elliot, who I’d held on to more for my own benefit than for his, and put my hands on my knees so I could hack up a mud-caked lung.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
