benefited

VERB

help, enhance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advance aid assist contribute to favor further improve pay pay off promote serve

STRONG

advantage ameliorate avail better build profit relieve succor

WEAK

be good for do for one do the trick fill the bill make a killing make it work for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

block decrease halt hinder hurt impede injure obstruct stop thwart

STRONG

worsen

WEAK

harm

Example Sentences

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The authors also acknowledge that the work benefited from the O2 High-Performance Compute Cluster, supported by the Research Computing Group at HMS.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Others see a dilettante who benefited from family money as he moved through his 20s and 30s, all while creating a cache of disquieting social-media posts that have become fodder for his opponents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Given everything she's just said about parenting, perhaps that's a lesson Alice could have benefited from too.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Even a perfect report may not have saved Ciena, which has benefited from explosive demand for networking at artificial-intelligence data centers.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

General Motors eventually persuaded other companies that benefited from road building to help pay for the costly takeover of America’s trolleys.

From "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser