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advantage

[ad-van-tij, -vahn-] / ædˈvæn tɪdʒ, -ˈvɑn- /
NOUN
benefit; favored position or circumstance
Synonyms
STRONGEST
benefit edge favor gain interest leverage position power preference profit protection recognition return superiority support upper hand
STRONG
aid ascendancy asset assistance authority avail blessing boon break comfort convenience dominance eminence expediency good gratification help hold lead leeway leg up luck mastery odds precedence prestige prevalence resources sanction supremacy utility
WEAK
improvement influence pre-eminence wealth
Antonyms
STRONGEST
block disadvantage disapproval disfavor harm hurt impotence incapacity inferiority injury loss waste weakness
STRONG
bad fortune bad luck blockage hindrance misfortune obstruction stop
WEAK
drawback obstacle restriction

Usage

What are other ways to say advantage? 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. Benefit refers to anything that promotes the welfare or improves the state of a person or group: a benefit to society. Profit refers to any valuable, useful, or helpful gain: to one’s intellectual profit.

Example Sentences

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TSMC, which manufactures chips for industry giants including Apple and Nvidia, has maintained that it will take action against trade-secret theft to defend its competitive advantage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Even if the test isn’t flawless, such development will remain critical to SpaceX’s efforts to build on its cost advantage, which threatens to disrupt everything from telecom to AI.

From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026

The Kings, who had a power-play goal in each of the first three games of the series, were shut out with the man advantage twice in the first 12 minutes of Game 4.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

Sheriff Graeme Watson acknowledged she had been "naive and potentially taken advantage of" by her ex.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

It told the story of a joke run wild, and two girls taken advantage of by a much older sister.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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