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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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The Santa Monica, Calif.-based electrical engineer said he thinks everyday investors have some advantages over Wall Street pros when it comes to riding out big swings in the market.

From The Wall Street Journal

Investors can take advantage of this dynamic by purchasing shares of quality companies that are getting temporarily suppressed by 2025 tax-related selling pressure.

From MarketWatch

New brands came to him asking to produce their clothes, hoping to take advantage of the lower U.S. tariff rate on imports from Vietnam compared with China.

From The Wall Street Journal

The school takes advantage of all the free resources it can get, and adopted a rocking chair for a reading corner.

From BBC

If you are down at that bottom quartile, you haven’t taken advantage of the asset class.

From Barron's

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.