advantages

NOUN

benefit; favored position or circumstance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

asset choice convenience dominance edge favor gain improvement influence interest lead leverage position power preference profit protection recognition return superiority support upper hand wealth

STRONG

aid ascendancy assistance authority avail blessing boon break comfort eminence expediency good gratification help hold leeway luck mastery odds precedence prestige prevalence resources sanction starting supremacy utility

WEAK

leg-up pre-eminence

Antonyms

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block disadvantage disapproval disfavor harm hurt impotence incapacity inferiority injury loss subservience waste weakness

STRONG

bad fortune bad luck blockage hindrance misfortune obstruction stop

WEAK

drawback obstacle restriction

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In this way, there are “compounding advantages at the top, and compounding barriers at the bottom,” he noted.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2026

These advantages could make it easier to develop a widely accessible treatment if future clinical trials confirm that sulforaphane is effective against Friedreich ataxia.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026

Never has so successful a politician so consistently spoiled his own and his party’s advantages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Redick praised Grimes’ ability to keep advantages by driving decisively.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

These advantages and head start enabled medieval China to lead the world in technology.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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