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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | achieve, win |
| Synonyms: | acquire, attain, be one's lot, earn, fall to the lot, gain, get, meet, meet with, obtain, procure |
| Notes: | a find (noun) is a discovery or productive insight - find (verb) means to come upon or discover something; fined means punished by the imposition of a penalty |
| Antonyms: | fail, fall short, forfeit, lose |
| Main Entry: | get |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come into possession of; achieve |
| Synonyms: | access, accomplish, acquire, annex, attain, bag*, bring, bring in, build up, buy into, buy off, buy out, capture, cash in on, chalk up, clean up, clear, come by, compass, cop, draw, earn, educe, effect, elicit, evoke, extort, extract, fetch, gain, get hands on, glean, grab, have, hustle*, inherit, land, lock up, make, make a buy, make a killing, net, obtain, parlay, pick up, procure, pull, rack up, realize, reap, receive, score, secure, snag*, snap up, snowball, succeed to, take, wangle, win |
| Antonyms: | fail, lose, miss, pass |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | graduate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | complete education, pursuit |
| Synonyms: | be commissioned, certify, confer degree, earn, finish, get a degree, get out, give sheepskin, grant diploma, take a degree, win |
| Main Entry: | gross |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring in as total |
| Synonyms: | earn, make, take in |
| Antonyms: | net |
| Main Entry: | incur |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring upon oneself |
| Synonyms: | acquire, arouse, be subjected to, bring down on, catch, contract, draw, earn, expose oneself to, gain, get, induce, meet with, obtain, provoke |
| Main Entry: | merit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be entitled to |
| Synonyms: | be in line for, be worthy, deserve, earn, get one's comeuppance, get one's due, get one's just desserts, get what is coming, have a claim, have a right, have coming, incur, justify, rate, warrant |
| Main Entry: | net |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gain after expenses |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, bring in, clean up, clear, earn, make, profit, realize, reap |
| Antonyms: | gross |
| Main Entry: | obtain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get, acquire |
| Synonyms: | access, accomplish, achieve, annex, attain, beg borrow or steal, capture, chalk up, collect, come by, compass, cop, corral, drum up, earn, effect, fetch, gain, gather, get at, get hold of, get one's hands on, glean, gobble up, grab, have, hoard, inherit, invade, lay up, make use of, nab, occupy, pick up, pocket, procure, purchase, reach, realize, reap, receive, recover, retrieve, salvage, save, score, scrape together, scrape up, secure, seize, snag, take, wangle, win |
| Notes: | obtain means to come into possession of; attain means to gain with effort |
| Antonyms: | forfeit, forsake, lose, sacrifice |
| Main Entry: | procure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | acquire, obtain |
| Synonyms: | annex, appropriate, bring around, buy, buy out, buy up, come by, compass, cop, corral, draw, earn, effect, find, gain, get, get hold of, grab, have, induce, land*, latch on to, lay hands on, make a haul, manage to get, persuade, pick up, prevail upon, promote, purchase, score, secure, solicit, wangle, win |
| Antonyms: | give away, have, lose |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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