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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage |
| Synonyms: | aid, ascendancy, asset, assistance, authority, avail, blessing, boon, break*, choice, comfort, convenience, dominance, drop*, edge, eminence, expediency, favor, gain, good, gratification, handicap, head start, help, hold, improvement, influence, interest, lead, leeway, leg-up, leverage, luck, mastery, odds, position, power, pre-eminence, precedence, preference, prestige, prevalence, profit, protection, recognition, resources, return, sanction, start, starting, superiority, support, supremacy, upper hand, utility, wealth |
| Notes: | advantage is a relatively favorable position; superiority of means while vantage is a position, condition, or opportunity that is likely to provide superiority or an advantage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | edge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage |
| Synonyms: | allowance, ascendancy, bulge, dominance, draw, handicap, head start, lead, odds, start, superiority, upper hand, vantage |
| Antonyms: | block, disadvantage |
| Main Entry: | handicap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage |
| Synonyms: | bulge, edge*, favor, head start, odds, penalty, points, start, upper hand, vantage |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage, drawback, impairment, limitation, restriction, shortcoming |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | odds |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage |
| Synonyms: | allowance, benefit, bulge, difference, disparity, dissimilarity, distinction, draw, edge, handicap, head start, lead, overlay, start, superiority, vantage |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage |
| Main Entry: | start |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage |
| Synonyms: | allowance, backing, break, bulge, chance, draw, edge, handicap, head start, helping hand, introduction, lead, odds, opening, opportunity, sponsorship, vantage |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage |
| Main Entry: | superiority |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage, predominance |
| Synonyms: | ahead, ascendancy, authority, better, bulge, dominance, edge, eminence, excellence, influence, lead, meliority, nobility, perfection, position, power, predomination, preeminence, preponderance, prestige, prevalence, pull, rank, spark, supremacy, top, transcendence, upper hand, vantage, victory, whip hand |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage, inferiority, subservience |
| Main Entry: | power base |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | home base |
| Synonyms: | backing, constituency, home turf, niche, stamping ground, support, territory, turf, vantage |
| Main Entry: | vantage point |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | point from which one sees |
| Synonyms: | angle, perspective, point of vantage, point of view, position, slant, vantage, vantage ground, viewpoint, where one stands |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Concept: | Edge. |
| Category: | 3. Centrical dimensions; general |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
edge, verge, brink, brow, brim, margin, border, confine, skirt, rim, flange, side, mouth; jaws, chops, chaps, fauces; lip, muzzle., threshold, door, porch; portal (opening); coast, shore., frame, fringe, flounce, frill, list, trimming, edging, skirting, hem, selvedge, welt, furbelow, valance.
-adjectives
border, marginal, skirting; labial, labiated, marginated.
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