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advantages

NOUN

benefit; favored position or circumstance

Synonyms

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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

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bad fortune bad luck blockage hindrance misfortune obstruction stop

WEAK

drawback obstacle restriction

Example Sentences

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“How do you respond to that? In our strategy… You invest,” he said, adding that Mercedes is building R&D capabilities in China and leveraging local cost advantages.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Despite their optical advantages, these nanoparticles have one major drawback.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

From an investment perspective, there are advantages to having it all now.

From MarketWatch • May 16, 2026

Their key advantages include their bigger visual range, maneuverability and expendability: If the mission fails, the loss is a craft worth thousands of dollars rather than a life.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Again and again, people with access to the prerequisites for food production, and with a location favoring diffusion of technology from elsewhere, replaced peoples lacking these advantages.

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