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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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Among oil services companies, he likes SLB, whose scale and international exposure would give it an advantage.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

If a household still hasn’t determined the best ways to use the new tax laws to their advantage, that may be a reason to file for an extension to get it right.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

If on the other hand Atletico get knocked out, having come to the Metropolitano with a 2-0 advantage, then he might reconsider if he is at the right club.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

The Lakers finished the season with three consecutive wins to hold onto home-court advantage in the first round.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Whether or not this was true, Marina no doubt took advantage of her association with her boss at the Zhukovsky Academy, Aleksandr Belyakov.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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