acquired
Got over time
Acquired describes something obtained or gained rather than possessed from the start.
Skills, knowledge, and habits are frequently acquired through experience or effort.
In medicine, an acquired condition is one that develops after birth rather than being inherited or congenital, as in acquired immunity.
An acquired taste is something one learns to appreciate over time, often after initial dislike—oysters, jazz, and bitter coffee are classic examples.
Companies make acquisitions when they acquire other businesses.
Improved through nurture
- refinedPurified or cultured
- enhancedIncreased in quality
- evolvedChanged through successive generations
- maturedDeveloped over time
polished · sophisticated · enriched · broadened · fortified · deepened · nurtured · honed
Systematic development of mind
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- knowledgeUnderstood facts and skills
- skillAcquired ability through practice
- proficiencySkilled performance level
training · fluency · literacy · mastery · competence · language · accent · dialect
Goods obtained for payment
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- procurementObtaining goods externally
- transactionExchange of goods/money
- bequestGift left by will
endowment · legacy · transfer · gift · trade · exchange · deal · allocation
Corporate combination
- takeoverAssuming command of something
- buyoutPurchase of controlling interest
- subsidiaryOf lesser importance
- assetItem of value owned
company · brand · portfolio · stake · controlling interest · hostile takeover · leveraged buyout · conglomerate
Protected from harm
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- conditionState or stipulation
- disorderAbsence of organization
syndrome · deficiency · mutation · trait · characteristic · tolerance · sensitivity · allergy
cultivated
Improved through nurture
- refinedPurified or cultured
- enhancedIncreased in quality
- evolvedChanged through successive generations
matured · polished · sophisticated · enriched · broadened · fortified · deepened · nurtured · honed · fostered
education
Systematic development of mind
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- knowledgeUnderstood facts and skills
- skillAcquired ability through practice
proficiency · training · fluency · literacy · mastery · competence · language · accent · dialect · habit
purchase
Goods obtained for payment
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- procurementObtaining goods externally
- transactionExchange of goods/money
bequest · endowment · legacy · transfer · gift · trade · exchange · deal · allocation · consignment
merger
Corporate combination
- takeoverAssuming command of something
- buyoutPurchase of controlling interest
- subsidiaryOf lesser importance
asset · company · brand · portfolio · stake · controlling interest · hostile takeover · leveraged buyout · conglomerate · consolidation
immunity
Protected from harm
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- conditionState or stipulation
disorder · syndrome · deficiency · mutation · trait · characteristic · tolerance · sensitivity · allergy · immunodeficiency
- statusespending, active, approved, inactive, completed
- possessionowned, possessed, kept, retained, held
- medical termsdiagnosis, disorder, surgery, disease, illness
- color blindnesscolor blindness, protanopia, deuteranopia, red-green blindness, daltonism
- availabilityavailable, unavailable, sold out, in stock, out of stock
- Human Developmentgrowth, heredity, aging, genetics, puberty
acquiredinnate
Existing since birth
inborn · inherent · congenital · hereditary · intrinsic
acquiredlost
Unable to navigate
forfeited · relinquished · surrendered · given up · divested
- acquired tasteLiking developed over time
- acquired immune deficiency syndromeHIV-caused immune failure
- hospital-acquired infectionsIllnesses contracted during treatment
- acquired traitsNon-inherited developed features
- target acquired
acquire, acquiring, acquires, acquirer, reacquire, acquirers, acquirement, reacquired, unacquired