gain
Advantage you keep
The idea of the verb gain is closely related to get and obtain: when you gain something, it comes into your possession or becomes associated with you.
Gain is typically used for immaterial things (gain experience, gain access, gain insight), but you can also gain weight, which is not immaterial.
A gain is anything obtained or acquired and usually has positive connotations: an investment strategy intended to maximize gains.
A gain in a quality or attribute is an increase: The new procedure gave us a significant gain in efficiency.
Come into possession of
collect · garner · amass · accumulate · win · capture · reap · harvest
Go back again
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- earningsMoney gained from work
- revenueBusiness income total
- dividendCorporate profit share
margin · surplus · windfall · capital · profit · interest · income · appreciation
Boundary or sharpness
- leverageBorrowed capital for amplified returns
- benefitAdvantage or gain
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- superiorityHigher rank or quality
headstart · favorable · positioning · outmaneuver · exploit · opportunity · advancement · foothold
Growth in amount
- expansionIncrease in scope
- growthIncrease in size
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- riseMove to higher position
upturn · upswing · escalation · accumulation · progression · improvement · advancement · development
obtain
Come into possession of
procure · collect · garner · amass · accumulate · win · capture · reap · harvest · purchase
return
Go back again
dividend · margin · surplus · windfall · capital · profit · interest · income · appreciation · portfolio
edge
Boundary or sharpness
- leverageBorrowed capital for amplified returns
- benefitAdvantage or gain
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
superiority · headstart · favorable · positioning · outmaneuver · exploit · opportunity · advancement · foothold · ground
increase
Growth in amount
rise · upturn · upswing · escalation · accumulation · progression · improvement · advancement · development · momentum
volume
Amount of space filled
boost · level · knob · dial · slider · output · input · preamp · signal · clipping
muscle
Contractile body tissue
bulk · hypertrophy · size · pounds · kilos · bodybuilding · bulking · protein · training · lifting
- growthgrowth, grow, growing, growth rate, increase
- experiencesadventure, journey, moment, event, feeling
- financial resultsprofit, loss, return, earnings, dividend
- improvementsimprovement, fixes, betterment, enhancement, upgrade
- increasesincrease, rise, boost, hike, jump
- outcomesoutcome, win, effect, impact, success
- gain weightIncrease body mass
- weight gainBody mass accumulation
- gain onGradually catch up to
- gaining weightIncreasing body mass
- gain groundMove forward, advance
- gaining steamBecoming more powerful
gains, gained, gaining, regain, ungainly, gainful, regained, regaining, regains