gains
What winners accumulate
Gains refers to increases, profits, or improvements obtained through effort.
In finance, gains are returns on investments: The stock showed modest gains.
In fitness culture, gains specifically means muscle growth from training: No pain, no gain, Check out these gains.
The plural emphasizes accumulated progress rather than a single instance of gaining.
Movement toward improvement
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- enhancementIncrease in quality
- growthIncrease in size
performance · efficiency · optimization · skills · learning · training · mastery · technique
Contractile body tissue
- bodybuildingMuscle enlargement for appearance
- hypertrophyTissue enlargement via cells
- liftingRaising something heavy
- powerliftingMaximal barbell competition sport
bulking · resistance · dumbbells · barbell · squat · deadlift · benchpress · protein
progress
Movement toward improvement
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- enhancementIncrease in quality
growth · performance · efficiency · optimization · skills · learning · training · mastery · technique · practice
muscle
Contractile body tissue
- bodybuildingMuscle enlargement for appearance
- hypertrophyTissue enlargement via cells
- liftingRaising something heavy
powerlifting · bulking · resistance · dumbbells · barbell · squat · deadlift · benchpress · protein · reps
earnings
Money gained from work
dividends · windfall · capital · investment · net · gross · income · appreciation · margins · interest
obtain
Come into possession of
accumulate · amass · garner · collect · reap · procure · achieve · win · capture · land
- financial termswealth, asset, currency, balance sheet, audit
- earningsearnings, earnings per share, income, earnings call, earnings season
- prosperitywealth, riches, fortune, success, abundance
- wealthriches, wealth, fortune, affluence, prosperity
- "gets" synonymsarrives, reaches, attains, achieves, accomplishes
- incrementsnotches, ticks, gradations, degrees, raises
gainslosses
Things subtracted from standing
forfeits · deprivations · surrenders · relinquishments · forfeitures
gainslosses
Things subtracted from standing
disadvantages · detriments · harms · damages · setbacks
- 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