Antonyms for advantage

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ad-van-tij, -vahn-

Phonetic Transcription : ædˈvæn tɪdʒ, -ˈvɑn-

Definition of advantage

Origin : early 14c., avantage, "position of being in advance of another," from Old French avantage "advantage, profit, superiority," from avant "before," probably via an unrecorded Late Latin *abantaticum, from Latin abante (see advance).
The -d- is a 16c. intrusion on the analogy of Latin ad- words. Meaning "a favoring circumstance" (the opposite of disadvantage) is from late 15c. Tennis score sense is from 1640s, first recorded in writings of John Milton, of all people. Phrase to take advantage of is first attested late 14c.

noun benefit, favored position or circumstance

Example sentences :

Every advantage of education is to be procured by the same means.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

As to the advantage of birth, that is of his side, above any man who has been found out for me.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Tranter well knew his advantage and lost no time in putting it to use.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

It has the advantage over other puddings in that it is inexpensive.
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

(a) What is the advantage of serving milk or cream with cereals?
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 1 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

The ground sloped a little before us and gave the advantage.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

Now, what advantage could the world expect from Benjamin's pictures?
Extract from : « Biographical Stories » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Umra Khan protected him and determined to turn him to his own advantage.
Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

Now, I made use of them in a way that was for the advantage of many persons.
Extract from : « Biographical Stories » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

This is one advantage of starting from an elevation—your machine will go further.
Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell

Synonyms for advantage

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