Antonyms for gains
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : geyn |
| Phonetic Transcription : geɪn |
- bills
- debt
- decline
- decrease
- deduction
- demote
- depart
- destroy
- diminish
- diminishment
- disadvantage
- discourage
- dissuade
- exhaust
- expenditure
- fail
- failure
- forfeit
- forfeiture
- free
- give in
- give up
- halt
- handicap
- harm
- hinder
- hindrance
- hurt
- injure
- injury
- leave
- lessen
- let go
- lose
- loss
- lower
- misfortune
- miss
- neglect
- pass
- plant
- prevent
- reduction
- release
- ruin
- shrinkage
- spend
- stagnation
- stop
- stoppage
- surrender
- throw away
- waste
- weaken
- worsen
- worsening
- yield
Definition of gains
Origin :- late 15c., from Middle French gain, from Old French gaaigne "gain, profit, advantage; booty; arable land" (12c.), from gaaignier "to gain" (see gain (v.)). The original French sense enfolded the notions of "profit from agriculture" and "booty, prey." Implied earlier in Middle English gaignage (late 14c.) "profit from agriculture."
- noun acquisition, winnings
- verb acquire, win
- Once he gains it, he can do with it what he will, because he has given up all love.
- Extract from : « Opera Stories from Wagner » by Florence Akin
- One gains nothing by attempting to shut out the sprites of the weather.
- Extract from : « Yankee Gypsies » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- While Calderon gains ground with the prince, Uzeda advances with the king.
- Extract from : « Calderon The Courtier » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Why should you leave all the gains to the gluttons, knaves, and impostors?
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- Why should you leave all the gains that are to be got to my proprietor and the like of him?
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- They share and share alike with me all joys and troubles, gains and losses.
- Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
- No doubt if Feversham gains the upper hand there will be bloody work.
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- "One gains a bit of time," said the young lover, in a tone of depression.
- Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- Do you think I'm going to tell him my secret, or let him share my gains?
- Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
- If a thief can rob him of the elixir he gains supernatural powers.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
Synonyms for gains
- accomplish
- accretion
- accrual
- accumulation
- achieve
- achievement
- addition
- advance
- advancement
- advantage
- ameliorate
- annex
- attain
- attainment
- augment
- benefit
- boost
- bring in
- build up
- buildup
- capture
- clear
- collect
- complete
- consummate
- cut
- dividend
- earn
- earnings
- emolument
- enlarge
- enlist
- expand
- fulfill
- gather
- get
- glean
- gravy
- grow
- growth
- harvest
- have
- headway
- hike
- improve
- improvement
- income
- increase
- increment
- land
- lucre
- make
- make a killing
- move forward
- net
- obtain
- overtake
- parlay
- payoff
- perfect
- pick up
- proceeds
- procure
- produce
- profit
- progress
- promote
- rack up
- reach
- realize
- reap
- receipts
- return
- rise
- score
- secure
- share
- succeed
- take
- up
- upping
- velvet
- win over
- yield
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