Synonyms for earn
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Acquire
acquire, gain, attain, obtain, realize, realise UK, procure, achieve, score, bring in, net, pull in, clear, sack
2. Deserve — to gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work
3. Rake in — to receive payment for work
get, take in, rake in, rake it in slang
Definitions
- v. 1
To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
You can have the s'mores: you earned them, clearing the walkway of snow so well.
- v. 2
To receive payment for work.
Now that you are earning, you can start paying me rent.
- v. 3
To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward.
My CD earns me six percent!
- v. 4
To receive payment for work or for a role or position held (regardless of whether effort was applied or whether the remuneration is deserved or commensurate).
He earns seven million dollars a year as CEO. My bank account is only earning one percent interest.
Related words
Forms
- Past participle
- earnt
e.g. earnt → acquired, gained, attained, obtained…
Example sentences
- gain Tom doesn't gain weight even though he eats a lot.
- obtain I am able to obtain a registration form for free.
- acquire I managed to acquire the book after a long search.
- attain To attain his goal, Tom moved the heaven and earth.
- merit I don't know that there's any great merit in that.
- garner Tom's boring articles failed to garner attention.
By length
- 3 letters
- get1, run1, win1, net1
- 4 letters
- make1, gain1, sack1
- 5 letters
- clear1, score1, yield1, merit2, yearn1
- 6 letters
- obtain2, render2, attain2, garner2
- 7 letters
- realize3, achieve2, deserve2, realise3, acquire3, procure2
- 8 letters
- generate3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (merit2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- gagner
- Italiano
- guadagnare
- Español
- ganar
- Deutsch
- verdienen
- Català
- guanyar