Synonyms for exploit
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Utilize — to use (something) to someone's advantage, such as one's own benefit or a society's benefit
use, utilize, utilise UK, take advantage of, make use, employ, profit, trade, leverage slang US
Noun
1. Effort
act, effort, feat, performance, action, achievement, deed, passage
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To use (something) to someone's advantage, such as one's own benefit or a society's benefit.
to exploit natural resources in a sustainable way
- n. 1
A heroic or extraordinary deed.
Related words
- Word family
- exploitive
Choose the right word
As between act and deed, deed is commonly used of great, notable, and impressive acts, as are achievement, exploit, and feat.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- profit Net-profit comes to 10 million dollars every year.
- employ The company has unofficially decided to employ me.
- utilize We had better utilize our natural resources.
- develop What does it mean to develop a sound architecture?
- tap Tap water is sometimes cleaner than bottled water.
By length
- 3 letters
- use1, act1, tap1
- 4 letters
- work1, hack1, feat1, deed1
- 5 letters
- trade1
- 6 letters
- action2, effort2, profit2, employ2
- 7 letters
- develop3, passage2, utilize3, prowess2, utilise
- 8 letters
- leverage3, overwork3
- 11 letters
- performance3, achievement3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (action2 = 2 syllables).