acquire - Similar and Opposite Words

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Verb

come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

Synonyms

• acquire
• develop
• get
• grow
• produce

More generic

• change

More specific

• cut
• feather
• fledge
• get up
• leaf
• pod
• pupate
• regrow
• spring
• sprout
• stock
• stool
• teethe
• tiller
• work up

Related

• acquire
• develop
• evolve

Verb

take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect

Synonyms

• acquire
• adopt
• assume
• take
• take on

More generic

• change

More specific

• re-assume

Verb

gain through experience

Synonyms

• acquire
• develop
• evolve

More generic

• change

Related

• acquire
• develop
• explicate
• formulate
• get
• grow
• produce

Verb

gain knowledge or skills

Synonyms

• acquire
• larn
• learn

More specific

• absorb
• assimilate
• catch up
• hit the books
• ingest
• relearn
• study
• take in

Verb

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

Synonyms

• acquire
• get

More specific

• accept
• acquire
• benefit
• borrow
• bring in
• buy
• call for
• capture
• catch
• charter
• clear
• collect
• come by
• come into
• come up
• come upon
• earn
• engage
• enter upon
• express
• extract
• find
• gain
• garner
• gather up
• get
• get back
• get hold
• glom
• have
• hire
• inherit
• isolate
• lease
• line up
• luck into
• make
• obtain
• partake
• partake in
• pick up
• poll
• preempt
• press out
• profit
• pull in
• purchase
• realise
• realize
• receive
• reclaim
• recoup
• recover
• recuperate
• regain
• rent
• repossess
• retrieve
• share
• take
• take in
• turn
• win
• win back

Related

• find
• get
• incur
• obtain
• receive

Verb

win something through one's efforts

Synonyms

• acquire
• gain
• win

More generic

• acquire
• get

More specific

• cozen

Verb

locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar

Synonyms

• acquire

More generic

• locate
• situate

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