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Synonyms of the word 
PROFIT → ACQUIRE - ADVANTAGE - BENEFIT - CLEAR - EARN - EARNINGS - GAIN - GET - INCOME - LUCRE - MAKE - NET - PROFITS - REALISE - REALIZE - VANTAGEprofit- n. Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization…
- n. (dated, literary) Benefit, positive result obtained.
- n. (law) In property law, a nonpossessory interest in land whereby a party is entitled to enter the land…
- v. (transitive) To benefit (somebody), be of use to (somebody).
- v. (intransitive, construed with from) To benefit, gain.
- v. (intransitive, construed with from) To take advantage of, exploit, use.
acquire- v. (transitive) To get.
- v. (transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
- v. (medicine) To contract.
- v. (computing) To sample signals and convert them into digital values.
advantage- n. (countable) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable to success, or to…
- n. (obsolete) Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other…
- n. (countable, uncountable) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit.
- n. (tennis) The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
- n. (soccer) The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team…
- n. Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
- v. (transitive) To provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to.
- v. (reflexive) To do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of.
benefit- n. An advantage, help, sake or aid from something.
- n. A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
- n. An event such as a performance, given to raise funds for some cause.
- n. (obsolete) beneficence; liberality.
- v. (transitive) To be or to provide a benefit to.
- v. (intransitive) To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.
clear- adj. Transparent in colour.
- adj. Bright, not dark or obscured.
- adj. Free of obstacles.
- adj. Without clouds.
- adj. (meteorology) Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
- adj. Free of ambiguity or doubt.
- adj. Distinct, sharp, well-marked.
- adj. (figuratively) Free of guilt, or suspicion.
- adj. (of a soup) Without a thickening ingredient.
- adj. Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.
- adj. (Scientology) Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
- adj. Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
- adj. Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
- adj. Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
- adj. Unmixed; entirely pure.
- adj. Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
- adj. Without diminution; in full; net.
- adv. All the way; entirely.
- adv. Not near something or touching it.
- adv. free (or separate) from others.
- adv. (obsolete) In a clear manner; plainly.
- v. (transitive) To remove obstructions or impediments from.
- v. (ergative) To become freed from obstructions.
- v. (transitive) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from a matter; to clarify; especially, to clear up.
- v. (transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
- v. (transitive) To pass without interference; to miss.
- v. (intransitive) To become clear.
- v. (intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that…
- v. (transitive, business) To earn a profit of; to net.
- v. (transitive) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
- v. To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
- v. To obtain a clearance.
- v. (sports) To defend by hitting (or kicking, throwing, heading etc.) the ball (or puck) from the defending…
- v. To fell all trees of a forest.
- v. (transitive, computing) To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
- v. (computing, transitive) To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at…
- n. (carpentry) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest…
- n. (cryptology) State of being unenciphered. (In the clear: Not enciphered.).
earn- v. (transitive) To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
- v. (transitive) To receive payment for work.
- v. (intransitive) To receive payment for work.
- v. (transitive) To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward.
- v. (transitive) To be worthy of.
- v. (Britain, dialect, dated) To curdle, as milk.
- v. (obsolete) To long; to yearn.
- v. (obsolete) To grieve.
- n. Alternative form of erne.
earnings- n. wages, money earned, income.
- n. (finance) business profits.
- n. (finance) gains on investments; returns.
gain- prep. (obsolete) Against.
- adj. (obsolete) Straight, direct; near; short.
- adj. (obsolete) Suitable; convenient; ready.
- adj. (dialectal) Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous.
- adj. (dialectal) Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap.
- adv. (obsolete) Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means.
- adv. (dialectal) Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately.
- adv. (dialectal) Tolerably; fairly.
- n. The act of gaining; acquisition.
- n. What is gained.
- n. (electronics) The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
- v. (transitive) To acquire possession of.
- v. (intransitive) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest,…
- v. (transitive, dated) To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.
- v. (transitive) To increase.
- v. (intransitive) To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual.
- v. (transitive) To reach.
- v. To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
- v. (intransitive) To put on weight.
- v. (of a clock or watch) To run fast.
- n. (architecture) A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports…
get- v. (transitive) To obtain; to acquire.
- v. (transitive) To receive.
- v. (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
- v. (copulative) To become.
- v. (transitive) To cause to become; to bring about.
- v. (transitive) To fetch, bring, take.
- v. (transitive) To cause to do.
- v. (intransitive, with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses…
- v. (transitive) To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
- v. (transitive) To cause to come or go or move.
- v. (transitive) To cause to be in a certain status or position.
- v. (intransitive) To begin (doing something).
- v. (transitive) To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
- v. (transitive) To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
- v. (intransitive, followed by infinitive) To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity…
- v. (transitive, informal) To understand. (compare get it).
- v. (transitive, informal) To be subjected to.
- v. (informal) To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
- v. (transitive) To become ill with or catch (a disease).
- v. (transitive, informal) To catch out, trick successfully.
- v. (transitive, informal) To perplex, stump.
- v. (transitive) To find as an answer.
- v. (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
- v. (transitive) To hear completely; catch.
- v. (transitive) To getter.
- v. (now rare) To beget (of a father).
- v. (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
- v. (imperative, informal) Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
- v. (imperative, informal) Go away; get lost.
- v. (euphemistic) To kill.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
- n. Offspring.
- n. Lineage.
- n. (sports, tennis) A difficult return or block of a shot.
- n. Something gained.
- n. (Britain, regional) A git.
- n. (Judaism) A Jewish writ of divorce.
income- n. Money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others.
- n. (obsolete) A coming in; arrival; entrance; introduction.
- n. (archaic or dialectal, Scotland) A newcomer or arrival; an incomer.
- n. (obsolete) An entrance-fee.
- n. (archaic) A coming in as by influx or inspiration, hence, an inspired quality or characteristic, as courage…
- n. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) A disease or ailment without known or apparent cause, as distinguished from…
- n. That which is taken into the body as food; the ingesta; sometimes restricted to the nutritive, or digestible,…
lucre- n. Gain in money or goods; profit; riches. Often in a negative sense.
make- v. (transitive, heading) To create.
- v. (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
- v. (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
- v. To constitute.
- v. (intransitive, construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
- v. (transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
- v. (transitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
- v. To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
- v. (transitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
- v. (transitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
- v. (transitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
- v. (transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
- v. (transitive, US slang) To recognise, identify.
- v. (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
- v. (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
- v. (transitive) To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
- v. (transitive) To move at (a speed).
- v. To appoint; to name.
- v. (transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
- v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
- v. (transitive) To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
- v. (transitive) To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
- v. To enact; to establish.
- v. To develop into; to prove to be.
- v. To form or formulate in the mind.
- v. (obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in…
- v. (obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
- v. (obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.
- v. (now archaic) To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
- v. (transitive, euphemistic) To take the virginity of.
- n. (often of a car) Brand or kind; often paired with model.
- n. How a thing is made; construction.
- n. Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture.
- n. (uncountable) Quantity produced, especially of materials.
- n. (dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
- n. A person's character or disposition.
- n. (bridge) The declaration of the trump for a hand.
- n. (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.
- n. (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of…
- n. (slang) Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence.
- n. (slang, usually in phrase "easy make") Past or future target of seduction (usually female).
- n. (slang, military) A promotion.
- n. A home-made project.
- n. (basketball) A made basket.
- n. (dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion.
- n. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, now rare) A halfpenny.
net- n. A mesh of string, cord or rope.
- n. A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
- n. A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
- n. Anything that has the appearance of such a device.
- n. (by extension) A trap.
- n. (geometry) Of a polyhedron, any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges…
- n. A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between…
- n. (sports) A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
- n. (sports, tennis) A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
- n. (tennis, by extension) The area of the court close to the net (mesh stretched to divide the court).
- v. (transitive) To catch by means of a net.
- v. (transitive, figuratively) To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.
- v. To enclose or cover with a net.
- v. (transitive, soccer) To score (a goal).
- v. (tennis) To hit the ball into the net.
- v. To form network or netting; to knit.
- adj. (obsolete) Good, desirable; clean, decent, clear.
- adj. Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat.
- adj. Remaining after expenses or deductions.
- adj. Final; end.
- adv. After expenses or deductions.
- n. The amount remaining after expenses are deducted; profit.
- v. (transitive) To receive as profit.
- v. (transitive) To yield as profit for.
- v. To fully hedge a position.
profits- n. plural of profit.
- v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of profit.
realise- v. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of realize.
realize- v. (formal, transitive) To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring…
- v. (transitive) To become aware of a fact or situation.
- v. (transitive) To cause to seem real; to impress upon the mind as actual; to feel vividly or strongly; to…
- v. (transitive, business) To acquire as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts;…
- v. (transitive, business, finance) To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing…
- v. (transitive, business, obsolete) To convert into real property; to make real estate of.
vantage- n. An advantage.
- n. A place or position affording a good view; a vantage point.
- n. A superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage.
- n. (dated, tennis) Alternative form of advantage (score after deuce).
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To profit; to aid.
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