earn

• accomplish
• accumulate
• achieve
• acquire
• amass
• annex
• attain
• bag
• be entitled to
• be gainfully employed
• be in line for
• be worthy of
• bring home
• bring home the bacon
• bring home the groceries
• bring in
• capture
• carry
• catch
• clean up
• clear
• collect
• come by
• consummate
• cop
• derive
• deserve
• draw
• effect
• entitle
• gain
• garner
• gather
• get
• gross
• harvest
• hustle
• knock down
• land
• make
• make fast buck
• make it big
• merit
• net
• obtain
• occupy
• perform
• pick up
• procure
• profit
• pull
• pull down
• qualify
• rack up
• rate
• reacquire
• realize
• reap
• reattain
• recapture
• receive
• regain
• remake
• scare up
• score
• scrape together
• secure
• snag
• sock
• take over
• turn
• warrant
• win
• wrangle

• accord
• cost
• discourage
• dissuade
• fail
• forfeit
• give
• give in
• give up
• grant
• hand over
• lose
• miss
• neglect
• pass
• pay
• relinquish
• spend
• surrender
• throw away
• yield

• She worked diligently to earn a promotion within the company.
• The talented musician hoped to earn recognition for their original compositions.
• Students strive to earn high grades through hard work and dedication.
• The athlete's rigorous training regimen was designed to help him earn a spot on the national team.
• Entrepreneurs often face challenges as they endeavor to earn the trust of their customers.

abecedarian

• amateur
• apprentice
• babe
• basal
• basic
• beginner
• beginning
• boot
• candidate
• colt
• crucial
• crude
• cub
• dabbler
• dilettante
• elemental
• elementary
• entrant
• essential
• fledgling
• freshman
• fundamental
• greenhorn
• important
• introductory
• key
• learner
• meat-and-potatoes
• neophyte
• newbie
• newcomer
• novice
• novitiate
• preliminary
• preparatory
• primal
• primary
• prime
• primeval
• primitive
• primordial
• probationer
• punk
• recruit
• rook
• rookie
• rude
• rudimental
• rudimentary
• simple
• student
• tenderfoot
• trainee
• tyro
• uncomplicated
• underlying
• virgin

abecedarians

• amateurs
• apprentices
• babes
• beginners
• boots
• candidates
• colts
• cubs
• dabblers
• dilettantes
• dilettanti
• entrants
• fledglings
• freshmen
• greenhorns
• learners
• neophytes
• newbies
• newcomers
• novices
• novitiates
• probationers
• punks
• recruits
• rookies
• rooks
• students
• tenderfeet
• tenderfoots
• trainees
• tyros
• virgins

aboveboard

• artless
• believable
• candid
• conscientious
• credible
• dependable
• direct
• earnest
• forthcoming
• forthright
• foursquare
• frank
• frankly
• free-spoken
• freehearted
• genuine
• good-faith
• guileless
• honest
• honestly
• moral
• on the up and up
• open
• openhearted
• openly
• out-front
• outspoken
• overt
• overtly
• plain
• plainspoken
• principled
• reliable
• right on
• scrupulous
• square
• straight
• straight from shoulder
• straightforward
• true
• truly
• trustable
• trustworthy
• trusty
• truthful
• truthfully
• unaffected
• unpretending
• unpretentious
• up front
• veracious
• veraciously
• veritable

abrupt

• angled
• artless
• bluff
• blunt
• bold
• brief
• brusk
• brusque
• candid
• canted
• closemouthed
• coarse
• cocked
• craggy
• crass
• crude
• crusty
• curt
• direct
• discourteous
• disrespectful
• downright
• earnest
• forthright
• foursquare
• frank
• free-spoken
• gruff
• hasty
• heeled
• hillocky
• hilly
• honest
• hurried
• impertinent
• impetuous
• impolite
• improbable
• inclined
• inconsiderate
• insensitive
• jerky
• laconic
• listed
• low
• matter-of-fact
• mountainous
• open
• outspoken
• perpendicular
• plain
• plainspoken
• plumb
• point-blank
• precipitate
• precipitous
• quick
• reserved
• reticent
• rough
• rude
• rushing
• scarped
• sheer
• short
• short-spoken
• sincere
• slanted
• sloped
• snappish
• snappy
• snippy
• startling
• steep
• straight
• straight-out
• straightforward
• sudden
• surprising
• tactless
• terse
• tight-lipped
• tilted
• tipped
• unanticipated
• unceremonious
• uncivil
• uncouth
• undiplomatic
• unexpected
• unforeseen
• ungracious
• unintended
• unlikely
• unlooked-for
• unplanned
• vertical
• vulgar

absorb

• abate
• abide
• accept
• acculturate
• accustom
• acquiesce
• allow
• allure
• amalgamate
• assimilate
• attract
• bankrupt
• bear
• beguile
• bemuse
• bewitch
• bide
• blend
• blot
• blow
• brook
• burn
• busy
• capitulate
• captivate
• catch up
• charm
• co-opt
• combine
• commingle
• comprehend
• concern
• condition
• consume
• countenance
• cripple
• de-escalate
• debilitate
• decrease
• deplete
• devour
• digest
• diminish
• disable
• dissipate
• distract
• downsize
• drain
• draw down
• drink
• drink in
• dry up
• dwindle
• eat
• embody
• employ
• empty
• enchant
• enculturate
• endure
• enfeeble
• engage
• engross
• enthral
• enthrall
• enwrap
• exhaust
• expend
• fascinate
• fill
• follow
• fuse
• get
• get into
• go
• grasp
• grip
• gulp
• guzzle
• habituate
• hack
• handle
• hog
• hold
• hypnotize
• imbibe
• immerse
• impoverish
• incorporate
• ingest
• ingurgitate
• integrate
• interest
• intermingle
• intrigue
• involve
• latch onto
• lavish
• learn
• lessen
• live with
• lower
• meet
• merge
• mesmerize
• mingle
• misspend
• monopolize
• naturalize
• obsess
• occupy
• osmose
• permit
• play out
• pocket
• preoccupy
• quaff
• reduce
• respect
• rivet
• run out of
• run through
• sap
• sense
• sip
• slurp
• soak up
• sop up
• spend
• sponge
• sponge up
• squander
• stand
• stand for
• stick out
• stomach
• suck in
• suffer
• support
• sustain
• swallow
• sweat out
• swig
• swill
• take
• take in
• take up
• throw away
• tolerate
• tough it out
• undermine
• understand
• use
• use up
• waste
• weaken
• wear

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