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earned

The word “earned” has 1 syllable: earned

It's pronounced as /ɜːrnd/

What is synonym and antonym for earned?

In the thesaurus, “earned” has 81 synonyms and 34 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for earned along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for earned

Antonyms for earned

  • accorded
  • delivered
  • deprived
  • disbursed
  • excessive
  • forfeited
  • gave
  • gave up
  • given
  • granted
  • handed over
  • improper
  • inadequate
  • inappropriate
  • incorrect
  • inordinate
  • lost
  • nonstandard
  • paid
  • relinquished
  • surrendered
  • ugly
  • undue
  • unfair
  • unfit
  • unfitting
  • unjust
  • unjustified
  • unmerited
  • unrightful
  • unseemly
  • unsuitable
  • unsuited
  • yielded

Meanings of earned

  • verb
    1. To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
    2. To receive payment for work.
    3. To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward.
    4. To achieve by being worthy of.
    5. To curdle, as milk.
    6. To long; to yearn.
    7. To grieve.

Example Sentences

  • The dedicated employee earned praise for exceeding performance targets.
  • After years of study, she finally earned her doctoral degree in neuroscience.
  • The athlete's hard work and determination earned him a gold medal in the competition.
  • The charity event earned substantial donations to support community projects.
  • The team's consistent efforts earned them a well-deserved spot in the championship.

On this page you'll find 115 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to earned, such as: accepted, accomplished, accorded, accumulated, achieved, acknowledged, acquired.

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abstruse

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academic

  • abstract
  • academe
  • academician
  • alleged
  • assumed
  • book-learned
  • bookish
  • bookman
  • bookworm
  • brain
  • cerebral
  • closet
  • college
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  • conceptual
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  • critic
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  • curricular
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  • educational
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  • eggheaded
  • erudite
  • faultfinder
  • formalistic
  • gearhead
  • geek
  • geeky
  • genius
  • graduate
  • grind
  • hairsplitter
  • highbrow
  • hypothetical
  • instructive
  • instructor
  • intellectual
  • ivory-tower
  • ivory-towered
  • ivory-towerish
  • learned
  • lecturer
  • metaphysical
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  • nerd
  • nerdish
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  • nonclinical
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  • notional
  • pedagog
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  • pedant
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  • perfectionist
  • pettifogger
  • postgraduate
  • preceptor
  • presumed
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  • professor
  • professorial
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  • pupil
  • purist
  • quibbler
  • scholar
  • scholarly
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  • suppositional
  • swot
  • teacher
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  • theoretic
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  • tutor
  • tweedy
  • university
  • unproved
  • unproven
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  • weenie
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accomplished

  • able
  • absolute
  • ace
  • aced
  • achieved
  • actualized
  • adept
  • adroit
  • all-around
  • all-round
  • attained
  • bourgeois
  • brainy
  • brought about
  • brought off
  • capable
  • carried off
  • carried out
  • cerebral
  • certain
  • civil
  • civilized
  • clear
  • clever
  • committed
  • compassed
  • competent
  • compleat
  • complete
  • completed
  • conclusive
  • consummate
  • cool
  • cosmopolitan
  • courteous
  • couth
  • crack
  • crackerjack
  • cultivated
  • cultured
  • decisive
  • definite
  • deft
  • dexterous
  • dextrous
  • did
  • educated
  • effected
  • effective
  • effectual
  • effectuated
  • efficient
  • employable
  • ended
  • erudite
  • executed
  • experienced
  • expert
  • finished
  • fit
  • fitted
  • fulfilled
  • genteel
  • gifted
  • good
  • great
  • habile
  • hands-down
  • handy
  • hep
  • high-toned
  • highbrow
  • highbrowed
  • hip
  • hypercivilized
  • implemented
  • inarguable
  • incontestable
  • incontrovertible
  • indisputable
  • indubitable
  • intellectual
  • intellectualist
  • intellectualistic
  • irrefragable
  • irrefutable
  • knowledgeable
  • learned
  • literate
  • long-term
  • made
  • mannerly
  • master
  • masterful
  • masterly
  • middlebrow
  • multiskilled
  • multitalented
  • nailed
  • negotiated
  • old
  • overcivilized
  • oversophisticated
  • performed
  • perpetrated
  • polished
  • polite
  • positive
  • practiced
  • practised
  • professed
  • proficient
  • prosecuted
  • pulled off
  • put through
  • qualified
  • realized
  • reduplicated
  • reenacted
  • refined
  • repeated
  • savvy
  • scholarly
  • schooled
  • sharp
  • skilled
  • skillful
  • slick
  • sophisticated
  • sure
  • sure-handed
  • talented
  • taught
  • trained
  • tutored
  • unambiguous
  • unanswerable
  • unarguable
  • unchallengeable
  • uncontested
  • uncontradicted
  • undeniable
  • undisputed
  • unequivocal
  • unquestionable
  • unquestioned
  • urbane
  • versed
  • veteran
  • virtuoso
  • well-bred
  • well-read
  • well-rounded
  • went through
  • winded up
  • wised up
  • with it
  • workmanlike
  • wound up

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