gain ground

The phrase “gain ground” has 2 syllables: gain ground

It's pronounced as /ɡeɪn ɡraʊnd/


What is synonym and antonym for gain ground?

In the thesaurus, “gain ground” has 37 synonyms and 32 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for gain ground

  • accelerate
  • actuate
  • advance
  • approach
  • come
  • come along
  • do
  • drive
  • fare
  • fast-forward
  • forge
  • get along
  • get on
  • go
  • go along
  • go off
  • impel
  • journey
  • make up for lost time
  • march
  • near
  • pace
  • pass
  • pick up speed
  • press forward
  • proceed
  • proceed forward
  • progress
  • propel
  • push
  • push on
  • repair
  • run
  • speed
  • take out
  • travel
  • wend

Antonyms for gain ground

  • arrest
  • balk
  • block
  • cease
  • check
  • cramp
  • delay
  • detain
  • halt
  • hamper
  • hinder
  • hold back
  • impede
  • inhibit
  • interrupt
  • let up
  • lose ground
  • nip
  • obstruct
  • pause
  • regress
  • remain
  • repress
  • retard
  • stall
  • stand
  • stay
  • stem
  • stop
  • stunt
  • suppress
  • wait

Meanings of gain ground

  • verb
    1. To make progress or obtain advantage.

Example Sentences

  • Despite initial setbacks, the team managed to gain ground in the second half of the game.
  • The political candidate worked tirelessly to connect with voters and gain ground in the polls.
  • In the race for technological supremacy, some companies strive to gain ground through innovation.
  • As the negotiations progressed, the diplomats aimed to find common ground and gain ground in the peace talks.
  • The conservation efforts helped endangered species gain ground and thrive in their natural habitats.

On this page you'll find 69 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to gain ground, such as: accelerate, actuate, advance, approach, arrest, balk, block.

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Related Words

fare

  • accelerate
  • actuate
  • advance
  • afford
  • aliment
  • approach
  • banquet
  • board
  • book
  • bread
  • break bread
  • breakfast
  • carry on
  • charge
  • check
  • chow
  • chuck
  • come
  • come along
  • comestibles
  • commissary
  • commons
  • contrive
  • cope
  • diet
  • dig in
  • dine
  • dine out
  • dish
  • do
  • drive
  • eat
  • eatables
  • eats
  • edibles
  • eke out
  • ensilage
  • expense
  • fast-forward
  • feast
  • feed
  • fend for oneself
  • finger food
  • fodder
  • food
  • foodstuffs
  • forage
  • forge
  • gain ground
  • get along
  • get by
  • get on
  • glut
  • go
  • go along
  • go off
  • gorge
  • gormandize
  • graze
  • grub
  • handle
  • happen
  • hie
  • impel
  • journey
  • last
  • lunch
  • make do
  • make ends meet
  • make headway
  • make out
  • make shift
  • manage
  • march
  • meal
  • meals
  • meat
  • menu
  • mess
  • muddle through
  • natural food
  • near
  • nibble
  • nosh
  • nourishment
  • nurture
  • nutriment
  • overeat
  • overfeed
  • pace
  • pap
  • partake
  • pass
  • passage
  • pick
  • picnic
  • pig out
  • plate
  • platter
  • price
  • proceed
  • progress
  • propel
  • prosper
  • prove
  • provender
  • provision
  • provisions
  • push
  • rations
  • refresh
  • refreshments
  • regale
  • repair
  • repast
  • run
  • scrounge
  • serving
  • shift
  • silage
  • slop
  • slug
  • snack
  • speed
  • spread
  • squeeze
  • stagger
  • sup
  • supplies
  • survive
  • sustenance
  • swill
  • swing
  • table
  • take out
  • tariff
  • ticket
  • token
  • toll
  • travel
  • tucker
  • viands
  • victual
  • victuals
  • vittles
  • wend
  • wrest
  • wring

make a comeback

  • ameliorate
  • backfire
  • be extant
  • be left
  • be on the mend
  • be out of the woods
  • be out of woods
  • bear
  • better
  • boomerang
  • bounce back
  • brace up
  • carry on
  • carry through
  • come along
  • come around
  • come back
  • come from behind
  • come through
  • continue
  • convalesce
  • cut it
  • endure
  • enliven
  • exist
  • feel oneself again
  • forge ahead
  • gain
  • gain ground
  • get act together
  • get back in shape
  • get back on feet
  • get better
  • get in shape
  • get on
  • get out from under
  • get over
  • get second wind
  • get through
  • get well
  • go all the way
  • go the limit
  • grow
  • grow stronger
  • handle
  • heal
  • hold out
  • improve
  • increase
  • invigorate
  • keep
  • keep afloat
  • kick back
  • last
  • live
  • live down
  • live on
  • live out
  • live through
  • look up
  • make the cut
  • mend
  • outlast
  • outlive
  • outwear
  • overcome
  • perk up
  • persevere
  • persist
  • pick up
  • pull out of it
  • pull through
  • rally
  • reanimate
  • rebound
  • recoil
  • recommence
  • recover
  • recuperate
  • refresh
  • regain health
  • regain strength
  • rejuvenate
  • remain
  • remain alive
  • renew
  • reopen
  • restart
  • restore
  • resume
  • return
  • return to form
  • revitalize
  • revive
  • ride out
  • see through
  • shape up
  • snap back
  • snap out of it
  • sober up
  • spring back
  • stand up
  • start anew
  • subsist
  • suffer
  • surge
  • sustain
  • swell
  • take turn for better
  • take up
  • tough it out
  • turn around
  • turn the corner
  • turn things around
  • weather
  • withstand

pace

  • accelerate
  • acceleration
  • actuate
  • advance
  • alacrity
  • ambulate
  • approach
  • beat
  • bounce
  • celerity
  • clip
  • come
  • come along
  • count
  • determine
  • dispatch
  • do
  • downbeat
  • drive
  • expedition
  • expeditiousness
  • fare
  • fast-forward
  • fastness
  • file
  • fleetness
  • foot it
  • footstep
  • forge
  • gain ground
  • gait
  • get along
  • get on
  • getalong
  • go
  • go along
  • go off
  • goose-step
  • haste
  • hastiness
  • hike
  • hoof it
  • hurry
  • hustle
  • impel
  • journey
  • lick
  • lumber
  • march
  • mark out
  • measure
  • momentum
  • motion
  • movement
  • near
  • parade
  • pass
  • patrol
  • perambulate
  • plod
  • pound
  • precipitation
  • precipitousness
  • proceed
  • progress
  • promptitude
  • promptness
  • propel
  • push
  • quickness
  • rapidity
  • rapidness
  • rate
  • repair
  • run
  • rush
  • speed
  • speediness
  • stamp
  • step
  • step off
  • stomp
  • stride
  • swiftness
  • take out
  • tempo
  • time
  • traipse
  • tramp
  • travel
  • tread
  • troop
  • trot
  • trudge
  • velocity
  • walk
  • walk up and down
  • warp speed
  • wend

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