gaining

The word “gaining” has 2 syllables: gain-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈɡeɪnɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for gaining?

In the thesaurus, “gaining” has 314 synonyms and 92 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for gaining

abduction
accelerating
accepting
accomplishing
accretion
accruing
accumulating
achievement
achieving
acknowledgment
acquiescence
acquirement
acquiring
acquisition
addition
admission
advancing
advantageous
affluent
afloat
afoot
agreement
alive
alluring
amassing
annexing
appreciating
apprehension
approaching
appropriating
appropriation
approval
arete
arguing
arrest
arrival
assent
assimilating
attaining
attainment
attracting
auspicious
bag
bagging
ballooning
beating
beguiling
blandishing
blarneying
blessed
blowing up
booming
boosting
born with a silver spoon
bourgeoning
brainwashing
bright
bringing
bringing around
bringing in
building up
bulking
burgeoning
bust
buy
cajoling
capturing
carrying
catch
catching
chalking up
charmed
chewing over
clearing
climbing
clutching
coaxing
collar
coming around
coming back
coming by
coming round
coming to
commandeering
completion
compliance
confiscating
confiscation
consent
continuing
convalescing
convenient
conversing
converting
convincing
cooperation
crescendoing
cresting
debating
discussing
disputing
distending
drawing
drop
earning
elevating
encouraging
enhancing
enlarging
enriching
ensnaring
enticing
entreating
equaling
equalling
escalating
excelling
exciting
exhorting
expanding
extending
fall
fast-talking
favorable
favored
feat
felicitous
finish
flourishing
fortuitous
fulfillment
functioning
gain
garnering
gathering
get a break
getting
go ahead
going
golden
grab
grasping
green light
grossing
happening
happy
healing
healthy
heightening
helpful
hit the jackpot
hitting
hook
hopeful
imprisonment
improving
in luck
in the gravy
inclining
increasing
inducing
inflating
influencing
inheriting
intensifying
interesting
jumping
knock off
knocking down
landing
laying hold of
leading on
learning
logging
lucky
luring
making
mastering
matching
maximizing
meeting
mending
mooting
mounting
moving
multiplying
mushrooming
nab
nail
netting
nod
obtaining
obtainment
occupation
occupying
okay
on a roll
ongoing
operating
opportune
outdoing
overcoming
overpersuading
peaking
permission
persuading
pick up
picking up
pinch
possession
prize
proceeding
procuration
procurement
procuring
profitable
proliferating
promising
prompting
property
propitious
prosperous
providential
pull
pulling down
pulling round
pulling through
purchase
pursuing
pursuit
racking up
rallying
reaching
reacquiring
realization
realizing
reaping
reattaining
recapturing
receipt
receiving
reception
recognition
recouping
recovering
recovery
recruiting
recuperating
redoubling
regaining
remaking
retrieval
reviving
ringing up
rising
rivaling
rivalling
rocketing
rolling up
rosy
run-in
salvage
satisfying
scoring
securing
seducing
seizing
seizure
selling
sitting pretty
skyrocketing
snapping back
snatching
snowballing
snowing
spreading
stepping up
stimulating
succeeding
successful
sunny side
surging
surpassing
surviving
swaying
sweep
swelling
taking
taking captive
taking in
taking into custody
taking on
taking over
tempting
thriving
tieing
timely
topping
touching
trapping
trip
triumphant
tying
undertaking
urging
victorious
waxing
wealthy
well-off
well-to-do
wheedling
winning
working
yes

Antonyms for gaining

abandoning
abating
according
adverse
ailing
arrested
collapsing
coming down
contracting
dearth
declining
decreasing
degenerating
denial
destitute
deteriorating
deterring
diminishing
dipping
disadvantageous
disagreement
disapproval
disbelief
discouraging
dissension
dissent
dissuading
dwindling
ended
fading
failing
failure
forfeit
forfeiting
freeing
giving
giving up
granting
halted
handing over
hopeless
lack
lacking
languishing
lessening
letting go
losing
loss
miss
missing
need
needy
opposition
paying
poor
receding
refusal
regressing
rejecting
rejection
relapsing
release
relinquishing
retrogressing
rise
sad
sickening
sinking
stalled
stopped
surrender
surrendering
tapering
tapering off
throwing off
unfortunate
unhappy
unlucky
unprofitable
unselling
unsuccessful
untoward
upset
veto
waning
want
wanting
weakening
wilting
withering
worsening
yielding

Meanings of gaining

verb
1. To acquire possession of.
2. To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.
3. To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.
4. To increase.
5. To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual.
6. To reach.
7. To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
8. To put on weight.
9. (of a clock or watch) To run fast.
noun
1. Gain; profit.

Example Sentences

She was gaining confidence with every successful presentation.
Despite the challenges, the team kept gaining ground in the competition.
The stock market was gaining momentum after a series of positive economic reports.
The explorers were gaining altitude as they climbed the steep mountain.
Through consistent effort, she was gaining new skills and knowledge in her chosen field.

On this page you'll find 406 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to gaining, such as: abandoning, abating, abduction, accelerating, accepting, accomplishing, according.

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