gain

v

1. obtain, get, acquire, procure, secure; reach, attain, achieve, arrive at, come to; win, (of a bill or motion) carry; earn, merit, capture, net, bag; harvest, garner, reap, gather, collect, pick up, glean; increase in, put on, add on; win over, persuade, prevail upon, enlist.

2. profit, avail, benefit, advance; net, clear, realize, make, yield, produce.

3. improve, advance, progress; recuperate, get better, rally, pick up, gain ground.

4.Often gain on

close in, close in on, narrow the gap, get nearer, catch up, catch up with, approach, overtake; widen the gap, do better, get farther ahead, draw away from.

5. gain time

procrastinate, stall, temporize, U.S. Congress. filibuster; delay, dally, use dilatory tactics, maneuver; postpone, put off, hold in abeyance, put on a back burner.

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6. profit, advantage, behoof, interest; benefit, good, avail, efficacy, use, usefulness.

7. gains

profits, winnings, Sl. take, Sl. velvet; proceeds, Sl. clean-up, pickings; revenue, income, earnings; return, interest, yield.

8. increase, augmentation, addition, increment, accretion, accumulation; rise, elevation, enhancement, ennoblement.

9. advance, advancement, forward movement, headway; progress, step forward, breakthrough, major development, discovery, finding.

10. acquisition, acquirement, obtainment; getting, striving, achieving, achievement.