Gains [noun]
Definition of Gains:
acquisition, winnings
Synonyms of Gains:
● Advance
● Cut
● Return
● Profit
● Hike
● Rise
● Share
● Yield
● Increase
● Benefit
● Growth
● Earnings
● Income
● Dividend
● Payoff
● Boost
● Proceeds
● Progress
● Gravy
● Velvet
● Lucre
● Addition
● Accrual
● Produce
● Headway
● Take
● Buildup
● Receipts
● Up
● Upping
Opposite/Antonyms of Gains:
● Waste
● Bills
● Decline
● Handicap
● Failure
● Forfeit
● Stoppage
● Injury
● Hurt
● Harm
● Decrease
● Loss
● Debt
Sentence/Example of Gains:
The man who has seen gains self-confidence and the prestige of his subject when he encounters others who have only heard and read.
Having to make the Manchesters yield up their hard won gains is what breaks my heart.
But the inordinate and fortuitous gains from land are really only one example from a general class.
No other cultivator of the soil gains as many friends as the tobacco-grower.
In manners affable, and in benevolence unsurpassed, the Kentucky planter gains the plaudits of all.
The first advances in these contrivances were made in those countries, and all our considerable gains have come from their people.
The labour of the spade and of the loom, and the petty gains of trade, he contemptuously abandoned to men of a lower caste.
On July 1, 1863, the Confederate forces attacked Meade's forces and made temporary gains.
Mrs Mason worked away as hard as any of them; but she was older and tougher; and, besides, the gains were hers.
For his wifes and childrens sake he is sorely tempted to commit fraud, to tell falsehoods, and obtain illicit gains.