Definition for Acquiring:

• the act of acquiring something; " I envied his talent for acquiring new friends"; " did you hear about his getting a car?"

Synonyms for Acquiring:

• adj.

  •realizing (adjective)
  • more netting,
  • more acquiring,
  • most netting,
  • most obtaining,
  • most acquiring,
  • most gaining,
  • more gaining,
  • more obtaining,
  • more clearing,
  • most getting,
  • most inheriting,
  • more inheriting,
  • most clearing,
  • more getting.

• n.

  •acceptance (noun)
  • co operations,
  • taking ons,
  • co operation,
  • re cognitions,
  • receivings,
  • goahead,
  • re-cognitions,
  • acquirings,
  • under taking,
  • under-taking,
  • re-cognition,
  • acceptings,
  • re cognition,
  • under takings,
  • under-takings.
  •acquiring (noun)
  • getting.
  •acquisition (noun)
  • winnings,
  • pursuits,
  • obtainment,
  • possession,
  • Procuration,
  • procurations,
  • property.
  •act (noun)
  • acquiring.
  •buying (noun)
  • trans actions,
  • trans-actions,
  • trans action,
  • trans-action.
  •collection (noun)
  • messes,
  • mobilization,
  • mobilizations,
  • bringing together,
  • caboodle,
  • medley.
  •procuring (noun)
  • pro curing,
  • pro-curing.
  •receipt (noun)
  • takings,
  • intaking,
  • Recipience.

• v.

  •acquiring (verb)
  • netting,
  • landing,
  • incurring,
  • wrangling,
  • Garnering,
  • fetching,
  • Heaping,
  • Securing,
  • Claiming,
  • Palming,
  • assuming,
  • Retrieving,
  • Cornering,
  • Obtaining,
  • scoring,
  • winning,
  • Luring.
  •adding (verb)
  • incrementing,
  • Adding,
  • Totaling,
  • Aggregating,
  • augmenting,
  • Accumulating,
  • Summing,
  • Attaining,
  • increasing,
  • Tallying,
  • Accruing.
  •possessing (verb)
  • Having,
  • Possessing,
  • holding,
  • Owning.
  •receiving (verb)
  • devouring,
  • Gobbling,
  • assimilating,
  • inhaling,
  • Engorging,
  • eating,
  • Admitting,
  • accepting,
  • Pocketing,
  • accessing,
  • inspiring,
  • absorbing,
  • gulping,
  • Swallowing,
  • ingesting.
  •taking (verb)
  • Amassing,
  • Nabbing,
  • Monopolizing,
  • Confiscating,
  • Capturing,
  • Depriving,
  • Annexing,
  • Usurping,
  • Appropriating,
  • catching,
  • taking,
  • gathering,
  • bagging,
  • harvesting,
  • Commandeering,
  • abducting,
  • Grabbing,
  • Reaping,
  • Levying,
  • impounding,
  • collecting.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • contracting,
  • Forming,
  • job,
  • paying,
  • bewildering,
  • Checking,
  • set,
  • Selecting,
  • Conning,
  • Arrogating,
  • occupancy,
  • Maturing,
  • reception,
  • beget,
  • puzzling,
  • Aiming,
  • collimate,
  • stimulating,
  • feigning,
  • Gaining,
  • occupation,
  • farming,
  • gain,
  • inducing,
  • buy,
  • arresting,
  • Creating,
  • Presuming,
  • Explicating,
  • assemblage,
  • suffering,
  • turning,
  • fall,
  • Engendering,
  • filming,
  • stupefying,
  • happening,
  • allotment,
  • Generating,
  • perplexing,
  • business,
  • grasping,
  • Achieving,
  • Earning,
  • attainment,
  • directing,
  • fasten,
  • dramatising,
  • Preparing,
  • watching,
  • tackling,
  • appropriation,
  • Memorizing,
  • Simulating,
  • guiding,
  • Civilizing,
  • ok,
  • Profiting,
  • Containing,
  • Instructing,
  • acquisitive,
  • engaging,
  • irritating,
  • Accomplishing,
  • Dramatizing,
  • remunerative,
  • Mothering,
  • lucrative,
  • seizure,
  • accumulation,
  • Commencing,
  • Formulating,
  • playing,
  • Adopting,
  • starting,
  • Espousing,
  • attain,
  • acquired,
  • grabby,
  • developing,
  • Originating,
  • packing,
  • earn,
  • Gainful,
  • craft,
  • apprehension,
  • civilising,
  • employment,
  • assortment,
  • baffling,
  • recrudescing,
  • take,
  • scramming,
  • taking possession,
  • Involving,
  • acquirer,
  • determining,
  • admission,
  • become,
  • Shaming,
  • acquirement,
  • confiscation,
  • assembly,
  • Shamming,
  • conducting,
  • procurement,
  • acquire,
  • obsoleting,
  • conquering,
  • consuming,
  • exacting,
  • confirm,
  • Nonplussing,
  • Submitting,
  • Experiencing,
  • clearing,
  • Removing,
  • Producing,
  • define,
  • assign,
  • inheriting,
  • Extracting,
  • following,
  • ascertain,
  • modernising,
  • uprising,
  • fixing,
  • conveying,
  • come,
  • Necessitating,
  • advantageous,
  • asking,
  • picking,
  • borrowing,
  • fetch,
  • training,
  • determine,
  • Requiring,
  • catch,
  • Modernizing,
  • get,
  • Considering,
  • filling,
  • fix,
  • arrest,
  • deriving,
  • purchase,
  • Donning,
  • greedy,
  • acquires,
  • Educating,
  • causing,
  • mystifying,
  • demanding,
  • pickup,
  • Siring,
  • Fathering,
  • profitable,
  • Evolving,
  • Recruiting,
  • raising,
  • Encountering,
  • amazing,
  • Subscribing,
  • gaining control,
  • Ascertaining.

Paraphrases for Acquiring:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    acquire.
  • Proper noun, singular
    acquire.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    acquire.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    purchasing, Gaining, purchase, purchases.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    buying, purchase, 'acquisition.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Accumulating, Hiring, Receiving, Achieving, Capturing, Incorporating, Extracting, Creating, creation, retaining, Introducing, accepting, Reaping, Leasing, Attracting, Accomplishing, equipping, catching, recovering, Producing, stealing, Garnering, increasing, Possessing, deriving, undertaking, fetching, Eliciting, teaching, ensuring, develop, Acceding, reaching, seizing, assuring, raising, Registering, arranging, succeeding, transmitting, issuing, Delivering, Enjoying, leveraging, broadening, expanding, assimilating, incurring, prevailing, suffering, grasping, borrowing, contracting, pursuing, Soliciting, Realizing, scoring, Collating, Owning, arriving, Undergoing, Granting, absorbing, Harnessing, identifying, Treating, Licensing, Initiating, becoming, renting, forwarding, Collapsing, assuming, Charging, drawing, compiling, harvesting, completing, mastering, withholding, tracking, maximizing, enlisting, engaging, Mobilizing, equating, Instituting, widening, rental, Providing, Carrying, Sourcing, Claiming, being, bringing, Adopting, conveying, Extending, breaking, ordering, yielding, Adding, moving, imposing, finding, setting, holding, eating, Admitting, Shouldering, striking, takes, shrinking, mapping, commanding, Requesting, Marshalling, matching, Applying, driving, sampling, authoring, falling, passing, Levying, accounting, studying, opening, shopping, starting, showing, asking, dealing, giving, Having, seeing, knowing, controlling, putting, letting, making, buying, purchasing, Gaining, purchase.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    acquisition.
  • Proper noun, singular
    acquisition, acquisitions.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    acquisition, purchasing.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Establishing, seeking, acquisition.

Acquiring Sentence Examples:

• He worked hard at his school tasks the sooner to be done with them, and above all devoted himself to acquiring a mastery of the sword with a perseverance and enthusiasm which quite surprised his instructor.

• Cummings had not handled a pilot wheel on the Mississippi for thirty years without acquiring some strength in hands and arms.

Homophones for Acquiring:

• assuring, acre inch, agronomic, acrimonious, achromasia, acorn squash, assurance, acronymic, achromic, acronymous, achromous.

Hypernym for Acquiring:

• n.

  • act
    catching, occupation, capture, moving in, occupancy, contracting, obtention, appropriation, pickup, reception, obtainment, acquisition, gaining control, receipt, seizure.

Hyponym for Acquiring:

• n.

  • act
    deed, human activity, act, human action.