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:

• n.

  •acquiring (noun)
  • getting.
  •acquisition (noun)
  • obtainment.

• 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.

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.

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.