What is another word for acquiring?
876 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɐkwˈa͡ɪ͡əɹɪŋ], [ ɐkwˈaɪəɹɪŋ], [ ɐ_k_w_ˈaɪə_ɹ_ɪ_ŋ]Table of Contents
Similar words for acquiring: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)n.
•acceptance (noun) •acquiring (noun) •acquisition (noun) •act (noun) •buying (noun) •collection (noun) •procuring (noun) •receipt (noun)v.
•acquiring (verb)- netting,
- landing,
- incurring,
- wrangling,
- Garnering,
- fetching,
- Heaping,
- Securing,
- Claiming,
- Palming,
- assuming,
- Retrieving,
- Cornering,
- Obtaining,
- scoring,
- winning,
- Luring.
- incrementing,
- Adding,
- Totaling,
- Aggregating,
- augmenting,
- Accumulating,
- Summing,
- Attaining,
- increasing,
- Tallying,
- Accruing.
Other synonyms:
•adj. •n.- acceptance,
- acquisition,
- act,
- buying,
- collection,
- deed,
- effort,
- exploit,
- feat,
- permission,
- purchasing,
- receipt,
- shopping,
- yes,
- Amassment,
- Receiving,
- Procuring,
- co-operation,
- yeses,
- gainings,
- co-operations,
- obtainings,
- orderings.
- abducent,
- accept,
- acceptation,
- access,
- accession,
- accomplish,
- accomplishment,
- accretion,
- accrual,
- accrue,
- accruement,
- achieve,
- acknowledge,
- act as,
- acting,
- add up,
- addition,
- adjust,
- admission charge,
- admission fee,
- admission price,
- admit,
- admittance,
- adopt,
- adoption,
- advance,
- affirm,
- aggregation,
- agony,
- agrarian,
- agricultural,
- agriculture,
- aim,
- allocation,
- allot,
- alright,
- altering,
- amaze,
- amount,
- amplification,
- annexation,
- annoying,
- appeal,
- apportioning,
- apportionment,
- apprehend,
- apprehensiveness,
- appropriate,
- arrange,
- arrive,
- arrive at,
- arrogate,
- arrogation,
- ascribe,
- ask,
- assembling,
- assignation,
- assimilative,
- assimilatory,
- assume,
- assumptive,
- assure,
- astonishing,
- astounding,
- attempt,
- attribute,
- autumn,
- avaricious,
- avid,
- awe-inspiring,
- awesome,
- awful,
- awing,
- backpacking,
- baffle,
- band,
- banker's acceptance,
- bargain,
- beat,
- becharm,
- begin,
- beguile,
- behave,
- belongings,
- benefit,
- bent,
- bewilder,
- bewitch,
- bit,
- bothersome,
- boxing,
- breeding,
- bribe,
- bring,
- bring forth,
- bring in,
- bringing up,
- bugger off,
- bunch,
- bushel,
- business concern,
- business enterprise,
- business organization,
- business sector,
- buzz off,
- byplay,
- call for,
- campaign,
- caper,
- capitulation,
- captivate,
- carry,
- cartridge,
- catch up with,
- categorisation,
- categorization,
- causation,
- cause,
- chance on,
- chance upon,
- charm,
- charter,
- chase,
- check,
- choose,
- chore,
- cinematography,
- circle,
- claim,
- clarification,
- classification,
- clear,
- clientele,
- coif,
- coiffe,
- coiffure,
- collar,
- come across,
- come down,
- come in,
- come up,
- come upon,
- commence,
- commercial enterprise,
- communicable,
- compartmentalisation,
- compartmentalization,
- compendium,
- compensable,
- concern,
- conduct,
- confusing,
- congeal,
- conquer,
- conquest,
- consider,
- consume,
- contagious,
- contain,
- contract,
- contractable,
- control,
- convey,
- conveyance,
- conveyance of title,
- conveyancing,
- cook,
- cool,
- cop,
- correct,
- corroborate,
- corrupt,
- countersink,
- covetous,
- craftiness,
- craftsmanship,
- credence,
- crusade,
- cryptic,
- cryptical,
- cunning,
- deal,
- decide,
- deciding,
- declension,
- declination,
- decline,
- declivity,
- decrease,
- deed of conveyance,
- deep,
- delegate,
- delimit,
- delimitate,
- delineate,
- demand,
- depute,
- derivation,
- derive,
- descend,
- descent,
- desex,
- desexualise,
- desexualize,
- designate,
- detection,
- determinant,
- determinative,
- determined,
- develop,
- development,
- devolve,
- dictated,
- dimension,
- diminish,
- dip,
- direct,
- directional,
- directive,
- discernment,
- discover,
- dissemble,
- dissembling,
- distress,
- doctor,
- downfall,
- downslope,
- draw,
- dread,
- dress,
- drive,
- drop,
- dumbfound,
- dusk,
- education,
- elbow grease,
- elevation,
- elusive,
- employ,
- enactment,
- enamor,
- enamour,
- enchant,
- endeavor,
- endeavour,
- engage,
- engagement,
- engender,
- engrossing,
- enigmatic,
- enigmatical,
- ensure,
- entrance,
- entrance fee,
- entrance money,
- entree,
- espial,
- espousal,
- esurient,
- etymologizing,
- evenfall,
- evolve,
- exact,
- excruciation,
- exercise,
- exercise set,
- exertion,
- exhilarating,
- exigent,
- experience,
- fabrication,
- fall down,
- fall upon,
- fare,
- farm out,
- fascinate,
- fascinating,
- fastener,
- fastening,
- fastidious,
- father,
- favorable,
- favourable,
- feeding,
- fill,
- film,
- find,
- find out,
- fine,
- fit,
- fixate,
- fixation,
- fixed,
- fixture,
- flow,
- flummox,
- follow,
- followers,
- forum,
- fosterage,
- fostering,
- foxiness,
- free fall,
- fructify,
- fuck off,
- furbish up,
- gain ground,
- galling,
- garner,
- gather,
- gauze,
- gear up,
- generate,
- get ahead,
- get along,
- get down,
- get hold of,
- getaway,
- gimmick,
- glade,
- gloaming,
- go,
- go down,
- go under,
- grab,
- grading,
- gravel,
- gripping,
- grooming,
- grow,
- guide,
- guile,
- gulp,
- guzzling,
- haggle,
- haggling,
- hail,
- halt,
- hang,
- happen upon,
- hardened,
- hardening,
- harvest,
- haul,
- have,
- hire,
- hitch,
- hold,
- hold back,
- holdfast,
- hookup,
- hunky-dory,
- hurt,
- husbandry,
- ictus,
- impoundment,
- impute,
- increase,
- incur,
- induce,
- inducement,
- influence,
- ingathering,
- ingest,
- inscrutable,
- insure,
- insurrection,
- internment,
- involve,
- irritative,
- issue,
- issue forth,
- jam,
- jell,
- keeping,
- kettle of fish,
- knotty,
- land,
- landing place,
- larn,
- lay,
- lay out,
- lead,
- learn,
- learning,
- lease,
- lessen,
- let,
- leverage,
- license,
- lift,
- light,
- light upon,
- limit,
- line,
- line of work,
- localisation,
- localise,
- localization,
- localize,
- located,
- locating,
- location,
- look at,
- lot,
- make,
- make headway,
- make out,
- make up one's mind,
- mark,
- marking,
- match,
- meeting place,
- mend,
- mending,
- merchant bank,
- mess,
- militarisation,
- militarization,
- military control,
- miscellanea,
- miscellany,
- miserable,
- misgiving,
- mixed bag,
- mixture,
- mobilisation,
- mold,
- moneymaking,
- monomania,
- mother,
- motion-picture photography,
- motley,
- move,
- movement,
- muddle,
- mysterious,
- mystify,
- nab,
- nail,
- natural event,
- necessitate,
- need,
- nettlesome,
- neutering,
- next,
- nightfall,
- nonplus,
- number,
- nurture,
- observance,
- observation,
- obtain,
- occupy,
- occur,
- occurrence,
- okay,
- okeh,
- okey,
- oklahoma,
- overhear,
- overtake,
- overwhelming,
- overwork,
- ownership,
- pack,
- packing material,
- paid,
- painful,
- parallel,
- parceling,
- parcelling,
- pass,
- pastiche,
- patronage,
- pay back,
- pay off,
- payoff,
- performing,
- permit,
- perplex,
- pesky,
- pestering,
- pestiferous,
- pick,
- pick out,
- pick-me-up,
- pickings,
- pickle,
- pickup arm,
- pickup truck,
- pin,
- pinch,
- piquant,
- place,
- placed,
- plaguey,
- plaguy,
- plant,
- play,
- playact,
- playacting,
- portion,
- pose,
- posit,
- position,
- postulate,
- potpourri,
- poundage,
- precipitate,
- prehensile,
- prehension,
- preparation,
- prepare,
- presumptuous,
- pretence,
- pretend,
- pretending,
- pretense,
- price of admission,
- primed,
- problem,
- problematic,
- problematical,
- proceeds,
- procural,
- procurance,
- produce,
- profit,
- profits,
- prop,
- pull ahead,
- pursuit,
- put,
- puzzle,
- raptus,
- reach,
- read,
- readiness,
- ready,
- realise,
- realize,
- rearing,
- reassert,
- rebellion,
- receive,
- regulate,
- remove,
- rent,
- repair,
- reparation,
- represent,
- request,
- require,
- response,
- restore,
- retention,
- return,
- revolt,
- rig,
- rigid,
- rising,
- riveting,
- roleplay,
- routine,
- sacking,
- salaried,
- salmagundi,
- savvy,
- scram,
- secure,
- see,
- see to it,
- seed,
- seize,
- seizing,
- select,
- self-command,
- self-control,
- self-possession,
- self-will,
- seminal fluid,
- sensational,
- set about,
- set out,
- set up,
- seth,
- settle,
- shape,
- shine,
- shoot,
- sic,
- simulation,
- sire,
- situate,
- situated,
- skill,
- slyness,
- smorgasbord,
- snap,
- solicitation,
- solidification,
- solidifying,
- sooner state,
- specify,
- speculate,
- spill,
- spotting,
- spying,
- square off,
- square up,
- stage business,
- stage set,
- staggering,
- start,
- start out,
- stay,
- steal,
- sterilise,
- sterilize,
- stern,
- stick,
- stimulant,
- stimulate,
- stipendiary,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- strict,
- strike,
- study,
- stunning,
- stupefy,
- subcontract,
- subjection,
- subjugation,
- submit,
- subscribe,
- subscribe to,
- substantiate,
- suffer,
- sufferance,
- suit,
- support,
- surrender,
- sustain,
- sweat,
- swilling,
- take aim,
- take hold of,
- take on,
- taking hold,
- taking into custody,
- tap,
- task,
- teasing,
- tenancy,
- tighten,
- title,
- toleration,
- tone arm,
- total,
- touch on,
- tough,
- trade,
- train,
- trance,
- transmissible,
- transmittable,
- travail,
- try,
- tumble,
- turn,
- turn back,
- twilight,
- typeset,
- underdeveloped,
- undermentioned,
- understanding,
- unsex,
- upbringing,
- usage,
- use,
- use up,
- utilisation,
- utilization,
- variety,
- veiling,
- very well,
- vex,
- vexatious,
- vexing,
- victorious,
- view,
- wadding,
- watch,
- weft,
- wiliness,
- willpower,
- win,
- withdraw,
- woe,
- woof,
- work,
- workmanship,
- wrangle,
- wretched,
- yield,
- harvest home,
- curing,
- crepuscule,
- crepuscle,
- pick up,
- put on,
- take away,
- take in,
- take up,
- set apart,
- pull in,
- get under one's skin,
- grease one's palms,
- deposit,
- hole,
- laid,
- snatch,
- ejaculate,
- semen,
- cum,
- will power,
- all right,
- trip up,
- okla..
Paraphrases for Acquiring:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
acquire.
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Proper noun, singular
acquire.
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Noun, singular or mass
acquire.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
purchasing, Gaining, purchase, purchases.
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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.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
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Adjective
acquisition.
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Proper noun, singular
acquisition, acquisitions.
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Noun, singular or mass
acquisition, purchasing.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Establishing, seeking, acquisition.
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Adjective
Acquiring Sentence Examples:
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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.
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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.
Hyponym for Acquiring:
n.
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act
deed, human activity, act, human action.
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act