Definition for Acquisition:

• The act of acquiring; the thing acquired.

Synonyms for Acquisition:

• n.

  •
  • agent,
  • account,
  • retrieval,
  • accretion,
  • winning,
  • base.
  •
  • feat,
  • wares,
  • DO,
  • effort.
  •accomplishment (noun)
  • accomplishment.
  •achievement (noun)
  • encompassments.
  •acquisition (noun)
  • claim,
  • learning,
  • skill,
  • annexation,
  • procurement,
  • catch,
  • gain.
  •act (noun)
  • acquisition.
  •addition (noun)
  • enlargement,
  • accumulation,
  • accrual,
  • augmentation,
  • expansion,
  • increase,
  • addition,
  • increment,
  • aggregation.
  •assumption (noun)
  • under taking,
  • assumings,
  • acceptings,
  • taking ups,
  • under takings,
  • under-taking,
  • shoulderings,
  • under-takings,
  • taking ons.
  •attainment (noun)
  • re-aching,
  • re aching,
  • reapings,
  • re aping,
  • succeedings,
  • re-aping.
  •buy (noun)
  • in-vestment,
  • good deals,
  • in-vestments,
  • in vestment,
  • in vestments.
  •capture (noun)
  • appropriation,
  • confiscation,
  • seizure,
  • abduction,
  • occupation,
  • apprehension,
  • arrest.
  •collection (noun)
  • mobilization,
  • caboodle,
  • mobilizations,
  • medley,
  • bringing together,
  • messes.
  •conquest (noun)
  • captivations,
  • subduals,
  • sub dual,
  • subjections,
  • clean sweeps,
  • over throws,
  • over-throws,
  • sub-duals,
  • over throw,
  • defeatings,
  • feather cap,
  • conquerings,
  • sub-dual,
  • over-throw,
  • sub duals.
  •discovery (noun)
  • disclosure,
  • realization,
  • deduction,
  • revelation,
  • unmasking,
  • espial,
  • exposure,
  • identification,
  • breakthrough,
  • solution,
  • detection,
  • determination,
  • recognition,
  • manifestation,
  • unraveling,
  • discovery,
  • apocalypse.
  •find (noun)
  • one a million,
  • one in million,
  • treasure troves,
  • good buys.
  •finish (noun)
  • winding-ups,
  • wrapup,
  • wrap ups,
  • wrapups,
  • end the road,
  • windingups,
  • desistances,
  • wind ups,
  • de-feats,
  • last stages,
  • wind-ups,
  • de feat,
  • end the line,
  • end of road,
  • winding ups,
  • de-feat,
  • de feats,
  • end road,
  • wrap-ups,
  • windingup.
  •gathering (noun)
  • gettogether,
  • clambakes,
  • social functions.
  •possession (noun)
  • holding,
  • effects,
  • wealth,
  • kingdom,
  • territory,
  • property,
  • land,
  • realm,
  • empire,
  • worth.
  •prize (noun)
  • first places,
  • gold stars.
  •procuring (noun)
  • pro curing,
  • pro-curing.
  •profit (noun)
  • out turns,
  • out put,
  • pro fits,
  • out turn,
  • pro-fit,
  • pro-duct,
  • out-puts,
  • in-come,
  • out puts,
  • in come,
  • Re-turn,
  • re-turns,
  • re-venue,
  • out-put,
  • re turns,
  • in comes,
  • pro ducts,
  • re-venues,
  • pro-fits,
  • re venues,
  • pro fit,
  • re turn,
  • re venue.
  •receipt (noun)
  • Recipience,
  • intaking.
  •securing (noun)
  • attainings.
  •something obtained, received (noun)
  • earnings,
  • income,
  • benefit,
  • gift,
  • security,
  • riches,
  • bonus,
  • remuneration,
  • dividend,
  • grant,
  • net,
  • salary,
  • donation,
  • wages,
  • annuity,
  • fortune,
  • return,
  • reward,
  • inheritance,
  • allowance,
  • commission,
  • proceeds,
  • premium,
  • award.

• v.

  •acquiring (verb)
  • Securing.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • lay-by,
  • extra,
  • corp,
  • co,
  • joint-stock company,
  • blue-chip,
  • recovery,
  • Private Practice,
  • stock company,
  • monopoly,
  • come-on,
  • second,
  • indie,
  • home shopping,
  • new,
  • handling charge,
  • giant,
  • gyp,
  • predator,
  • SME,
  • Ltd.,
  • enterprise,
  • establishment,
  • loyalty card,
  • public limited company,
  • Self-taught,
  • education,
  • cartel,
  • franchiser,
  • market leader,
  • industry,
  • operation,
  • brand loyalty,
  • group,
  • panic buying,
  • goods,
  • public corporation,
  • self-access,
  • going concern,
  • public service,
  • loyal,
  • charge card,
  • store brand,
  • introductory,
  • land-office business,
  • the private sector,
  • light industry,
  • offshoot,
  • Private Enterprise,
  • co-op,
  • rote,
  • niche market,
  • retail therapy,
  • comparison-shop,
  • conglomerate,
  • moral,
  • insight,
  • product,
  • affiliate,
  • marketing,
  • collation,
  • merchant,
  • partnership,
  • public company,
  • consumer goods,
  • knowledge industry,
  • business,
  • concern,
  • derivation,
  • ware,
  • monopolist,
  • option,
  • parent company,
  • lemon,
  • private company,
  • caveat emptor,
  • limited company,
  • consumable,
  • shopping list,
  • small business,
  • find,
  • outfit,
  • public sector,
  • window-shopping,
  • holding company,
  • layaway,
  • dealership,
  • the biz,
  • parent,
  • big business,
  • agency,
  • loss leader,
  • learning curve,
  • conspicuous consumption,
  • PTY,
  • custom,
  • durable goods,
  • mutual,
  • bulk buy,
  • growth industry,
  • franchisee,
  • cooperative,
  • corporation,
  • merchandise,
  • company,
  • charge account,
  • subsidiary,
  • job lot,
  • hothouse,
  • cottage industry,
  • shell company,
  • chain,
  • footfall,
  • social enterprise,
  • competitor,
  • goldmine,
  • flashcard,
  • firm offer,
  • store card,
  • order form,
  • suitor,
  • offering,
  • loyalty,
  • manufacture,
  • consumption,
  • shopping,
  • exploratory,
  • anchor,
  • lifelong learning.
  •
  • practiced,
  • LLC,
  • trade,
  • one-man band,
  • introduction,
  • study,
  • exercise,
  • lesson,
  • concession,
  • inventory,
  • multinational,
  • accession,
  • international,
  • franchise,
  • osmosis,
  • bundle,
  • assimilation,
  • impulse,
  • start up,
  • release.
  •
  • house,
  • advanced,
  • round up,
  • cover,
  • credit.
  •
  • firm.

Paraphrases for Acquisition:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    non-acquisition.
  • Proper noun, singular
    purchase, purchases, takeover, takeovers.
  • Noun, plural
    buyouts, additions, purchases, takeovers.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    purchase, reacquisition, takeover.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    purchases.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    buying-in.
  • Proper noun, singular
    additions, contracts, instruments, breeders, tools, cigarettes, buying.
  • Noun, plural
    actions, importations, dispositions, decisions, Achievements, holdings, purchasers, purposes, increases, placements, lessons, Activities, applicants, requirements, Communities, advancements, clauses, skills, buyers, seniors, licences, weapons, processes, benefits, practices, outputs, objectives, Copies, Efforts, Students, Varieties, Surveys, Goals, units, bids, parities, awards, Vehicles, zones, deals, themes, Beliefs, Lives, goods, cigarettes, softcopies.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    weapons, appropriation, buying-in, accrual, extraction, catchment, creation, introduction, redeployment, formation, Securement, attraction, resumption, buying, catcher, acquirer, solicitation, commutation, derivation, naturalization.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Owning, equipping, buying.
  • Verb, past participle
    Procured, earned.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    becomes, requires.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    acquiring, acquire.
  • Proper noun, singular
    warrants, acquiring, acquire, accumulation.
  • Noun, plural
    Investments, projects, Gains, Opportunities, procurements.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    acquiring, buy-out, transaction, conquest, buyout, acquire, purchaser, buyback, abstraction, sale, accumulation, harvesting, recruitment, repurchase, requisitioning, redemption, emergence, construction.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    ordering, acquiring.
  • Verb, base form
    acquire.

Antonyms for Acquisition:

• n.

  • obtaining or receiving
    forfeit, loss, surrender, need, dearth, lack, failure, want.
  • something obtained, received
    misfortune, debt, poverty, defeat, punishment, penalty.

Acquisition Sentence Examples:

• Work is the one title of all acquisition, and all acquisition should be in exact proportion to the amount of work done.

• The Admiral, however, expressed little satisfaction in the acquisition of his new property.

Homophones for Acquisition:

• access time, augustan, act on, astatine, actuation, acidemia, actinium, actinia, acadian, azotaemia, agitation, astana, austen, aquitania, azotemia, acetum, auction, association, augustine, actinon, asthma, austin, action, actin, accusation, astheny, acetonemia, acetone, ascidian, academy, academe, asthenia, actinian, augustinian, Acetin, accustom, akkadian, azactam, aquitaine, academia, ashton, actium.

Hypernym for Acquisition:

• n.

  • act
    purchase, succession, restoration, taking over, moneymaking, restitution, heritage, procural, buyout, pork-barreling, procurance, acceptance, laying claim, incurring, procurement, assumption, annexation, inheritance, return, regaining.
  • possession
    addition, gift, purchase, accession.

Hyponym for Acquisition:

• n.

  • act
    acquiring, getting.
  • possession
    transferred possession, transferred property.