What are the opposite words for acquired?
Acquired, which means to obtain, can have several antonyms based on different contexts. Some of the antonyms for acquired in the sense of gaining knowledge and skills are unlearned, unschooled, and uneducated. In the context of possessions or assets, the opposite of acquired would be lost or relinquished. Similarly, if we consider acquisitions in terms of companies, the antonyms could be sold or divested. Furthermore, if acquired denotes an inherent quality, then antonyms may include inherent, innate, or natural instead of learned or acquired. It is important to understand the context of the word in order to determine the appropriate antonym.
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- intrinsic
- included
- deep-rooted
- essential
- inalienable
- inborn
- built-in
- genetic
- hereditary
- ingrained
- inherent
- instinctive
- natural
- gained by personal exertion
- inborn/inbred
- innate
- basic, fundamental
- inherited; transmitted at birth
- absolute, inherent
- basic, hereditary
- inherited, native
- reflex, automatic
- basic, inborn
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
- intrinsic
- included
- deep-rooted
- essential
-
inalienable
- nontransferable,
- untransferable,
- nonnegotiable,
- non-negotiable,
- in alienable,
- in violable,
- in-alienable,
- in-violable,
- more entailed,
- more nonnegotiable,
- more nontransferable,
- more untransferable,
- most entailed,
- most nonnegotiable,
- most nontransferable,
- most untransferable,
- non negotiable,
- non transferable,
- non-transferable,
- un transferable,
- un-assailable,
- un-transferable.
- inborn
- built-in
-
genetic
- abiogenetic,
- eugenic,
- genetic,
- sporogenous,
- Xenogenetic,
- digenetic,
- matriclinous,
- phytogenetic,
- genesiological,
- more abiogenetic,
- more digenetic,
- more eugenic,
- more genesiological,
- more genital,
- more matriclinous,
- more phytogenetic,
- more sporogenous,
- more xenogenetic,
- most abiogenetic,
- most digenetic,
- most eugenic,
- most genesiological,
- most genital,
- most matriclinous,
- most phytogenetic,
- most sporogenous,
- most xenogenetic.
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hereditary
- genealogical,
- heritable,
- inheritable,
- lineal,
- maternal,
- transmissible,
- in heritable,
- in-heritable,
- more bequeathed,
- more family,
- more genealogical,
- more heritable,
- more inheritable,
- more lineal,
- more transmissible,
- more transmitted,
- more willed,
- most bequeathed,
- most family,
- most genealogical,
- most heritable,
- most inheritable,
- most lineal,
- most transmissible,
- most transmitted,
- most willed.
- ingrained
-
inherent
- elementary,
- unalienable,
- running in the family,
- in the grain,
- deep rooted,
- deeprooted,
- in dispensable,
- in dividual,
- in grain,
- in-dispensable,
- in-dividual,
- more inbuilt,
- more resident,
- more unalienable,
- most resident,
- most unalienable,
- running family,
- running in family,
- running the family,
- un alienable,
- un-alienable.
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instinctive
- unprompted,
- Intuitional,
- Unmeditated,
- by seat of one pants,
- by seat of one's pants,
- by seat of ones pants,
- by seat of pants,
- by seat one pants,
- by seat one's pants,
- by seat ones pants,
- by seat pants,
- in tuitional,
- in voluntary,
- in-voluntary,
- kneejerk,
- more intuitional,
- more second-nature,
- more secondnature,
- more unmeditated,
- more unprompted,
- most second nature,
- most second-nature,
- most secondnature,
- second-nature,
- un meditated,
- un prompted,
- un thinking,
- un-learned,
- un-meditated,
- un-premeditated,
- un-prompted,
- un-thinking.
- natural
- gained by personal exertion
- inborn/inbred
- innate
- basic, fundamental
- inherited; transmitted at birth
- absolute, inherent
- basic, hereditary
- inherited, native
- reflex, automatic
- basic, inborn
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
most fiftyfifty
- Antonyms:
- little, biased, changing.
