What is another word for Obtaining?
1195 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɒbtˈe͡ɪnɪŋ], [ ɒbtˈeɪnɪŋ], [ ɒ_b_t_ˈeɪ_n_ɪ_ŋ]
Obtaining is a commonly used term when one secures, gains or acquires something. There are several synonyms for the word 'obtaining' that can be used as alternatives to express a similar meaning. Obtaining can be replaced with words like achieving, acquiring, procuring, gaining or attaining. These synonyms equally convey the act of getting something or achieving something, but with a slight variation in connotation and tone. For instance, "acquire" carries a more formal air of securing or obtaining something that was missing, while "procure" evokes an air of urgency or difficulty in acquiring something. In essence, the choice of synonyms depends largely on the context and tone desired by the user.
Synonyms for Obtaining:
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adj.
• occupying • dominant- Over-bearing ,
- fore most ,
- fore-most ,
- more obtaining ,
- more outweighing ,
- more overbalancing ,
- more overweighing ,
- more predominate ,
- more surpassing ,
- more transcendent ,
- most obtaining ,
- most outweighing ,
- most overbalancing ,
- most overweighing ,
- most predominate ,
- most surpassing ,
- out weighing ,
- out-weighing ,
- over balancing ,
- over bearing ,
- over weighing ,
- over-balancing ,
- over-weighing ,
- para mount ,
- para-mount ,
- pre dominant ,
- pre dominate ,
- pre eminent ,
- pre siding ,
- pre vailing ,
- pre-dominant ,
- pre-dominate ,
- pre-siding ,
- pre-vailing ,
- sur passing ,
- sur-passing .
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n.
• acceptance • attainment • buying • capture • collection • getting -
v.
• acquiring • borrowing • capturing Other relevant words:
- abducent ,
- abiding ,
- accept ,
- acceptation ,
- accommodative ,
- accompany ,
- accomplish ,
- accomplished ,
- accretion ,
- accrual ,
- accruement ,
- accustomed ,
- acquit ,
- add ,
- add up ,
- addition ,
- adjudicate ,
- adjust ,
- admit ,
- adopt ,
- adoption ,
- advance ,
- agglomerate ,
- aggregation ,
- agony ,
- aim ,
- aliveness ,
- all right ,
- alright ,
- altering ,
- amaze ,
- amount ,
- amplification ,
- ancestry ,
- animation ,
- annealing ,
- annoying ,
- appeal ,
- appointed ,
- apprehension ,
- apprise ,
- apprize ,
- appropriate ,
- arise ,
- arrange ,
- arrest ,
- arrive ,
- arrive at ,
- ascendant ,
- ascendent ,
- ask ,
- assembling ,
- assent ,
- assume ,
- assumptive ,
- assure ,
- astonishing ,
- astounding ,
- autocratic ,
- autonomous ,
- average ,
- avocation ,
- awe-inspiring ,
- awesome ,
- awful ,
- awing ,
- awkward ,
- baffle ,
- banal ,
- band ,
- banker's acceptance ,
- banner ,
- batch ,
- be ,
- bear ,
- beat ,
- becharm ,
- beget ,
- begin ,
- beguile ,
- behave ,
- believe ,
- benefit ,
- bent ,
- bestow ,
- bewilder ,
- bewitch ,
- big bucks ,
- big money ,
- birth ,
- blood ,
- blood line ,
- bloodline ,
- blow up ,
- bossy ,
- bothersome ,
- bread and butter ,
- break ,
- breast feeding ,
- breed ,
- breeding ,
- bring forth ,
- bring in ,
- bringing up ,
- broth ,
- bugger off ,
- build up ,
- bunch ,
- bundle up ,
- bunglesome ,
- bus ,
- buy ,
- buy in ,
- buzz off ,
- by-line ,
- call for ,
- caller ,
- capital punishment ,
- captivate ,
- cast ,
- casual ,
- catch up with ,
- categorisation ,
- categorization ,
- caudex ,
- causation ,
- cause ,
- cede ,
- ceremonious ,
- chance on ,
- chance upon ,
- channel ,
- charge ,
- charm ,
- charter ,
- chase ,
- check ,
- choose ,
- circle ,
- claim ,
- clarification ,
- classification ,
- clear ,
- close ,
- clump ,
- clumsy ,
- clunky ,
- cluster ,
- coif ,
- coiffe ,
- coiffure ,
- collar ,
- come across ,
- come in ,
- come up ,
- come upon ,
- commanding ,
- commence ,
- common ,
- commonplace ,
- commune ,
- communicable ,
- compact ,
- companion ,
- companionship ,
- comparability ,
- comparison ,
- compartmentalisation ,
- compartmentalization ,
- compendium ,
- compiling ,
- complaisant ,
- complemental ,
- complementary ,
- comport ,
- conceptualise ,
- conceptualize ,
- concordant ,
- conduct ,
- confusing ,
- congeal ,
- consider ,
- consist ,
- constitute ,
- constituted ,
- constraining ,
- constrictive ,
- consume ,
- contagious ,
- contract ,
- contractable ,
- contribute ,
- control ,
- convalescence ,
- convalescent ,
- convention ,
- conveyance ,
- conveyance of title ,
- conveyancing ,
- cool ,
- correct ,
- countersink ,
- credence ,
- crippled ,
- criterion ,
- crowned head ,
- cryptic ,
- cryptical ,
- cum ,
- cumulus ,
- curb ,
- curing ,
- daily ,
- deal ,
- death penalty ,
- deciding ,
- decreed ,
- deduct ,
- deep ,
- define ,
- demand ,
- democratic ,
- deport ,
- derivation ,
- descend ,
- descent ,
- design ,
- detection ,
- detective work ,
- determinant ,
- determinative ,
- determined ,
- development ,
- devise ,
- dictated ,
- digest ,
- direct ,
- discover ,
- distress ,
- dogging ,
- dominant allele ,
- draw ,
- dress ,
- dribble ,
- drive ,
- drive home ,
- dumbfound ,
- dumfounding ,
- educate ,
- educe ,
- effected ,
- ejaculate ,
- electric current ,
- elevation ,
- elusive ,
- enamor ,
- enamour ,
- enchant ,
- encounter ,
- encouraging ,
- engage ,
- engagement ,
- engender ,
- enigmatic ,
- enigmatical ,
- ensure ,
- entrance ,
- equate ,
- equivalence ,
- espial ,
- espousal ,
- etymologizing ,
- eupneic ,
- eupnoeic ,
- even ,
- evolve ,
- exact ,
- exaggerate ,
- excogitate ,
- excruciation ,
- execution ,
- exercise set ,
- exhilarating ,
- existent ,
- expand ,
- expect ,
- experience ,
- explicate ,
- express ,
- extend ,
- external respiration ,
- extradite ,
- fabrication ,
- fall ,
- fall upon ,
- fancy man ,
- far-flung ,
- fare ,
- farm animal ,
- fascinate ,
- fastener ,
- fastening ,
- father ,
- feature ,
- fellowship ,
- fetch ,
- fill ,
- film ,
- find ,
- find out ,
- fine ,
- fit ,
- fix ,
- fixation ,
- fixed ,
- fixture ,
- flock ,
- flow ,
- flummox ,
- follow ,
- following ,
- forge ,
- fork out ,
- fork over ,
- fork up ,
- formal ,
- formula ,
- formulate ,
- forum ,
- forward ,
- forward-moving ,
- fosterage ,
- fostering ,
- fructify ,
- fuck off ,
- fund ,
- future ,
- gain ground ,
- gaining control ,
- galling ,
- game ,
- garner ,
- gather ,
- gauze ,
- gawky ,
- gear up ,
- generate ,
- germinate ,
- gestate ,
- get ahead ,
- get along ,
- get down ,
- get hold of ,
- get under one's skin ,
- gillyflower ,
- gimmick ,
- gimpy ,
- give ,
- give birth ,
- give up ,
- glade ,
- go ,
- go down ,
- go under ,
- good deal ,
- grab ,
- grading ,
- grasping ,
- gravel ,
- great deal ,
- grow ,
- guide ,
- gunstock ,
- habitual ,
- habitue ,
- hackneyed ,
- haggle ,
- haggling ,
- hail ,
- halt ,
- hand over ,
- happen upon ,
- hardened ,
- hardening ,
- harvest ,
- harvest home ,
- hatful ,
- haul ,
- have a bun in the oven ,
- have got ,
- high-and-mighty ,
- hire ,
- hitch ,
- hobby ,
- hold ,
- hold back ,
- hold in ,
- holdfast ,
- hookup ,
- hunky-dory ,
- hurt ,
- hyperbolise ,
- hyperbolize ,
- impart ,
- imperishable ,
- incorporate ,
- increase ,
- incur ,
- independent ,
- induce ,
- inducement ,
- infer ,
- inflate ,
- influence ,
- ingathering ,
- ingest ,
- inscrutable ,
- institute ,
- insure ,
- intercommunicate ,
- interest ,
- invent ,
- inventory ,
- invite ,
- involve ,
- irritative ,
- issue ,
- issue forth ,
- jalopy ,
- jell ,
- keep ,
- keep company ,
- kerb ,
- knotty ,
- laid ,
- lame ,
- land ,
- landing place ,
- larn ,
- lay ,
- lay out ,
- lead ,
- learn ,
- learning ,
- lease ,
- lend ,
- let ,
- leverage ,
- license ,
- life ,
- lift ,
- light upon ,
- liken ,
- limit ,
- limiting ,
- line ,
- line of descent ,
- lineage ,
- livelihood ,
- livestock ,
- load-bearing ,
- localise ,
- localize ,
- located ,
- long-suffering ,
- look at ,
- lot ,
- magisterial ,
- magnify ,
- make ,
- make for ,
- make grow ,
- make headway ,
- make out ,
- make up ,
- make up one's mind ,
- mark ,
- marking ,
- mass ,
- match ,
- measure ,
- meet ,
- meeting place ,
- megabucks ,
- mend ,
- mending ,
- mess ,
- mickle ,
- militarisation ,
- militarization ,
- mint ,
- miscellanea ,
- miscellany ,
- miserable ,
- mixed bag ,
- mixture ,
- mobilisation ,
- moderate ,
- modernise ,
- modernize ,
- mold ,
- monarch ,
- monetary standard ,
- mother ,
- motley ,
- mound ,
- mountain ,
- muckle ,
- mundane ,
- mysterious ,
- mystify ,
- natural event ,
- naturalized ,
- necessitate ,
- neckcloth ,
- need ,
- nettlesome ,
- neutering ,
- next ,
- nonplus ,
- normative ,
- notice ,
- number ,
- nurture ,
- observant ,
- observe ,
- obtention ,
- occupy ,
- occur ,
- occurrence ,
- official ,
- okay ,
- okeh ,
- okey ,
- okla. ,
- oklahoma ,
- old-hat ,
- ordained ,
- ordinance ,
- ordinary bicycle ,
- origin ,
- originate ,
- overdraw ,
- overhear ,
- overlooking ,
- overriding ,
- overstate ,
- overtake ,
- own ,
- pack ,
- package ,
- packet ,
- painful ,
- pandar ,
- pander ,
- panderer ,
- paramount ,
- parcel ,
- parentage ,
- party ,
- pass ,
- pass along ,
- pass on ,
- passel ,
- pastiche ,
- pastime ,
- pattern ,
- pay back ,
- pay off ,
- payoff ,
- peck ,
- pedigree ,
- peremptory ,
- permit ,
- perplex ,
- persuade ,
- pesky ,
- pestering ,
- pestiferous ,
- pick ,
- pick out ,
- pick up ,
- pickings ,
- pile ,
- pinch ,
- pitch ,
- place ,
- placed ,
- plaguey ,
- plaguy ,
- plan ,
- plant ,
- play ,
- plenty ,
- ponce ,
- pop ,
- pose ,
- position ,
- positive ,
- possess ,
- post ,
- postulate ,
- pot ,
- potpourri ,
- practice bundling ,
- predominant ,
- predominate ,
- prehension ,
- prepare ,
- preponderating ,
- present ,
- presumptuous ,
- prevail ,
- primed ,
- problematic ,
- problematical ,
- proceeds ,
- procural ,
- procurance ,
- produce ,
- profit ,
- profits ,
- project ,
- pull ahead ,
- pull in ,
- pursuance ,
- put ,
- put across ,
- put on ,
- puzzle ,
- quest ,
- quite a little ,
- quotidian ,
- raft ,
- reach ,
- read ,
- readiness ,
- ready ,
- realise ,
- realize ,
- rearing ,
- recognised ,
- recognized ,
- recrudesce ,
- recruitment ,
- recuperation ,
- redeem ,
- regnant ,
- regularisation ,
- regularization ,
- regulate ,
- regulating ,
- remove ,
- render ,
- rent ,
- repair ,
- reparation ,
- represent ,
- require ,
- rescue ,
- reservation ,
- resolve ,
- respiration ,
- restitution ,
- restoration ,
- restricting ,
- return ,
- rich person ,
- rife ,
- rig ,
- rigid ,
- rise ,
- roll up ,
- routine ,
- rule ,
- ruling ,
- run ,
- sacking ,
- salmagundi ,
- save ,
- schematic ,
- scram ,
- secure ,
- securer ,
- see ,
- see to it ,
- seed ,
- seize ,
- seizure ,
- select ,
- self-governing ,
- semen ,
- seminal fluid ,
- sensational ,
- set about ,
- set out ,
- set up ,
- seth ,
- settle ,
- shape ,
- sheaf ,
- ship's company ,
- shoot ,
- shopworn ,
- sic ,
- sideline ,
- sight ,
- sire ,
- situated ,
- skill ,
- sleuthing ,
- slew ,
- smorgasbord ,
- snap ,
- snatch ,
- society ,
- solicitation ,
- solidification ,
- solidifying ,
- sooner state ,
- spare-time activity ,
- spate ,
- specify ,
- spotting ,
- spring up ,
- sprout ,
- spying ,
- square off ,
- square up ,
- stack ,
- stage set ,
- staggering ,
- stamp down ,
- start ,
- start out ,
- steady ,
- stemma ,
- stick ,
- stimulant ,
- stimulate ,
- stock certificate ,
- stock up ,
- stockpile ,
- stop ,
- store ,
- strain ,
- stream ,
- strike ,
- study ,
- stunning ,
- stupefy ,
- subdue ,
- submit ,
- subscribe ,
- subscribe to ,
- suffer ,
- sufferance ,
- suit ,
- support ,
- suppress ,
- supreme ,
- surrender ,
- surviving ,
- sustain ,
- sustenance ,
- sway ,
- take aim ,
- take away ,
- take hold of ,
- take in ,
- take on ,
- take up ,
- taking hold ,
- taking into custody ,
- teach ,
- teasing ,
- think ,
- threadbare ,
- throw ,
- tidy sum ,
- timeworn ,
- tired ,
- toleration ,
- total ,
- touchstone ,
- tough ,
- train ,
- trance ,
- transmissible ,
- transmit ,
- transmittable ,
- transport ,
- trip up ,
- trite ,
- troupe ,
- turn ,
- turn back ,
- turn in ,
- typeset ,
- unconstipated ,
- underdeveloped ,
- unremarkable ,
- unwieldy ,
- upbringing ,
- uprise ,
- use up ,
- variety ,
- veiling ,
- ventilation ,
- veritable ,
- very well ,
- vex ,
- vexatious ,
- vexing ,
- victorious ,
- view ,
- wad ,
- watch ,
- waterfall ,
- wealthy person ,
- welcome ,
- well-worn ,
- win ,
- withdraw ,
- woe ,
- work ,
- workaday ,
- wrangle ,
- wreak ,
- wretched ,
- yield .
- Accomplishing ,
- Adjudging ,
- Admitting ,
- Aiming ,
- Applying ,
- Ascertaining ,
- Attaining ,
- Bumping ,
- Carrying ,
- Chancing ,
- Checking ,
- Commencing ,
- Compassing ,
- Containing ,
- Declaring ,
- Deducing ,
- Deducting ,
- Deeming ,
- Defying ,
- Discovering ,
- Earning ,
- Educing ,
- Effecting ,
- Encountering ,
- Engendering ,
- Excavating ,
- Experiencing ,
- Extorting ,
- Extracting ,
- Familiar ,
- Fathering ,
- Fulfilling ,
- Generating ,
- Graveling ,
- Harboring ,
- Inferring ,
- Maintaining ,
- Mothering ,
- Nonplussing ,
- Noticing ,
- Obtainer ,
- Procuration ,
- Realizing ,
- Recruiting ,
- Reserving ,
- Siring ,
- Subsisting ,
- Sustaining ,
- Witnessing ,
- acceptance ,
- accepted ,
- accepting ,
- accommodating ,
- accomplishment ,
- accumulation ,
- achieve ,
- achievement ,
- acquiescence ,
- acquire ,
- acquirement ,
- acquisition ,
- advancing ,
- agreeing ,
- amazing ,
- amplify ,
- arriving ,
- ascertain ,
- assemblage ,
- assembly ,
- assortment ,
- attain ,
- attainment ,
- baffling ,
- become ,
- benefiting ,
- bewildering ,
- booking ,
- breathing ,
- bring ,
- bundle ,
- capture ,
- carry ,
- catch ,
- causing ,
- clearing ,
- collection ,
- come ,
- communicate ,
- company ,
- compare ,
- compilation ,
- completing ,
- comprise ,
- conceive ,
- concurring ,
- confining ,
- conquer ,
- consign ,
- contain ,
- contracting ,
- contrive ,
- controlling ,
- conventional ,
- convey ,
- conveying ,
- curbing ,
- current ,
- customary ,
- decide ,
- deduce ,
- defending ,
- deliver ,
- derive ,
- deriving ,
- descending ,
- detect ,
- detecting ,
- determine ,
- determining ,
- develop ,
- developing ,
- dominant ,
- dominating ,
- dumbfounding ,
- earn ,
- enduring ,
- enlisting ,
- entertaining ,
- established ,
- everyday ,
- executing ,
- existing ,
- fixing ,
- gain ,
- gathering ,
- get ,
- guarding ,
- halting ,
- happening ,
- harbouring ,
- have ,
- heap ,
- inducing ,
- instruct ,
- inviting ,
- irritating ,
- living ,
- moderating ,
- mooching ,
- mystifying ,
- normal ,
- nursing ,
- obliging ,
- observing ,
- obtain ,
- obtainment ,
- ok ,
- ordinary ,
- perplexing ,
- persisting ,
- picking ,
- pimp ,
- popular ,
- prescribed ,
- prescriptive ,
- prevailing ,
- prevalent ,
- procure ,
- procurement ,
- procurer ,
- purchase ,
- pursuit ,
- puzzling ,
- raising ,
- receive ,
- received ,
- recovering ,
- recovery ,
- regaining ,
- regular ,
- regulation ,
- reigning ,
- retrieval ,
- scramming ,
- set ,
- standard ,
- starting ,
- stimulating ,
- stock ,
- stupefying ,
- succeeding ,
- suffering ,
- supporting ,
- take ,
- tempering ,
- time-honored ,
- time-honoured ,
- traditional ,
- ungainly ,
- usual ,
- welcoming ,
- widespread ,
- wonted .
How to use "Obtaining" in context?
Obtaining means to obtain something present or existing. The verb requires an object and is followed by a gerund. Obtaining can be broken down into five main actions: obtaining something via effort, obtaining something by gift, obtaining something through persuasion, obtaining something through fraud, and obtaining something illegally. Effort can be defined as making an effort to get what you want. For example, you might try to speak to the person in charge or ask around to see if anyone has any leads. Gift can be defined as giving something without getting something in return. For example, your friend might give you their copy of the book without expecting anything in return.
Paraphrases for Obtaining:
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Equivalence
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Independent
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Adjective
available, derive, obtainable, secured.
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Verb, past tense
applied, earned, pitched, produced, pursued, recorded, registered, required, sought, struck, wanted, won, Awarded, Generated, Reached, Scored, Yielded, Provided.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
absorbing, advancing, agreeing, approving, arranging, arriving, assembling, assigning, assuming, awarding, bearing, becoming, being, belonging, borrowing, breaking, bring, bringing, broadcasting, buying, calculating, calling, canvassing, challenging, cheating, combining, coming, commanding, communicating, compiling, completing, computing, concluding, conducting, consent, conserving, contracting, convening, counting, dealing, defining, demanding, deriving, developing, drafting, drawing, drinking, driving, dropping, enabling, encouraging, ending, enlisting, entering, existing, facing, falling, fetching, fighting, filing, financing, finishing, firing, fostering, funding, giving, going, governing, grasping, guiding, hard, hearing, holding, improving, inviting, issuing, know, knowing, leading, learning, listening, looking, making, mapping, mastering, matching, maximizing, meeting, moving, offering, operating, opinion, ordering, passing, paying, performing, preparation, preserving, pressing, prevailing, protecting, provide, pulling, pursuing, pushing, putting, qualifying, raging, rallying, reaching, recording, recovering, recruit, reigning, resolving, resulting, retaining, revealing, rule, ruling, scoring, screening, searching, seeing, seeking, seizing, select, sending, setting, shall, shaping, shooting, showing, sneaking, starting, striking, striving, succeeding, supplying, taking, tracking, transmitting, trying, urging, using, withdrawing, yielding, Acceding, Accomplishing, Admitting, Adopting, Aiming, Allowing, Applying, Arising, Ascertaining, Aspirating, Attempting, Attracting, Booting, Capturing, Carrying, Charging, Choosing, Claiming, Defrauding, Dispensing, Displaying, Disposing, Doing, Effecting, Employing, Encountering, Enforcing, Engendering, Enjoying, Establishing, Estimating, Expecting, Experiencing, Extorting, Facilitating, Fulfilling, Garnering, Guaranteeing, Harnessing, Having, Hiring, Insuring, Introducing, Involving, L, Levying, Managing, Marshalling, Mobilizing, Mustering, Negotiating, Occupying, Organizing, Owning, Persuading, Reaping, Recruiting, Registering, Reiterating, Relating, Removing, Requiring, Restoring, Retrieving, Selecting, Collating, Comprising, Consisting, Creating, Possessing, Preparing, Presenting, Promoting, Snatching, Soliciting, Submitting, Swindling, gets, benefiting, upholding, agents, applications, demonstrating, ensuring, safeguarding, implementing, calls, allocating, Sourcing, mobilising, realising, catalysing, toekenning.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
availability, gain, obtain, Achieving.
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Verb, past tense
secured.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
assuring, Achieving, Graduating, Maintaining, Needing, Realizing, Securing.
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Noun, singular or mass
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