Entry Word: earn

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to receive as return for effort <for years Iʼve earned pocket money by mowing lawns>

Synonyms acquire, attain, capture, carry, draw, gain, garner, get, land, make, obtain, procure, realize, secure, win

Related Words clear, net; accomplish, achieve, notch (up), score; accumulate, draw, rack up; catch, pick up; occupy, take over; reacquire, recapture, regain, remake

Phrases come by

Near Antonyms give up, hand over, part (with), relinquish, surrender, yield

Antonyms forfeit, lose

2 to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment) <youʼve earned the afternoon off after all that hard work>

Synonyms deserve, merit, rate

Related Words entitle, qualify