exploit

exploit

noun

Definition of EXPLOIT

1

an act of notable skill, strength, or cleverness <the fanciful exploits of the giant lumberjack Paul Bunyan>

Synonyms deed, exploit, number, stunt, tour de force, trick

Related Words accomplishment, achievement, attainment, coup, success, triumph; adventure; performance

2

something done by someone <once famed as an actor, John Wilkes Booth is now remembered for a single exploit, his assassination of Lincoln>

Synonyms act, deed, doing, exploit, feat, thing

Related Words accomplishment, achievement, attainment; adventure, experience; emprise, enterprise, initiative, undertaking; handiwork, performance, work; stunt, trick; activity, dealing; maneuver, measure, move, operation, procedure, proceeding, step, tactic; coaction

3

an exciting or noteworthy event that one experiences firsthand <a memoir recounting three decades of exploits as a roving foreign correspondent for TV news>

Synonyms emprise, experience, exploit, gest (or geste), happening, time

Related Words escapade, lark, ploy; act, action, deed, doing, feat; episode, occasion; baptism, ordeal, test, trial, tribulation; enterprise, risk, venture; expedition, exploration, mission, performance, quest, stunt

Near Antonyms bore, bummer, bust, downer, drag