Synonyms of acquired

acquired 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in adscititious

Related Words

• adscititious
• incidental
• surface
• accidental
• coincidental
• superficial
• foreign
• extrinsic
• exterior
• alien
• external
• adventitious
• extraneous

Dissimilar Words

• essential
• inherent
• intrinsic
• native
• integral
• innate
• natural
• constitutional
• indigenous
• basic
• inborn
• inbred
• ingrained
• constitutive
• immanent
• fundamental
• inherited
• hardwired
• elemental
• built-in
• ingrain
• congenital
• hereditary
• inner
• interior
• deep-rooted
• inmost

2

as in nonhereditary

Related Words

• nonhereditary

Dissimilar Words

• inherited
• genetic
• hereditary
• inherent
• native
• inborn
• congenital
• natural
• innate
• heritable
• inheritable
• inbred

acquired

2 of 2

verb

past tense of acquire

1

as in developed

to come to have gradually

from years of working two jobs, he has acquired the ability to get by on only a few hours of sleep a day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• developed
• cultivated
• gained
• formed
• obtained
• got
• adopted
• attained
• achieved
• absorbed
• embraced
• reached
• promoted
• took on
• took in
• fostered
• nurtured
• nourished

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lost
• abandoned
• deserted
• discarded
• shed
• rejected
• dumped
• unloaded
• forsook
• scrapped
• cast
• flung (off or away)
• threw out
• jettisoned
• ditched
• threw away
• sloughed
• junked
• shucked (off)

2

as in earned

to receive as return for effort

acquired a reputation for always arriving at his friends' house just as they were sitting down to dinner

Synonyms & Similar Words

• earned
• gained
• won
• reaped
• obtained
• garnered
• made
• got
• attained
• landed
• secured
• procured
• realized
• captured
• carried
• brought in
• achieved
• drew
• came by
• pulled down
• knocked down
• bagged
• accumulated
• accomplished
• amassed
• scored
• netted
• reacquired
• occupied
• regained
• annexed
• notched (up)
• grossed
• recaptured
• cleared
• caught
• took over
• picked up
• remade
• racked up
• reattained

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lost
• granted
• forfeited
• paid
• gave
• accorded
• yielded
• surrendered
• gave up
• relinquished
• handed over
• parted (with)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of acquired

Adjective

Transferring to Paramount+ will be all content currently on BET+ – original and acquired – subject to rights restrictions and license expirations. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026

Verb

About 97% of those cases were travel-associated, and roughly 3% were locally acquired. — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026

Garrett was acquired in a blockbuster trade that married the NFL’s best defensive player with its best team, and his arrival understandably led Donald back into pads. — Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

When the Cubs acquired Crow-Armstrong from the New York Mets in the Javier Báez deal at the 2021 trade deadline, no one expected a PCA-for-MVP campaign five years later. — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

After years of uncertainty and a public campaign to save it in 2025, Ketchup Entertainment acquired worldwide rights to the film, giving it a path to be released to audiences everywhere. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026

The Bayeux Museum recently acquired an early photographic copy of the tapestry from the estate of the Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts. — John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

Aflac initially gained a bigger profile after introducing its duck mascot in 1999, in ads crafted by Kaplan Thaler Group, an independent agency that was eventually acquired by Publicis Groupe of France. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

Seems the car had caught fire at a Cadillac dealership in New York, and Birdsall had acquired it. — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2026

That trade, and one that immediately followed, also landed a starting point guard (Davion Mitchell) who otherwise would not have been acquired. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026