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advantage

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of advantage

1 the more favorable condition or position in a competition

  • your experience volunteering at the hospital will put you at an advantage when youʼre applying for a job there
Synonyms of advantage

better, bulge, catbird seat, drop, edge, high ground, inside track, jump, pull, stead, upper hand, vantage, whip hand
Words Related to advantage

allowance, head start, lead, leg up, margin, odds, start

ascendancy (also ascendency), command, dominance, mastery, predominance, superiority, supremacy, transcendence, transcendency

precedence, preference, prerogative, privilege, seniority

break, foothold, opportunity

benefit, blessing, boon, felicity, godsend, manna, windfall
Phrases Synonymous with advantage

coign of vantage
Near Antonyms of advantage

detriment, stranglehold

disparity, imbalance, inequality, unevenness

disability, failing, impairment, shortcoming

bar, catch, check, clog, crimp, embarrassment, hindrance, hitch, hurdle, impediment, interference, let, manacle, obstacle, obstruction, rub, shackle, stop, trammel

lurch, setback
Antonyms of advantage

disadvantage, drawback, handicap, liability, minus, penalty, strike

2 a thing that helps

  • had all the advantages of being born into a wealthy and powerful family
Synonyms of advantage

aid, asset, benefit, boon, help
Words Related to advantage

hand, lift, pick-me-up

support, sustenance

blessing, godsend, windfall

recourse, refuge, resort, resource
Near Antonyms of advantage

constraint, inhibitor, liability, obstacle, obstruction, restraint, stranglehold
Antonyms of advantage

disadvantage, drawback, encumbrance, hindrance, impediment, minus

advantage

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of advantage

to provide with something useful or desirable

  • there's no question that that bicycle racer was significantly advantaged by a great set of genes
Synonyms of advantage

avail, benefit, help, profit, serve
Words Related to advantage

succeed, work (for)

aid, assist

better, improve

content, delight, gladden, gratify, please, satisfy

bless
Near Antonyms of advantage

hinder, impede

damage, harm, hurt, impair, injure

afflict, distress, upset

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