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earn

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of earn

1 to receive as return for effort

during my teen years I earned pocket money by mowing lawns

Synonyms of earn

acquire, attain, bag, bring in, capture, carry, come by, draw, gain, garner, get, knock down, land, make, obtain, procure, pull down, realize, reap, secure, win

Words Related to earn

clear, gross, net

accomplish, achieve, notch (up), score

accumulate, amass, draw, rack up

annex, occupy, take over

reacquire, reattain, recapture, regain, remake

Near Antonyms of earn

accord, give, grant, pay

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

Antonyms of earn

2 to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment)

youʼve earned the afternoon off after all that hard work

Synonyms of earn

deserve, merit, rate

Words Related to earn

entitle, qualify

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