GAINER Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

gainer

noun

Definition of gainer

as in winner

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Recent Examples of gainer Intel is our biggest gainer, up over 9% and potentially heading for its best day since early August. — Alexa Lomonaco,kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026 On Evans final drive, after being sacked on first down, Jackson scrambled for a 19-yard gainer and Evans had some life. — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026 The largest gainer in the past year was private education and health services, with 16,400 new jobs. — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2026 The Blackhawks’ position as the NHL’s top in-market gainer, meanwhile, marks a stark contrast compared to last season, when the team saw 78% of its local deliveries fall off during its inaugural term on Chicago Sports Net (CHSN). — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 24 Apr. 2026 The biggest percentage gainer in the BofA basket is Satellogic Inc. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026

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If the season ended today, Atlanta would host Philadelphia in one best-of-three wild-card round, with the winner taking on the Dodgers.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Musicians Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus, Saturday Night Live’s Sarah Sherman, Oscar winner and indefatigable activist Susan Sarandon, and Einbinder all showed up to rebuke the speech, citing the UN’s own labeling of Israel’s war on Gaza a genocide.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of winner

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The fact, in other words, that there often isn’t a right answer or a clear victor—and that rational people are subject to irrational forces within and above them.

— Max Norman, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Afterward, most voters who listened on the radio thought there’d been no clear victor—or that Richard Nixon had won.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Sep. 2026

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