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Synonyms for advantage
ædˈvæn tɪdʒ, -ˈvɑn-ad·van·tage

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Wiktionary2.5 / 2 votes

  1. advantagenoun

    Synonyms:
    foredeal, edge, benefit, vantage, value, favor, favorise

    Antonyms:
    disadvantage

  2. advantageverb

    To provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to.

    Synonyms:
    benefit, favorise, favor, foredeal, vantage, value, edge

    Antonyms:
    disadvantage

  3. advantagenoun

    To do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of.

    The enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position.

    Synonyms:
    benefit, favorise, favor, value, foredeal, edge, vantage

    Antonyms:
    disadvantage

  4. advantagenoun

    Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit; as, the advantage of a good constitution.

    Synonyms:
    vantage, value, edge, benefit, foredeal

    Antonyms:
    disadvantage

  5. advantagenoun

    The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next too to carry the game.

    Synonyms:
    vantage, edge, value, foredeal, benefit

    Antonyms:
    disadvantage

English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. advantage

    The returns or receipts include all that is received from an outlay or investment; the profit is the excess (if any) of the receipts over the outlay; hence, in government, morals, etc., the profit is what is really good, helpful, useful, valuable. Utility is chiefly used in the sense of some immediate or personal and generally some material good. Advantage is that which gives one a vantage-ground, either for coping with competitors or with difficulties, needs, or demands; as to have the advantage of a good education; it is frequently used of what one has beyond another or secures at the expense of another; as, to have the advantage of another in an argument, or to take advantage of another in a bargain. Gain is what one secures beyond what he previously possessed. Benefit is anything that does one good. Emolument is profit, return, or value accruing through official position. Expediency has respect to profit or advantage, real or supposed, considered apart from or perhaps in opposition to right, in actions having a moral character. Compare UTILITY.

    Synonyms:
    avail, benefit, emolument, expediency, gain, good, improvement, proceeds, profit, receipts, return, returns, service, usefulness, utility, value

    Antonyms:
    damage, destruction, detriment, disadvantage, harm, hurt, injury, loss, ruin, waste

    Preposition:
    The profit of labor; on capital; in business.

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. advantage, vantagenoun

    the quality of having a superior or more favorable position

    "the experience gave him the advantage over me"

    Synonyms:
    vantage, reward

    Antonyms:
    disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour

  2. advantagenoun

    (tennis) first point scored after deuce

    Synonyms:
    vantage, reward

    Antonyms:
    disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour

  3. advantage, rewardverb

    benefit resulting from some event or action

    "it turned out to my advantage"; "reaping the rewards of generosity"

    Synonyms:
    wages, payoff, vantage, reinforcement, reward

    Antonyms:
    disadvantage, disfavour, disfavor

  4. advantageverb

    give an advantage to

    "This system advantages the rich"

    Antonyms:
    disadvantage, disfavour, disfavor

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Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. merit

    Submitted by rinat on September 16, 2019  
  2. x factor

    x factor: is just a special quality that makes something or someone successful. advantage: is also a quality that makes something or someone better/ or do better than others

    exame:all the three students performed well in the quiz,but the only x factor/advantage that john had over others was his ability to answer questions in few seconds

    Submitted by anonymous on August 4, 2020  

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words3.0 / 1 vote

  1. advantagenoun

    Synonyms:
    vantage-ground, superiority, mastery, ascendency, benefit, avail, profit

    Antonyms:
    disadvantage

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How to use advantage in a sentence?

  1. John Bolton:

    If they have the strategic decision already made to do that and they are cooperative, we can move very quickly, and it is to North Korea's advantage to dismantle very quickly. Then the elimination of sanctions, aid by South Korea and Japan and others can all begin to flower.

  2. Richard Greenfield:

    Some people like to throw money at things and have too much unfounded optimism, and Elizabeth Holmes took full advantage of that.

  3. Anna Hahner:

    I think it is a great advantage to have a twin sister because we can support each other and we always think it means we have a double chance of having a good result, we encourage each other, push each other...

  4. Spencer Winters:

    The company will have a tremendous competitive advantage with the new balance sheet.

  5. Victor Thianpiriya:

    It looks like someone was taking advantage of the low liquidity environment at the moment. It's a bit of speculative selling going on.


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