What are some opposite words for earn?

Antonyms for earn
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Wiktionary2.0 / 2 votes

  1. earnverb

    To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward

    My CD earns me six percent!

    Synonyms:
    make, render, yield, generate

  2. earnverb

    Synonyms:
    merit, win, garner, deserve

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. earn

    A person may obtain a situation by the intercession of friends, he procures a dinner by paying for it. Attain is a lofty word, pointing to some high or desirable result; a man attains the mountain summit, he attains honor or learning as the result of strenuous and earnest labor. Even that usage of attain which has been thought to refer to mere progress of time carries the thought of a result desired; as, to attain to old age; the man desires to live to a good old age; we should not speak of his attaining his dotage. One may attain an object that will prove not worth his labor, but what he achieves is in itself great and splendid; as, the Greeks at Marathon achieved a glorious victory. Compare DO; GET; REACH.

    Antonyms:
    abandon, fail, forfeit, give up, let go, lose, miss

    Synonyms:
    accomplish, achieve, acquire, arrive at, attain, compass, gain, get, grasp, master, obtain, procure, reach, secure, win

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 2 votes

  1. earn

    Antonyms:
    forfeit, forego, waste, lose, spend, squander

    Synonyms:
    merit, acquire, achieve, obtain, win, gain, deserve, realize

Princeton's WordNet1.5 / 2 votes

  1. gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring inverb

    earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages

    "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"

    Synonyms:
    wee-wee, cause, receive, bring in, attract, make, arrive at, top, light up, recognise, draw, stool, have, solve, piddle, hold, overhear, draw in, sack, cod, unclutter, absorb, agnize, clear up, invite, garner, do, consume, stimulate, pull, actualize, exculpate, assimilate, sort out, defecate, lay down, bring, make water, crystalise, name, pass water, actualise, exonerate, gull, make headway, crystalize, create, crap, collect, get to, pretend, cook, fool, suck, gain, build, authorize, assoil, adopt, gather, understand, crystallise, straighten out, establish, pee, discharge, realize, sop up, constitute, make up, introduce, take up, give, attain, see, pull in, urinate, take, form, derive, catch, befool, benefit, net, acquit, substantiate, wee, ca-ca, pull ahead, get, recognize, prepare, suck in, micturate, soak up, agnise, watch, throw, advance, profit, reach, take a shit, get ahead, illuminate, score, view, piss, sack up, make believe, induce, dupe, ingest, brighten, put on, pee-pee, ready, shit, relieve oneself, fetch, spend a penny, elucidate, take in, gather in, enlighten, puddle, take a crap, clear, hit, produce, slang, gain ground, crystallize, acquire, suck up, move in, progress to, take a leak, authorise, get in, win, put one across, pass, put one over, nominate, shed light on, work, fix, realise, imbibe, seduce, construct

  2. earn, garnerverb

    acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions

    Synonyms:
    gain, garner, pull together, realise, realize, make, collect, gather, take in, bring in, clear, pull in

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. spend

    spend on something; give away something

    she didn't spend money on toys

    Submitted by rinat on May 10, 2016  
  2. raffle

    because in raffle we get money by luck so opposite will be getting money by hard work that is earn

    we should try to earn money despite depending on raffles

    Submitted by anonymous on November 19, 2019  
  3. spend

    earn means not spend the money on product

    Submitted by anonymous on December 18, 2019  

How to use earn in a sentence?

  1. Mellanox CEO Eyal Waldman:

    From day one we will earn more money from the deal.

  2. Akbar Rustami:

    We tried to discourage farmers from sowing poppy seeds but they continue to ignore our orders because they want to earn more money.

  3. Sharice Davids:

    I am honored and deeply motivated by the support I received from across this district, thank you to my fellow Democrats in this race for Republican House candidates.Davids passion and for engaging in a spirited and important debate about the future of this district and this country. To my supporters : you knocked on doors, made phone calls, donated what you could, and got your friends, neighbors, and family members to the polls. I am eternally grateful for your confidence in me and will work to earn your trust day in and day out in Congress.

  4. Mike Holmes:

    My job is to make sure they earn it. the one thing about this is, not only are all the contestants learning and going through the opportunity of a life time, but there is a family out there that deserves a home and they get it.

  5. Hristo Nikolov:

    Many of the Roma work on the grey market without contracts or steady employers, they cannot provide documents for their employment and now they cannot leave the neighborhood and earn a living.

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#1980waste
#2032miss
#2636fail
#2919spend
#3169lose
#3644earn
#14530abandon
#29516forfeit
#49931forego
#80961squander

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