Synonyms for earn
ɜrnearn

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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

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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.

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

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

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1. earn

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.5 / 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

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1. earnverb

   Synonyms:
   gain, get, acquire, win, obtain, procure

2. earnverb

   Synonyms:
   merit, deserve, be entitled to

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1. List of paraphrases for "earn":

   win, deserve, gain, winning, obtain, wins

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How to use earn in a sentence?

1. Mathis Wackernagel:

   We can spend twice as much as we earn for some time, [but] even if your fortune is big, it’s going to go down.

2. Kelisha Garrett:

   Many were running their businesses and working from home during the pandemic, but were among the millions of city residents who lost power, leaving them unable to earn money, mother Nature have now taken the little that we had that we were operating with and Mother Nature, Mother Nature, have pulled that from under us.

3. Harry Morris Warner:

   The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C', the idea must be feasible.

4. Jonathan Shalit:

   I think Emma Raducanu will earn well over $ 100 million [ in the next calendar year ]. Emma Raducanu'll eclipse all the men.

5. Brian Williams:

   I'm sorry. I said thing that weren't true. I let down my NBC colleagues and our viewers and I'm determined to earn back their trust, i am grateful for the chance to return to covering the news.