Synonyms for earn
ɜrn

Princeton's WordNet(1.50 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in(verb)

   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, garner(verb)

   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

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. earn(verb)

   To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward

   My CD earns me six percent!

   Synonyms:
   generate, make, yield, render

2. earn(verb)

   Synonyms:
   merit, win, garner, deserve

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. earn

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

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

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. earn(v. a.)

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

2. earn(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   merit, deserve, be entitled to

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   win, deserve, gain, winning, obtain, wins

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How to use earn in a sentence?

1. Anuj Somany:

   The preachers earn money a plenty without any effort while the teachers hands remain often empty in spite of doing hard work.

2. Slawomir Sikora:

   This year will be a test for the banking sector ... it will be difficult for banks to earn money, it will be difficult to talk about results rises at similar levels as before, and many banks will be forced to rebuild their business model.

3. Barack Obama:

   Charlie was the first African-American to earn a PGA tour card – often facing indignity and injustice even as he faced the competition, though his best golf was already behind him, he proved that he belonged... blazing a trail for future generations of athletes in America.

4. Hans Kwon:

   It is true many of the shop owners around here saw a drop in sales but most of them are thinking 'I'd rather earn less', business is business and government is government so if you combine them together, nothing gets solved.

5. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker:

   Somebody told me months and months ago here that you can't buy the vote in New Hampshire, you have to earn it, and that's come up over and over again, people want to hear you, they want to compare you.

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