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

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "earn":

   win, deserve, gain, winning, obtain, wins

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1. Ashu Shamy:

   Sometimes what matters more in a job is not how much you earn, rather what you can save and do with the little you earn." Ashu Shamy

2. George Hobica:

   Flying is probably the least lucrative way to earn miles, you can earn status that way but not so many miles — unless you fly in business class.

3. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   To laugh often and much to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others to leave the world a little better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is the meaning of success.

4. Joseph Addison:

   How beautiful is death, when earn'd by virtue Who would not be that youth What pity is it That we can die but once to serve our country

5. Elizabeth Tang:

   In some places, they earn as little as $9 a month. In others, they don't earn any salaries at all, so they are really like slaves.