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Synonyms and Antonyms: Gain

Gain, n.-profit, emolument, acquisition, earnings, winnings, proceeds, product, outcome, return, fruit, advantage. (Loss, damage, injury, deprivation, bereavement.) --v.-acquire, get, gain, procure, gather, collect, reap, realize. Gallant (see Bold)-intrepid, spirited, mettlesome, gay, showy, dashing, adventurous. Game-play, pastime, diversion, sport, frolic, lark, romp, prank, spree, gambol amusement.

Gang-band, horde, knot, squad, party, swarm, shoal, bevy, gathering, ring, crew. Gap-cleft, crevice, chink, chasm, crack, chap, slit, fissure, scissure, rift, breach, rent, gash.

Garnish-(See Embellish)-deck, bedeck, trim, dizen.

Gather-pick, cull, collect, muster, assemble, convene, convoke, mass, pile, truss, cram. (Scatter, dissipate. disperse, diffuse, waste, squander, lavish, strew.) Gaudy-showy, flashy, pretentious, jaunty, pompous, garish, flaunting, glittering. (Quiet, retired, modest, silent, sombre.) Gaunt (See Ghastly and Lean) - emaciated, lank, skinny, lantern-jawed, meagre, attenuated, raw-boned, spare, scraggy. (Plump, stout, burly, round, corpulent, fat, jolly, dumpy.) Gay. See Cheerful.

Generate. See Form.

Generation-production, creation, genesis, propagation, breed, stock, kind, age, era. Generous. See Beneficent.

Genial-cordial, hearty, warm-hearted, large-hearted, many-sided, joyous, happy. (Repellent, sour, morose, distant, frigid, withering, cold.) Genius-intuition, creation, imagination, intellectuality, invention, inspiration, endowment, gift, talent. Genteel-fashionable, polite, conventional, well-bred, refined, polished. (Boorish, rustic, coarse, clownish, rude.) Gentle-mild, placid, calm, meek, tame, resigned, chastened, demure. (Vehement, turbulent, boisterous, fiery, impetuous, stormy, blustery, impulsive.) Genuine-authentic, pure, natural, sound, sterling, unsophisticated, unaffected. (Spurious, false, illusive, deceitful, showy, specious, imaginary.) Gesture.

See Action.

Get. See Gain, Ghastly-(see Gaunt and Grisly)-pale, ashy, cadaverous, haggard, wan, gruesome, ghostly, horrid, grim. (Goodly, jimp, blooming, buxom, stout, sleek, jolly.) Ghost-spectre, sprite, apparition, shade, phantom. (Body, flesh and blood, substance, substantiality.) Gibe, v. scoff, sneer, flout, mock, taunt, deride, fleer, banter, hoax, roast, rally, twit. Giddy-vertiginous, unsteady, volatile, frivolous, skittish, wanton, hysterical. (Steady, firm, constant, composed, settled, established, staid.) Gift-donation, benefaction, grant, alms, gratuity, present, endowment, talent. (Purchase, acquisition, inheritance.) Gigantic-huge, colossal, enormous, vast, prodigious, immense. (Tiny, wee, petty, dwarfish, pigmy.) Give-grant, bestow, yield, impart, confer, transfer, alienate, resign. (Keep, hold, take, sieze, appropriate, retain.) Glad-(see Cheerful) -pleased, happy, blest, joyful, gladsome, gratified, gay, mirthful. (Sad, woe-struck, sorrowful.) Gleam, v. glimmer, flicker, sparkle, glance, glitter, shine, flash, blaze, flare, twinkle. Glee-gaiety, merriment, mirth, joviality, jovialness, catch, round, part-song. (Sadness, depression, dulness.) Glide-lapse, flow, run, slip, proceed, slide.