Quantity
Synonyms for gain
Synonyms for gain: increase and win. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for gain
Interchangeable with gain in this sense
Audited under gain's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one gain carries in that sense.
- increasenoun, in the sense "a quantity that is added"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name gain as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- winwin is a verb in the sense "win something through one's efforts"
The first group is filed under gain's own sense. The second reaches gain from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
a quantity that is added
They recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks.
The true synonym
increase
Same sentence, swapped: They recorded the cattle's increase in weight over a period of weeks.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for gain in the sentence quoted.
- profit
- limit
- supply
Where gain turns up in the game
gain is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in five other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 5 puzzles where gain is the trap
- gatherverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is collect, in the sense "assemble or get together", and gain is one of the three tiles that lose.
- gatherverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is meet, in the sense "collect in one place", and gain is one of the three tiles that lose.
- lossnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is red, in the sense "the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue", and gain is one of the three tiles that lose.
- reachverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is contact, in the sense "be in or establish communication with", and gain is on the board beside it.
Play gain
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so gain reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because quantity is the company gain keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. gain carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.