advantage

The word “advantage” has 3 syllables: ad-van-tage

It's pronounced as /ədˈvæn.tɪdʒ/

What is synonym and antonym for advantage?

In the thesaurus, “advantage” has 71 synonyms and 52 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for advantage along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for advantage

aid
allowance
ascendancy
ascendency
asset
assist
avail
benefit
better
bless
blessing
boon
break
bulge
catbird seat
coign of vantage
command
content
delight
dominance
drop
edge
felicity
foothold
gladden
godsend
gratify
hand
head start
help
high ground
improve
inside track
jump
lead
leg up
lift
manna
margin
mastery
odds
opportunity
pick-me-up
please
precedence
predominance
preference
prerogative
privilege
profit
pull
recourse
refuge
resort
resource
satisfy
seniority
serve
start
stead
succeed
superiority
support
supremacy
sustenance
transcendence
transcendency
upper hand
vantage
whip hand
windfall

Antonyms for advantage

afflict
bar
catch
check
clog
constraint
crimp
damage
detriment
disability
disadvantage
disparity
distress
drawback
embarrassment
encumbrance
failing
handicap
harm
hinder
hindrance
hitch
hurdle
hurt
imbalance
impair
impairment
impede
impediment
inequality
inhibitor
injure
interference
let
liability
lurch
manacle
minus
obstacle
obstruction
penalty
restraint
rub
setback
shackle
shortcoming
stop
stranglehold
strike
trammel
unevenness
upset

Meanings of advantage

noun
1. Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end.
2. Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.
3. Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit.
4. The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
5. The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
6. Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
verb
1. To provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to.
2. To do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of.

Example Sentences

She used her experience to gain an advantage over the competition.
Having access to advanced tools gives the team a significant advantage.
You should take advantage of the opportunities while they last.
His height is an advantage in playing basketball.
Learning multiple languages can be a major advantage in the global job market.

On this page you'll find 123 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to advantage, such as: afflict, aid, allowance, ascendancy, ascendency, asset, assist.

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