All obtain synonyms
obΒ·tain
O o verb obtain
- get hold of β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- find β to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
- gain β to make a gain or gains in.
- attain β If you attain something, you gain it or achieve it, often after a lot of effort.
- acquire β If you acquire something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you.
- achieve β If you achieve a particular aim or effect, you succeed in doing it or causing it to happen, usually after a lot of effort.
- take β to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- get β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- access β If you have access to a building or other place, you are able or allowed to go into it.
- collect β If you collect a number of things, you bring them together from several places or from several people.
- earn β to gain or get in return for one's labor or service: to earn one's living.
- gather β to bring together into one group, collection, or place: to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
- glean β to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- have β Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- pick up β to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- procure β to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
- purchase β to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- reach β to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
- realise β to grasp or understand clearly.
- realize β to grasp or understand clearly.
- reap β to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- receive β to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.
- recover β to cover again or anew.
- retrieve β to recover or regain: to retrieve the stray ball.
- secure β free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- seize β to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
- win β to finish first in a race, contest, or the like.
- accomplish β If you accomplish something, you succeed in doing it.
- annex β If a country annexes another country or an area of land, it seizes it and takes control of it.
- capture β If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.
- compass β A compass is an instrument that you use for finding directions. It has a dial and a magnetic needle that always points to the north.
- cop β A cop is a policeman or policewoman.
- corral β In North America, a corral is a space surrounded by a fence where cattle or horses are kept.
- effect β something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin.
- fetch β to go and bring back; return with; get: to go up a hill to fetch a pail of water.
- grab β to seize suddenly or quickly; snatch; clutch: He grabbed me by the collar.
- hoard β a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
- inherit β to take or receive (property, a right, a title, etc.) by succession or will, as an heir: to inherit the family business.
- invade β to enter forcefully as an enemy; go into with hostile intent: Germany invaded Poland in 1939.
- nab β to arrest or capture.
- occupy β to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- pocket β a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
- salvage β the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
- save β to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning.
- score β the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- snag β a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- wangle β to bring about, accomplish, or obtain by scheming or underhand methods: to wangle an invitation.
- chalk up β If you chalk up a success, a victory, or a number of points in a game, you achieve it.
- come by β To come by something means to obtain it or find it.
- drum up β a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.