gain: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 5 letter points · starts with G · ends with N
Meaning of gain
verb
- transitive
To acquire possession of.
Example: Looks like you’ve gained a new friend.
- intransitive
To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.
Example: The sick man gains daily.
- transitive
To increase.
- intransitive, often, with-on
To grow more likely to catch or overtake someone.
Example: to gain ground
Listed forms: gains, gaining, gained, glossary, gainest.
Source: Wiktionary — gain.
noun
- countable, uncountable
The act of gaining; acquisition.
Example: People are more willing to take a risk to avoid a loss than to make a gain.
- countable, uncountable
The thing or things gained.
- countable, uncountable
The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
Listed forms: gains.
Source: Wiktionary — gain.
prep
- obsolete
Against.
Source: Wiktionary — gain.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for gain.
noun
a quantity that is added
noun
the advantageous quality of being beneficial
noun
the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input
verb
obtain
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is gain in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of gain
G(2) + A(1) + I(1) + N(1) = 5 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of gain
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from gain
10 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in gain. Showing up to 24, longest first.