100 Best Synonyms for “Acquire”

No.	Item	Definition
1.	absorb	take in or acquire
2.	accept	take or receive willingly
3.	access	gain use of or entry to
4.	accumulate	gather and acquire over time
5.	achieve	successfully obtain or accomplish
6.	adopt	take up or acquire
7.	amass	collect and acquire in quantity
8.	appropriate	take for one’s own use
9.	assume	take on or acquire
10.	attain	reach or succeed in getting
11.	bag	get or secure informally
12.	be given	receive from another person
13.	be vested with	be given authority or rights
14.	book	reserve or secure in advance
15.	borrow	take for temporary use
16.	bring in	earn or obtain
17.	build up	acquire gradually over time
18.	buy	acquire by paying money
19.	capture	gain control or possession of
20.	catch	acquire an illness
21.	claim	take as one’s own
22.	clinch	secure decisively
23.	collect	gather or obtain over time
24.	come by	obtain or get
25.	come into	begin to possess
26.	come to have	begin to possess
27.	contract	acquire by agreement or infection
28.	cultivate	develop or acquire gradually
29.	derive	obtain from something else
30.	develop	come to have gradually
31.	draw	obtain from a source
32.	earn	gain by work or merit
33.	engage	secure services of
34.	enlist	secure or obtain support
35.	enter into	take on or acquire
36.	extract	obtain from a source
37.	ferret out	discover and obtain with effort
38.	find	discover and obtain
39.	form	develop or acquire
40.	gain	come to have or secure
41.	garner	gather or acquire gradually
42.	gather	bring together or obtain
43.	get	receive or come to have
44.	glean	gather or learn bit by bit
45.	grab	take or get quickly
46.	harvest	gather or obtain for use
47.	hire	acquire services by payment
48.	hook	secure or obtain informally
49.	hunt down	find and obtain after searching
50.	incur	become subject to or acquire
51.	inherit	receive from someone who died
52.	land	successfully obtain something wanted
53.	lay hands on	find and obtain
54.	lay hold of	take or obtain
55.	learn	acquire knowledge or skill
56.	lease	acquire temporary use by payment
57.	lock in	secure or obtain firmly
58.	make	earn or gain
59.	master	acquire complete command of
60.	mine	extract or obtain from a source
61.	nail down	secure firmly or definitely
62.	net	gain as a result
63.	obtain	get or come into possession of
64.	pick up	get or learn casually
65.	procure	obtain, especially with effort
66.	pull in	bring in or obtain
67.	purchase	buy formally
68.	rack up	accumulate or acquire totals
69.	reach	attain or obtain
70.	realize	obtain as profit or result
71.	reap	gain as a result
72.	receive	be given or take delivery of
73.	recruit	obtain people for service
74.	rent	acquire temporary use for payment
75.	reserve	secure for future use
76.	retain	secure continued services of
77.	run up	accumulate or acquire debt
78.	salvage	recover and obtain from loss
79.	scoop up	quickly obtain or collect
80.	score	obtain successfully, informally
81.	secure	obtain safely or successfully
82.	seize	take quickly or forcefully
83.	snag	get unexpectedly or cleverly
84.	snatch	take suddenly or eagerly
85.	subscribe to	obtain regular access by payment
86.	take delivery of	receive shipped goods
87.	take in	receive or acquire
88.	take on	assume or acquire
89.	take over	assume control or possession
90.	take ownership of	assume ownership or responsibility
91.	take possession of	assume control or ownership of
92.	take receipt of	formally receive something
93.	take title to	gain legal ownership of
94.	tap	draw on or obtain from
95.	walk away with	obtain and keep, often easily
96.	walk off with	take away, sometimes steal
97.	win	gain through effort or contest
98.	work out	gain by calculation or effort
99.	work up	develop or acquire gradually
100.	wrest	obtain with difficulty or force