Synonyms of advantages

advantages 1 of 2

noun

plural of advantage

1

as in edges

the more favorable condition or position in a competition

your experience volunteering at the hospital will put you at an advantage when you're applying for a job there

Synonyms & Similar Words

• edges
• odds
• opportunities
• superiorities
• vantages
• privileges
• coigns of vantage
• jumps
• steads
• benefits
• high grounds
• betters
• drops
• bulges
• starts
• margins
• pulls
• inside tracks
• leads
• upper hands
• whip hands
• allowances
• dominances
• catbird seats
• prerogatives
• supremacies
• transcendences
• head starts
• legs up
• precedences
• preferences
• ascendencies
• predominances
• felicities
• footholds
• seniorities
• transcendencies
• windfalls
• ascendancies
• masteries
• blessings
• commands
• boons
• godsends
• breaks
• mannas

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disadvantages
• drawbacks
• liabilities
• penalties
• handicaps
• minuses
• strikes
• detriments
• shortcomings
• disparities
• imbalances
• disabilities
• obstacles
• impairments
• failings
• impediments
• obstructions
• lets
• hurdles
• hindrances
• checks
• bars
• interferences
• strangleholds
• stops
• embarrassments
• shackles
• catches
• setbacks
• hitches
• trammels
• clogs
• rubs
• inequalities
• manacles
• crimps
• lurches

2

as in benefits

a thing that helps

had all the advantages of being born into a wealthy and powerful family

Synonyms & Similar Words

• benefits
• assets
• boons
• resources
• help
• aids
• blessings
• hands
• supports
• lifts
• windfalls
• sustenances
• recourses
• refuges
• pick-me-ups
• resorts
• godsends

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disadvantages
• drawbacks
• impediments
• hindrances
• encumbrances
• liabilities
• obstacles
• constraints
• minuses
• restraints
• inhibitors
• obstructions
• strangleholds

advantages

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of advantage

as in avails

to provide with something useful or desirable

there's no question that that bicycle racer was significantly advantaged by a great set of genes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• benefits
• avails
• helps
• profits
• works (for)
• aids
• serves
• assists
• improves
• contents
• succeeds
• delights
• pleases
• satisfies
• blesses
• betters
• gratifies
• gladdens

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hinders
• impedes
• hurts
• harms
• damages
• impairs
• injures
• upsets
• afflicts
• distresses