acquire
How many syllables in acquire?
There are 2 syllables in the word acquire.How to pronounce acquire:
Definition of acquire:
- acquire:
- The past tense of Acquire is acquired.
Synonyms for acquire:
accept
benefit
borrow
bring in
buy
capture
catch
charter
clear
collect
come by
come into
come up
come upon
earn
engage
enter upon
express
extract
find
gain
garner
gather up
get
get back
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Antonyms for acquire:
abandon
abandon hope
abdicate
abjure
abnegate
abstain from
accord
acquiesce
admit defeat
ax
axe
be deprived of
be kicked out of
be oblivious to
be stripped of
be unable to find
bin
blow
botch
bow out of
burn
burn through
burn up
bypass
can
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- patrolled
- kicking
- inspired
- heated
- driven
- visage
- uplift
- tightened
- hurried
- freaking
- buddies
- badly
- caboose
- glowing
- flexing
- talked
- spaces
- Johnson
- faeces
- eating
- cruising
- captured
- tighten
- thunder
- grayish
- ginger
- fetching
- dwindle
- doubting
- bereaved
- wagged
- foodie
- crinkled
- austere
- compasses
- oceaned
- Kouki
- Dunkirk
- cradle
- squishy
- rescind
- relive
- rapture
- grumbled
- slaying
- blossoms
- Teness
- loafer
- esteemed
- drizzling
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