Clues for the word "GAIN"
We've had 126 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 324 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on January 29, 2026.
Definition of gain
- n. - A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.
- a. - Convenient; suitable; direct; near; handy; dexterous; easy; profitable; cheap; respectable.
- v. t. - That which is gained, obtained, or acquired, as increase, profit, advantage, or benefit; -- opposed to loss.
- v. t. - The obtaining or amassing of profit or valuable possessions; acquisition; accumulation.
- n. - To get, as profit or advantage; to obtain or acquire by effort or labor; as, to gain a good living.
- n. - To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition; as, to gain a battle; to gain a case at law; to gain a prize.
- n. - To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
- n. - To reach; to attain to; to arrive at; as, to gain the top of a mountain; to gain a good harbor.
- n. - To get, incur, or receive, as loss, harm, or damage.
- v. i. - To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress; as, the sick man gains daily.
Referring Clues
- Spring ahead
- Put on
- Positive yardage
- Acquire
- Yardage pickup
- Loss's opposite
- Come out ahead
- Yards advanced
- Dieter's dread
- Upside
- Bad news for a dieter
- Pick up
- Profit
- Get heavier
- Put on a spare tire?
- Make headway
- Bring in
- Addition
- Get closer to the leader, with "on"
- Persuade, with "over"
- Dieter's dirty word
- Make progress
- Put on pounds
- "No pain, no ___"
- Good news on Wall Street
- Increase
- Shareholder's goal
- Investor's goal
- Era alternative
- Dial on an amp
- Stock price increase
- Progress
- Pass the line of scrimmage
- Form 1040, Schedule D word
- Put on weight
- Blow the diet
- Positive market move
- Put on, as weight
- Dieter's nightmare
- Add weight or speed
- Make up, as ground
- Make up ground
- Investor's hope
- Cheer rival
- Put on a few pounds
- Appreciate
- Put on a few
- Dow rise
- Advance beyond the line of scrimmage
- Add weight
- Forward progress
- Added amount
- Bit of profit
- Build up
- Acquisition
- Weigh more
- Add
- Paper profit
- Narrow the gap
- Laundry room brand
- Advance
- Obtain
- Fail at dieting
- Pack on pounds
- Pick up a first down
- Dieting setback
- Dow uptick
- Dieter's setback
- Start to catch up
- Stock rise
- Close in on
- Make a profit
- Taxable amount for an investor
- Result of a completed pass, usually
- Opposite of lose
- Dieter's unintended result
- Improvement
- Close the gap
- Loss' opposite
- Improvement of sorts
- Opposite of loss
- Scorpions: "No Pain No ___"
- Brits Comet ___
- Hard rocking knob on amp
- Input level knob on amp
- Obtain to one's advantage
- Win
- Benefit from a gin cocktail
- Profit from a gin
- Backing a horse in it, I made a profit
- Make a trap to catch it
- Benefit
- Make the yard markers move
- Gridiron advance
- Advance on the field
- Once more leader ignored profit
- Get a drink outside
- Opposite of loss, in terms of investments
- Weight increase
- Come by
- "One man's loss is another man's ___"
- Get one in a trap
- Appreciation
- Fail on one's diet
- Increase in weight
- Achieve
- Pack on the pounds
- Pick up, as yards in football
- Pack on the avoirdupois
- The benefit from a gin?
- Acquire, as an advantage
- Stock market rise
- Rhyme and synonym of "obtain"
- Movement forward
- Get one into a trap
- Advancement
- Investment goal
- Loss offsetter
- "Buy low, sell high" outcome
- Get closer, in a race
- Forward progress on the football field
- Positive result at the gym
- Result of crunch time?
- "Buy low, sell high" result
- Laundry brand
- Laundry detergent brand
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - January 29, 2026
- New York Times - January 28, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - December 22, 2025
- LA Times - December 14, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 24, 2025
- LA Times - October 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 11, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 30, 2025
- LA Times - August 05, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 28, 2025
- Daily Quick - July 13, 2025
- Daily American - July 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 16, 2025
- New York Times - June 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 28, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 04, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 23, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 04, 2025
- Daily American - February 26, 2025
- LA Times - February 15, 2025
- USA Today - January 01, 2025
- USA Today - December 30, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 30, 2024
- Daily American - November 28, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 20, 2024
- Family Time - October 06, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - September 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 18, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 07, 2024
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