earn

earn is a 4-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, transitive verb, transitive/intransitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: See Ern, n. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 5 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. See Ern, n.
2. transitive verb. To merit or deserve, as by labor or service; to do that which entitles one to (a reward, whether the reward is received or not).
3. transitive verb. To acquire by labor, service, or performance; to deserve and receive as compensation or wages; as, to earn a good living; to earn honors or laurels.
4. transitive/intransitive verb. To grieve.
5. intransitive verb. To long; to yearn.
6. intransitive verb. To curdle, as milk.
7. verb. earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages

   "How much do you make a month in your new job?"

   "She earns a lot in her new job"

   Synonyms: clear, gain, make, realise, realize

8. verb. acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions

   Synonyms: garner

Synonyms

clear, gain, make, realise, realize, garner

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in earn:

aren, arne, nare, near, rane

Common word forms

earns, earned, earner, earnest, earnful, earning, earnable

Words from these letters

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