1. Having won
   "the winning team";
   - victorious
    
2. Very attractive; capturing interest
   "a winning personality";
   - fetching, taking

1. Succeeding with great difficulty
   "winning is not everything"

1. Be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious
   "He won the Gold Medal in skating"; "Our home team won"; "Win the game"
    
2. Acquire something through effort
   "win someone's confidence and friendship";
   - acquire, gain
    
3. Attain success or reach a desired goal
   "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won";
   - succeed, come through, bring home the bacon [informal], deliver the goods, come up trumps [Brit, informal], turn up trumps [Brit, informal]
    
4. Acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions
   "its beauty won Paris the name ‘City of Lights’";
   - earn, garner
    
5. Make progress or become more successful; obtain an advantage
   "win points";
   - gain, advance, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground, forge ahead

Derived forms: winnings

See also: attractive, come, successful

Type of: acquire, act, get, move, obtain, success

Antonym: lose

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