exploit

Speech parts

1. exploit - Noun

2. exploit - Verb

Meaning

A deed or act; especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; an adventurous or noble achievement; as, the exploits of Alexander the Great.

Combat; war.

To utilize; to make available; to get the value or usefulness out of; as, to exploit a mine or agricultural lands; to exploit public opinion.

Hence: To draw an illegitimate profit from; to speculate on; to put upon.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

work effort feat overwork deforest use used using take action performance experience act activity fleece

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Antonyms

help damage aid failure assist abuse

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Hypernyms

use work apply employ achievement utilize

Hyponyms

use play help hit milk feed

Phrases with the word

perform an exploit exploit an opportunity over-exploit

Anagrams

Polexit

Examples

We must find new lands from which we can easily obtain raw materials and at the same time exploit the cheap slave labor that is available from the natives of the colonies. The colonies would also provide a dumping ground for the surplus goods produced in our factories. Cecil Rhodes

Any fool can have bad luck; the art consists in knowing how to exploit it. Frank Wedekind

Inevitably the party trying to resolve a matter had to contend with the party most willing to exploit it. C. J. Cherryh

All war presupposes human weakness and seeks to exploit it. Carl von Clausewitz

In fact, to gull a fool seems to me an exploit worthy of a witty man. Giacomo Casanova

Treat people in your debt like family... Exploit them. Klingon Proverb

Close letter words and terms

exploding weapon explodingly explodium exploit an opportunity exploitability exploitable