advantage Definition

advantage
noun

1. A favourable circumstance; benefit or usefulness.

Thesaurus: luck, favour, approval, help, aid, assistance,benefit, good, gain, profit, welfare, boon, fruit; Antonym: hindrance, handicap.
2. A circumstance that may help one to succeed, win, etc.

Thesaurus: head start, upper hand, edge; Antonym: handicap.
3. Superiority over another.

Thesaurus: dominance, superiority, supremacy, lead, preeminence, sway, power, upper hand.
4. tennis.
The point scored after deuce.

verb

advantaged, advantaging
1. To benefit someone or improve their position.

Idiom: have the advantage of someone

To know something that is not known to them; to be in a better position than them.

Idiom: take advantage of someone or something

To make use of a situation, a person's good nature, etc in such a way as to benefit oneself.
Thesaurus: exploit, profit by, use, abuse, bully, intimidate.

old use
To seduce someone.

Idiom: to advantage

In such a way as to emphasize the good qualities.
Example: shows off her figure to advantage

Idiom: to one's advantage

Of benefit or importance to one.

Idiom: turn something to advantage

To use a circumstance, situation, etc in such a way as to get some benefit from it.

Etymology: 14c: from French avantage, from avant before; see also advance.