benefit

1. 1.

   derive a benefit from

   “She profited from his vast experience”

   Synonymsprofitgain

   Broaderget

   Narrowercash in onprofiteercapitalizepyramidnet
2. 2.

   be beneficial for

   “This will do you good”

   Synonymsdo good

   Broaderhelp

Other forms of benefit

plural

benefits·

past tense or participle

benefitted

present participle

benefitting

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about benefit

What does benefit mean?

benefit means "financial assistance in time of need". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in benefit?

benefit has 3 syllables: ben-e-fit. The stress falls on "ben". In IPA it is /ˈbɛnəfɪt/.

What is another word for benefit?

Close synonyms include welfare, profit, gain, do good. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is benefit a common word?

benefit is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.