exploit

1. 1.

   a notable achievement

   “he performed a great feat”

   “the book was her finest effort”

   Synonymsfeateffort

   Broaderaccomplishment

   Narrowerderring-dohitrallystunttour de force

Other forms of exploit

plural

exploits·

past tense

exploited·

present participle

exploiting·

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 exploit

What does exploit mean?

exploit means "use or manipulate to one's advantage". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in exploit?

exploit has 2 syllables: ex-ploit. The stress falls on "ex". In IPA it is /ˈɛkˌsplɔɪt/.

What is another word for exploit?

Close synonyms include work, tap, overwork, feat, effort. 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 exploit a common word?

exploit is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.