EXPLOITS Synonyms: 138 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

present tense third-person singular of exploit

as in abuses

to take unfair advantage of the type of person who exploits a friend's good nature by constantly sponging off of him

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as in manipulates

to control or take advantage of by artful, unfair, or insidious means a politician more than willing to exploit any national tragedy for political gain

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as in uses

to put into action or service it will be a shame if you don't exploit your artistic talent to the fullest

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exploits

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noun

plural of exploit

as in feats

an act of notable skill, strength, or cleverness the fanciful exploits of the giant lumberjack Paul Bunyan

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as in things

something done by someone once famed as an actor, John Wilkes Booth is now remembered for a single exploit, his assassination of Lincoln

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as in experiences

an exciting or noteworthy event that one experiences firsthand a memoir recounting three decades of exploits as a roving foreign correspondent for TV news

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Recent Examples of exploits

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One method exploits the weaknesses of a game’s random number generator (RNG) to obtain specific Pokémon; it’s appropriately known as RNG manipulation. — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 25 Aug. 2026 The film follows an 11-year-old boy who exploits his brother’s tragic death to fight his father and his community, until his lies expose the hypocrisy and corruption beneath a seemingly moral society. — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026 In both the show and book, John recognizes Lucky’s talent for reading people at a young age, uses her own trust in him to his advantage in his schemes and exploits his daughter in order to exploit others. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026 Deed theft often exploits grief, financial distress, inheritance disputes and the limited resources of older homeowners. — Landon Dais, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026 Russian ballistic attacks have risen fast in recent weeks, hitting the capital Kyiv particularly hard, as Moscow exploits Ukraine’s near-zero stocks of Patriot interceptor missiles. — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026 Experts from Socure, IBM, and Accenture highlight that AI fraud exploits employees, payment systems, and decision-makers. — Ray Fernandez, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 Unfortunately, marketing often exploits these vulnerabilities. — J. Todd R. Lawrence, STAT, 27 July 2026 The scholar sees Cuba’s future in natural gas, an energy source the Cuban government already exploits in partnership with the Canadian company Sherritt International. — Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026

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Walker’s latest exploits as a sprinter came earlier this month at the AAU Junior Olympic Games at Drake. — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026 The group behind the Grand Theft Auto 6 leaks has a new way to monetize its exploits, including asking for $169,000 in cryptocurrency for anyone interested in contacting them. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026 Tebow and Wuerffel are known for their good works as much as their football exploits, with their Florida careers providing them a bigger platform. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026 Giving an agent broad, unmonitored access to an entire database ecosystem invites severe security vulnerabilities, prompt injection exploits and catastrophic hallucination loops. — Barney Krishnan, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 These exploits require some due diligence — especially with STI rates on the rise among people 55 and up. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 21 Aug. 2026 There are plenty of inconceivable exploits in the final season of Outer Banks, in ranging degrees of ridiculousness. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026 Right now, there are no indications exploits are being used to install anything other than Monero miners, which surreptitiously harness a Mac’s resources to perform mathematical operations that generate the cryptocurrency for the attacker. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026 After the records were declassified, their exploits became legend. — Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 14 Aug. 2026

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Detectives will continue investigating these cases aggressively, and anyone who abuses their position with a child will be held accountable.

— Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026
New York City’s child welfare agency routinely abuses its emergency power to take children from their parents without a court order, creating lifelong consequences for families, a new class-action lawsuit seeking to end the practice alleged Thursday.

— Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 28 May 2026

Definition of abuses

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In an interview with the Shade Room last year, Knight’s son, Shanga Hankerson, claimed McDowell pushed the singer into performing and manipulates her.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
An anxiety ring is a piece of jewelry with a spinning band, bead or textured surface that the wearer manipulates with their fingers as a discreet grounding tool.

— Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 17 Aug. 2026

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The department said the policies encouraged schools to conceal from parents whether their child uses different pronouns and allowed schools to print a different name on diplomas without parental knowledge.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026
Your immune system needs iron to fight infections, and your body uses iron to make hemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen from your lungs to other organs and tissues.

— Anahad O’Connor, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026

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Why would Chinese companies invest so much money and time into creating robots that perform such athletic feats (and crash and burn afterwards)?

— Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
The scholar of religion Friedrich Max Müller (1823–1900) noticed that many Vedic hymns praise different deities using the same superlatives and ascribe to them the same mythological feats.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of feats

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Visitors can also extend their trip with tours of the Lebanon Silver Mine or gold-panning experiences.

— Jocelyn Rowley, Denver Post, 25 Aug. 2026
But this is hard to achieve because practical knowledge is gained through experiences at work, at home and in the community, and these experiences often vary depending on industry, age and geographic area.

— Jennifer D. Kobrin, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of experiences

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Clascoterone 5% topical solution leverages the same active ingredient used in Winlevi, Cosmo’s acne treatment product.

— Avalon Pernell, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
This unique format leverages Aspen's luxury infrastructure, fostering direct engagement between enthusiasts and watchmakers.

— Roberta Naas, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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The new research utilizes a combination of coral records extending back 1,000 years plus results from a suite of 12 state-of-the-art climate models to rule out natural climate variability as the cause for El Niño’s recent changes.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Clocking in at 30 minutes, Williams’ Quartet La Jolla is a five-part work that politely utilizes dissonance and sometimes abstract rhythms.

— George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

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