Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
acquire (verb)transitive verb
1.
to get as one's own
a) to come into possession or control of often by unspecified means
b) to come to have as a new or added characteristic, trait, or ability (as by sustained effort or natural selection) - acquire fluency in French bacteria that acquire tolerance to antibiotics
2.
to locate and hold (a desired object) in a detector - acquire a target by radar
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
acquire (verb)1.
to come to have gradually
SYNONIMS:
acquire, cultivate, formRELATED WORDS:
absorb, adopt, embrace, take in, take on; gain, get, obtain; achieve, attain, reach; foster, nourish, nurture, promoteNEAR ANTONYMS:
abandon, desert, forsake; cast, discard, ditch, dump, fling (off away), jettison, junk, reject, scrap, shed, shuck (off), slough ( sluff), throw away, throw out, unload2.
to receive as return for effort
SYNONIMS:
acquire, attain, bag, bring in, capture, carry, come by, draw, gain, garner, get, knock down, land, make, obtain, procure, pull down, realize, reap, secure, winRELATED WORDS:
clear, gross, net; accomplish, achieve, notch (up), score; accumulate, amass, draw, rack up; catch, pick up; annex, occupy, take over; reacquire, reattain, recapture, regain, remakeNEAR ANTONYMS:
accord, give, grant, pay; give up, hand over, part (with), relinquish, surrender, yield