gainer — English Dictionary

Noun

1. One who gains a profit or advantage.

   Examples

   More examples (3)

   … it is obvious that the Californian heiress is not the only gainer by an alliance which will enable her to make the easy and common transition from a Republican lady to a British peeress.

   Let every youth take a leaf out of my book and make it a point to account for everything that comes into and goes out of his pocket, and like me he is sure to be a gainer in the end.

   Thus, after eighteen months of fantastic and ruinous warfare, the companies had come to their senses and agreed to do what they might have done at the start; the only gainers were the passengers who had been carried at ridiculously uneconomic fares.

2. One who puts on weight.

3. A diving or gymnastics maneuver, from a high diving board or platform, involving a simultaneous inversion and rotation.

   Usage

   • Slang

   Examples

   I tried a full gainer with a twist, the way he did it, but succeeded only in smacking the water with my thighs.

   Wiener went up so fast it did a gainer.

Noun

1. a person who gains weight

   Synonyms

   weight gainer

   Broader terms

   actordoerworker

2. a person who gains (gains an advantage or gains profits)

   Broader terms

   actordoerworker

   Examples

   she was clearly the gainer in that exchange

3. a dive in which the diver throws the feet forward to complete a full backward somersault and enters the water feet first and facing away from the diving board

   Synonyms

   full gainer

   Broader terms

   divediving