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Synonyms for defeat
dɪˈfitde·feat
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
defeat
Strike is the word for a single blow; to beat is to strike repeatedly, as a bird beats the air with its wings. Others of the above words describe the manner of beating, as bastinado, to beat on the soles of the feet; belabor, to inflict a comprehensive and exhaustive beating; cudgel, to beat with a stick; thrash, as wheat was beaten out with the old hand-flail; to pound (akin to Latin pondus, a weight) is to beat with a heavy, and pommel with a blunt, instrument. To batter and to bruise refer to the results of beating; that is battered which is broken or defaced by repeated blows on the surface (compare synonyms for SHATTER); that is bruised which has suffered even one severe contusion. The metaphorical sense of beat, however, so far preponderates that one may be very badly bruised and battered, and yet not be said to be beaten, unless he has got the worst of the beating. To beat a combatant is to disable or dishearten him for further fighting. Hence beat becomes the synonym for every word which implies getting the advantage of another. Compare CONQUER.
Almost all antonyms in this class are passive, and can be formed indefinitely from the conquering words by the use of the auxiliary be; as, be beaten, be defeated, be conquered, etc.
Synonyms:
bastinado, batter, beat, belabor, bruise, castigate, chastise, conquer, cudgel, flog, overcome, pommel, pound, scourge, smite, spank, strike, surpass, switch, thrash, vanquish, whip, worstAntonyms:
fail, fall, get the worst of, go down, go under, surrenderPreposition:
Beat with a stick over the head; beat by a trick; out of town; beat to the ground; into submission.
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Princeton's WordNet
defeat, lickingnoun
an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
"it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"
Synonyms:
thrashing, trouncing, frustration, whacking, drubbing, beating, lacing, lickingfrustration, defeatverb
the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
Synonyms:
frustration, thwarting, licking, foilingget the better of, overcome, defeatverb
win a victory over
"You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"
Synonyms:
surmount, vote out, overwhelm, overcome, subdue, kill, get the best, whelm, overpower, shoot down, vote down, get the better of, sweep over, have the best, overtake, get over, masterkill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote outverb
thwart the passage of
"kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"
Synonyms:
pour down, drink down, toss off, shoot, wipe out, overcome, buck, kill, down, bolt down, pop, stamp out, belt down, tear, vote down, shoot down, vote out, charge, obliterate, land, get the better of, turn thumbs down
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#311 | down | |
#773 | land | |
#972 | loss | |
#1314 | master | |
#1453 | charge | |
#1523 | pop | |
#1810 | switch | |
#2278 | failure | |
#2851 | beat | |
#3096 | kill | |
#3884 | strike | |
#4165 | worst | |
#4910 | pound | |
#5175 | shoot | |
#7548 | overcome | |
#8135 | defeat | |
#8285 | buck | |
#8448 | licking | |
#9356 | tear | |
#9559 | spank | |
#10348 | beating | |
#10565 | defeated | |
#10816 | foil | |
#12767 | whip | |
#13243 | frustration | |
#14083 | slaughter | |
#16211 | conquer | |
#17541 | overcoming | |
#19499 | batter | |
#21804 | setback | |
#23864 | defeating | |
#26498 | defeats | |
#27471 | overthrow | |
#27901 | thrash | |
#30953 | surpass | |
#35321 | scourge | |
#36264 | thwart | |
#38396 | rout | |
#39035 | overwhelm | |
#39579 | overtake | |
#41205 | baffle | |
#44248 | lacing | |
#45961 | bruise | |
#49040 | frustrate | |
#50506 | thrashing | |
#54755 | subdue | |
#56460 | smite | |
#57646 | vanquish | |
#62904 | flog | |
#70433 | invalidation | |
#71168 | overpower | |
#72502 | obliterate | |
#74421 | whacking | |
#83876 | thwarting | |
#95414 | pommel | |
#100697 | surmount | |
#102311 | foiling | |
#105258 | chastise | |
#123283 | cudgel | |
#140156 | drubbing | |
#168547 | trouncing | |
#176751 | belabor | |
#178207 | discomfiture | |
#184683 | castigate |
How to use defeat in a sentence?
Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us.
In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.
As I see it, we must not fear ISIS, nor should we fear the debate about how to defeat ISIS.
Only America can convene Sunni forces from what I believe needs to be a combined Sunni force of Egyptians, Saudis, Jordanians, Sunnis in Iraq, Sunnis in Syria to confront a radical Sunni movement and defeat them militarily. They will need our help in convening it, but it doesn't involve a full-scale U.S. invasion of Iraq.
I … think that ISIS may have concluded that the best way to defeat airport defenses is not to go through them, but to go around them with the help of somebody on the inside, and if that's the case, I think there are probably at least a dozen airports in the region and beyond that are vulnerable to the same kind of approach, which is exactly why we have to harden those defenses.
Translations for defeat
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- اندحار, غلب, انكسار, هزم, هزيمةArabic
- паражэ́ннеBelarusian
- унищожение, разбивам, побеждавам, поражениеBulgarian
- vèncer, derrota, vencimentCatalan, Valencian
- porazit, porážkaCzech
- tab, overvinde, besejre, usejrDanish
- Niederlage, besiegen, niederringen, schlagenGerman
- νικώ, ήτταGreek
- venki, malvenkoEsperanto
- derrotar, anular, vencimiento, derrota, vencerSpanish
- lüüasaamine, võitmaEstonian
- شکست دادنPersian
- häviö, tappio, päihittää, voittaaFinnish
- ósigurFaroese
- vaincre, défaire, défaiteFrench
- maidhm, cloígh, briseadh, faigh an lámh in uachtar ar, díomua, buaigh arIrish
- callScottish Gaelic
- vencer, derrotar, bater, vencemento, derrotaGalician
- הביס, תבוסהHebrew
- हरनाHindi
- vereség, kudarc, legyőzHungarian
- պարտությունArmenian
- kekalahanIndonesian
- vinna, ósigur, tap, sigraIcelandic
- battere, fallimento, sconfitta, disfatta, insuccesso, sconfiggereItalian
- 負かす, 敗北, 挫折, やっつける, 倒すJapanese
- ឈ្នះ, ការឈ្នះ, ការចាញ់Khmer
- 지우다Korean
- clades, vincereLatin
- nugalėti, įveikti, sukautiLithuanian
- uzvarēt, sakāve, sakaut, uzveiktLatvian
- हरनेMarathi
- verslaan, nederlaag, overwinnenDutch
- nederlag, beseire, overvinneNorwegian
- vencir, vencement, vencimentOccitan
- pokonać, porażkaPolish
- derrotar, vencimento, derrota, vencerPortuguese
- llalliyQuechua
- învinge, înfrânge, bateRomanian
- поражение, побеждать, победить, разбивать, разбить, пораRussian
- porazSerbo-Croatian
- porážkaSlovak
- övervinna, nederlag, besegra, förlustSwedish
- ఓటమి, ఓటు, ఓడించుTelugu
- ความปราชัยThai
- yenmek, mağlup etmek, yenilgi, mağlubiyetTurkish
- пора́зкаUkrainian
- đánh bạiVietnamese
- באַזיגןYiddish
- 败Chinese
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