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coup - 14 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | coup |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement, often by maneuver |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, action, coup d'état, coup de mâitre, deed, exploit, feat, overthrow, plot, revolution, stratagem, stroke, stroke of genius, stunt, successful stroke, tour de force, upset |
| Main Entry: | accomplishment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something successfully done, completed |
| Synonyms: | ability, achievement, act, art, attainment, capability, completion, conclusion, consummation, coup, deed, effort, execution, exploit, feat, finish, fulfillment, performance, production, proficiency, realization, skill, stroke, talent, triumph, bringing about, carrying out, effecting |
| Antonyms: | defeat, failure, frustration, nullification |
| Main Entry: | coup d'état |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | violent seizure |
| Synonyms: | coup, overthrow, power play*, rebellion, revolt, revolution, palace revolution, putsch, takeover |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exploit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, adventure, attainment, coup, deed, do, effort, enterprise, escapade, feat, job, maneuver, performance, stroke, stunt, tour de force, venture |
| Main Entry: | feat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, act, action, adventure, attainment, conquest, consummation, coup, deed, effort, enterprise, execution, exploit, performance, stunt, tour de force, triumph, venture, victory |
| Notes: | a feat is a notable achievement or accomplishment while feet is plural for foot |
| Antonyms: | failure, idleness, inaction |
| Main Entry: | insurrection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rebellion |
| Synonyms: | coup, disorder, mutiny, revolt, revolution, riot, rising, sedition, uprising, insurgence, insurgency |
| Antonyms: | compliance, obedience, subordination |
| Main Entry: | purge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | elimination, removal |
| Synonyms: | abolition, catharsis, clarification, cleaning, coup, disposal, disposition, ejection, eradication, evacuation, excretion, expulsion, extirpation, murder, purification, reign of terror*, suppression, witch hunt, abstersion, cleanup, crushing, expurgation, extermination, liquidation |
| Antonyms: | keeping, maintenance, holding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | transaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business dealing; undertaking |
| Synonyms: | act, action, activity, affair, agreement, bargain, bond, business, buying, compact, contract, convention, coup, covenant, deal, deed, disposal, doings*, enterprise, event, execution, happening, intercourse, matter, negotiation, occurrence, pact, performance, play, proceeding, purchase, purchasing, sale, selling, step, goings-on |
| Antonyms: | denial, refusal, rejection |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crowning achievement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | success story |
| Synonyms: | Meisterstuck, best seller, bull's-eye, chef d'oeuvre, classic, coup, crowning accomplishment, crowning stroke, feather in one's cap, grand slam, hole in one, home run, icing on the cake, masterpiece, masterwork, showpiece, smash hit, work of a master, work of a past master |
| Main Entry: | big win |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overwhelming success or victory |
| Synonyms: | coup, coup d'etat, obliteration |
| Main Entry: | conquest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defeat, victory |
| Synonyms: | acquisition, annexation, appropriation, big win*, conquering, coup, discomfiture, invasion, killing*, occupation, overthrow, rout, score, splash*, success, triumph, win, clean sweep, defeating, grand slam, routing, subdual, subjection, subjugation, takeover, vanquishment |
| Antonyms: | failure, forfeit, loss, surrender, yielding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | revolution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drastic action or change, often in politics |
| Synonyms: | anarchy, bloodshed, cabal, coup, coup d'état, crime, debacle, destruction, disorder, foment, golpe, guerrilla activity, innovation, insubordination, insurgency, metamorphosis, mutiny, outbreak, overthrow, overturn, plot, radical change, rebellion, reformation, reversal, revolt, rising, row, shake-up, shift, strife, strike, subversion, transformation, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, turnover, underground activity, unrest, upheaval, uprising, uproar, upset, violence |
| Antonyms: | stagnation, submission |
| Main Entry: | discovery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | treasure; invention |
| Synonyms: | bonanza*, breakthrough, conclusion, contrivance, coup, data, design, device, find, finding, formula, godsend*, innovation, law, luck, machine, method, principle, process, result, secret, theorem, way, algorithm, luck out |
| Antonyms: | loss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | triumph |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | victory, achievement |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, ascendancy, attainment, big win*, cinch, conquest, coup, feat, gain, hit, pushover*, riot, score, sell, sensation, splash, success, sure thing*, tour de force*, win, big hit, clean sweep, feather in cap, grand slam, hole in one, homer, shoo-in, smash-hit, sure bet, surmounting, takeover, the gold, vanquishing, vanquishment, walkover |
| Antonyms: | disaster, failure, forfeit, loss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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