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| Main Entry: | defeat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overthrow, beating |
| Synonyms: | ambush, beating, blow, break, breakdown, check, collapse, conquest, count, debacle, destruction, discomfiture, embarrassment, failure, fall, killing*, loss, massacre, mastery, rebuff, repulse, reverse, rout, ruin, setback, slaughter, trap, trashing, trimming, triumph, whipping, KO, annihilation, defeasance, downthrow, drubbing, extermination, insuccess, lacing, licking, nonsuccess, paddling, scalping, shellacking, subjugation, thrashing, trouncing, vanquishment, waxing, whaling, whitewashing |
| Notes: | decimate means to kill or destroy in large numbers; defeat means to win a victory over or to beat |
| Antonyms: | conquest, success, triumph, victory, win |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | defeat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conquer in military manner |
| Synonyms: | ambush, annihilate, bar, bear down, beat, best, block, butcher, crush, decimate, demolish, discomfit, drown, entrap, halt, hinder, impede, lick, obliterate, obstruct, outflank, outmaneuver, overpower, overrun, overthrow, overwhelm, parry, quell, reduce, repel, repress, repulse, rout, route, sack, scatter, sink, slaughter, smash, subdue, subjugate, suppress, surmount, swamp, trample, trash, upset, vanquish, whip, wipe out, finish off, mow down, prevail over, roll back, shipwreck, torpedo* |
| Antonyms: | lose, surrender, give up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | defeat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | frustration |
| Synonyms: | disappointment, discomfiture, downfall, failure, foil, loss, rebuff, repulse, reversal, reverse, setback, thwarting |
| Antonyms: | attainment, mastery, success, triumph |
| Main Entry: | defeat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conquer in athletic contest |
| Synonyms: | beat, bust*, clobber*, cream*, deck*, drop*, drub*, edge, flog*, floor*, knock out*, lambaste*, lick, outrun, overpower, pommel*, pound*, powder*, pulverize*, skin*, take, tan*, thrash, total, trounce, wallop*, whack*, win, zap*, KO, flax, outhit, outjump, outplay, plow under, run roughshod over, steamroll, take it all, take to cleaners, whomp, work over |
| Antonyms: | lose, surrender, give up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | defeat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | frustrate |
| Synonyms: | baffle, balk, blank, block, bury, checkmate, circumvent, confound, contravene, cook*, cross, disappoint, discomfit, disconcert, disprove, edge out*, foil, invalidate, neutralize, nonplus, nullify, outwit, overturn, puzzle, quell, reduce, refute, ruin, scuttle, shave*, shellac*, skunk*, spoil, squash, stump, subdue, subjugate, surmount, thwart, undo, victimize, beat down*, beat the system, cast down, cause setback, counterplot, nose out*, put end to, take wind out of sails, throw for loop |
| Antonyms: | abet, aid, encourage, help, inspirit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | comedown |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | letdown, blow |
| Synonyms: | anticlimax, blow, collapse, comeuppance, crash, decline, defeat, descent, disappointment, discomfiture, dive, down, downfall, failure, fall, flop*, humiliation, reverse, ruin, setback, undoing, wreck, cropper, deflation, demotion, pratfall |
| Antonyms: | ascent, boon, boost, fortune, promotion |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | confute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disprove, refute |
| Synonyms: | break, confound, contradict, controvert, defeat, demolish, dismay, disprove, expose, invalidate, negate, oppugn, overcome, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, parry, put down, rebut, shut up, silence, subvert, tap, upset, vanquish, blow sky high, bring to naught, knocks props out from under, prove false, prove wrong, set aside |
| Antonyms: | affirm, attest, confirm, endorse, prove, verify |
| Main Entry: | counteract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do opposing action |
| Synonyms: | annul, buck, cancel, check, contravene, correct, counterbalance, cross, defeat, fix, foil, frustrate, halt, hinder, invalidate, negate, negative, neutralize, offset, oppose, prevent, rectify, redress, resist, right, thwart, cancel out, countercheck, countervail, counterwork, go against |
| Antonyms: | aid, approve, assist, help, support |
| Main Entry: | coup de grâce |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | finishing blow |
| Synonyms: | blow, clincher*, comeuppance, defeat, kill, knockout, quietus, deathblow, final blow, final stroke, mercy stroke, mortal blow |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | debacle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | catastrophe |
| Synonyms: | beating, breakdown, collapse, crash, defeat, devastation, disaster, dissolution, downfall, failure, fiasco, havoc, overthrow, reversal, rout, ruin, smash, smashup, washout, wreck, blue ruin, crack-up, defeasance, drubbing, licking, ruination, shellacking, trouncing, vanquishment |
| Antonyms: | boon, miracle, wonder |
| Main Entry: | defy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | challenge, frustrate |
| Synonyms: | baffle, beard, brave, confront, contemn, dare, defeat, deride, despise, disregard, elude, face, flout, foil, front, gibe*, hang tough*, ignore, insult, mock, oppose, provoke, repel, repulse, resist, ridicule, scorn, slight, spurn, stick*, thwart, venture, violate, withstand, fly in face of, hurl defiance at, make my day, outdare, stick fast, take one on |
| Antonyms: | give in, obey, surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | demolish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy; consume |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, break, bulldoze, burst, crack, crush, decimate, defeat, devastate, devour, dismantle, eat, flatten, level, obliterate, overthrow, overturn, pulverize, put away, raze, ruin, sink, smash, tear down, total*, trash*, undo, wax*, wrack, wreck, dilapidate, gobble up, knock down, put in toilet, take apart, take out, torpedo*, wipe off map |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, fix, produce, rebuild, repair, restore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disaster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accident, trouble |
| Synonyms: | act of God*, adversity, affliction, bad luck, bad news*, bale, bane, blight, blow, bust, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, collapse, collision, crash, debacle, defeat, depression, emergency, exigency, failure, fall, fiasco, flood, flop, grief, harm, hazard, holocaust, hot water, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, reverse, rock, rough, ruin, setback, slip, stroke, tragedy, undoing, upset, washout*, woe, fell stroke, hard luck, ill luck, ruination, the worst |
| Antonyms: | blessing, good luck, miracle, prosperity, success, triumph, win, wonder, good fortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discomfiture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | embarrassment, frustration |
| Synonyms: | agitation, beating, chagrin, comedown, confusion, conquest, defeat, demoralization, descent, disappointment, disquiet, failure, humiliation, overthrow, perturbation, rout, ruin, shame, undoing, uneasiness, upset, vexation, abashment, defeasance, discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment, unease, vanquishment |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yielding |
| Main Entry: | drub |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | thrash |
| Synonyms: | beat, cane, clobber, defeat, flog, hit, lash, pound, spank, strike, tan, trounce, wallop, whip |
| Main Entry: | eliminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove, throw out |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, bump off*, cancel, count out, cut out, defeat, discard, discharge, dismiss, dispense with, dispose of, disqualify, disregard, do away with, drop, eject, eradicate, erase, evict, exclude, expel, exterminate, get rid of, ignore, invalidate, kill, knock out*, liquidate, murder, omit, oust, phase out, put out, reject, rub out*, rule out, slay, stamp out*, terminate, waive, waste, wipe out*, blot out*, cast out, drive out, leave out, set aside, shut the door on, take out |
| Antonyms: | accept, choose, include, keep, ratify, sanction, welcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | floor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perplex, confound |
| Synonyms: | baffle, beat, bewilder, bowl over*, bring down*, conquer, defeat, discomfit, disconcert, down, drop, dumbfound, fell, flatten, ground, level, nonplus, overthrow, prostrate, puzzle, stump, throw, bring up short, knock down, lay low* |
| Antonyms: | clear up, explain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | foil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | circumvent, nip in the bud |
| Synonyms: | baffle, balk, beat, bilk, check, checkmate, counter, cramp, crimp, curb, dash, defeat, disappoint, disconcert, ditch, dodge, duck, elude, faze, foul up*, frustrate, hinder, nullify, outwit, prevent, rattle, restrain, shake, shake off, skip, stop, stymie, thwart, bollix, buffalo, crab, get around*, give the run-around, give the slip, hang up*, juke, run circles around, run rings around, shuffle off, throw monkey wrench in, upset the apple cart |
| Antonyms: | abet, aid, assist, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frustrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | thwart, disappoint |
| Synonyms: | annul, arrest, baffle, balk, bar, beat, block, cancel, check, circumvent, confront, conquer, counter, counteract, cramp, cramp one's style, crimp, dash, dash one's hope, defeat, depress, discourage, dishearten, foil, forbid, forestall, foul up*, give the run around, halt, hang up*, hinder, hold up, impede, inhibit, lick, negate, neutralize, nullify, obstruct, obviate, outwit, overcome, preclude, prevent, prohibit, render null and void, ruin, stump*, stymie*, upset the applecart* |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, cooperate, encourage, facilitate, help, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frustration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disappointment, thwarting |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, bitter pill, blow, bummer, chagrin, defeat, dissatisfaction, downer*, drag*, failure, fizzle, grievance, hindrance, impediment, irritation, letdown, obstruction, resentment, setback, vexation, blocking, circumvention, contravention, curbing, disgruntlement, foiling, nonfulfillment, nonsuccess, old one-two, unfulfillment |
| Antonyms: | aid, assistance, cooperation, encouragement, help, support, facilitation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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