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| Main Entry: | lose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be deprived of; mislay |
| Synonyms: | bereave, capitulate, consume, default, deplete, disinherit, displace, dispossess, dissipate, divest, drain, drop, exhaust, expend, fail, forfeit, forget, lavish, misplace, miss, misspend, oust, relinquish, rob, sacrifice, squander, suffer, surrender, waste, yield, be careless, be impoverished, be reduced, become poorer, fail to keep, fall short, give up, pass up, suffer loss, use up |
| Notes: | loose means not restrained, fastened, confined or attached, while lose means fail to keep or to maintain or fail to win |
| Antonyms: | keep, maintain, hold on to |
| Main Entry: | lose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be defeated |
| Synonyms: | decline, drop, fall, miss, succumb, yield, be humbled, be outdistanced, be sunk, be taken to cleaners, be the loser, be worsted, come up short, drop a bundle, kiss goodbye, lose out, suffer defeat, take a beating, take the count, take the heat |
| Antonyms: | achieve, succeed, win |
| Main Entry: | lose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | escape, avoid |
| Synonyms: | clear, dodge, duck, elude, evade, outrun, rid, shake, shake off*, stray, throw off*, unburden, give the slip, leave behind, slip away, wander from |
| Antonyms: | confront, face, meet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deprive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep or take away something wanted, needed |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, bare, bereave, denude, despoil, disinherit, dismantle, dispossess, disrobe, divest, dock, expropriate, hold back, lose, oust, rob, seize, skim, stiff, strip, wrest |
| Antonyms: | appropriate, bestow, confer, endow, give, indulge, offer, present, supply |
| Main Entry: | divest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dispossess; take off |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, bare, bereave, bleed, denude, deprive, despoil, disinherit, dismantle, disrobe, ditch*, doff, dump, eighty-six*, lose, milk*, oust, plunder, remove, rob, seize, spoil, strip, uncover, undress, unload, denudate, take from, unclothe |
| Antonyms: | clothe, cover, invest, possess, take |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | forfeit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give up something in sacrifice |
| Synonyms: | abandon, drop, lose, relinquish, renounce, sacrifice, surrender, be deprived of, be stripped of, give over |
| Antonyms: | gain, profit, win |
| Main Entry: | oust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expel, get rid of |
| Synonyms: | banish, bereave, bounce*, chase, depose, deprive, dethrone, discharge, disinherit, dislodge, displace, dispossess, divest, eject, evict, fire, kick out, lay off, lose, ostracize, pink slip*, relegate, remove, rob, sack, send packing*, throw out, topple, transport, turn out, unseat, boot out, bundle off, cast out, drive out, expulse, force out, give the 1-2-3, let go, pack off, show the door |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, retain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rob |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal, deprive |
| Synonyms: | abscond, appropriate, bereave, cheat, con, cop*, defraud, despoil, disinherit, dispossess, divest, do out of*, embezzle, filch*, heist, hijack, hold up*, hustle, liberate, lift*, loot, lose, mug, oust, peculate, pilfer, pillage, pinch, plunder, promote, purloin, raid, ransack, relieve, requisition, rifle, rip off*, roll*, sack*, scrounge, snitch*, strip, strong-arm*, swindle, swipe, take, thieve, withhold, break into, burglarize, burgle, defalcate, stick up |
| Antonyms: | give, offer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | run out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fail, be exhausted |
| Synonyms: | cease, close, depart, dissipate, end, exhaust, expire, finish, go, lose, peter out*, stop, terminate, tire, waste, weaken, wear out, be cleaned out, be out of, come to a close, dry up, give out, have no more, have none left, waste away |
| Antonyms: | get, have, succeed, supply |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | run through |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use up; waste |
| Synonyms: | blow, consume, dissipate, exhaust, expend, finish, lose, spend, squander, throw away, fritter away, wash up |
| Antonyms: | hoard, save |
| Main Entry: | sacrifice |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give up, let go |
| Synonyms: | cede, drop, endure, eschew, forfeit, forgo, lose, offer, renounce, spare, suffer, surrender, waive, yield, immolate, kiss goodbye, offer up, part with, resign oneself to |
| Antonyms: | hold, refuse |
| Main Entry: | throw off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | elude, escape |
| Synonyms: | abuse, deceive, evade, lose, outdistance, outrun, shake off, trick, get away from, give the slip, leave behind |
| Antonyms: | face, meet |
| Main Entry: | unburden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | get rid of |
| Synonyms: | clear, confess, confide, disburden, discharge, disclose, disencumber, dispose of, divulge, dump, ease, empty, get off one's chest, lay bare, let hair down, lighten, lose, out with it, own, relieve, relinquish, reveal, shake, shake off*, tell all, throw off, unbosom, unload |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | weaken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce the strength of |
| Synonyms: | abate, adulterate, break up, cripple, crumble, cut, debase, debilitate, decline, decrease, depress, devitalize, dilute, diminish, droop, dwindle, enervate, exhaust, fade, fail, faint, flag, halt, impair, impoverish, invalidate, languish, lessen, limp, lose, lower, minimize, mitigate, moderate, reduce, relapse, relax, sap, soften, temper, thin, tire, totter, tremble, undermine, vitiate, wane, water down, wilt, ease up, give way, lose spirit, slow down, thin out |
| Antonyms: | build up, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | meet one's Waterloo |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose out |
| Synonyms: | lose, get the worst of it |
| Main Entry: | clear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clean, clear away |
| Synonyms: | ameliorate, break up, brighten, clarify, cleanse, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, eliminate, empty, erase, extricate, free, lighten, loosen, lose, meliorate, open, purify, refine, rid, rule out, shake off, sweep, throw off, tidy, unburden, unload, unpack, untie, vacate, void, wipe, burn off, unblock, unclog, unloose |
| Antonyms: | clutter, pile up |
| Main Entry: | contract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condense |
| Synonyms: | abate, abbreviate, abridge, clench, compress, confine, constrict, consume, curtail, decline, decrease, deflate, dwindle, ebb, edit, epitomize, evaporate, fall off, lessen, lose, narrow, omit, purse, recede, reduce, shrink, shrivel, subside, take in, tighten, wane, waste, weaken, wither, wrinkle, become smaller, draw in, fall away, grow less, syncopate |
| Antonyms: | amplify, dilate, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen, spread, stretch |
| Main Entry: | displace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move, remove from normal place |
| Synonyms: | change, derange, disarrange, dislocate, dislodge, dispossess, disturb, eject, evict, expel, lose, mislay, misplace, relegate, shift, transpose, unsettle, uproot, crowd out, disestablish, displant, expulse, force out |
| Antonyms: | leave |
| Main Entry: | miss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fail, make a mistake |
| Synonyms: | blow, blunder, botch, disregard, drop, err, flub*, forget, fumble, ignore, juggle, lose, misfire, mislay, misplace, muff*, neglect, omit, overlook, pass over, skip, slight, slip, trip, be late for, drop the ball, fall flat on face, fall short, let go, let slip, miscarry, overshoot, pass up, trip up, undershoot |
| Antonyms: | get, succeed, do well |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slop, drop |
| Synonyms: | discharge, disgorge, dribble, drip, empty, flow, lose, overflow, overrun, overturn, pour, run, run out, scatter, shed, splash, splatter, spray, sprinkle, spurt, squirt, stream, throw off, upset, overfill, run over, spill over, well over |
| Antonyms: | pick up, clean up |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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