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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: | bomb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fail miserably |
| Synonyms: | flop, flummox, lose, wipe out*, blow it, go out of business, wash out* |
| Antonyms: | succeed, win, do well |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | cost |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harm; exact a penalty |
| Synonyms: | expect, hurt, infuriate, lose, necessitate, obligate, require, do disservice to |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | drop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon; ignore |
| Synonyms: | abort, break with, call off, cancel, cast off, cease, desert, discontinue, dismiss, disown, ditch*, divorce, eighty-six*, end, forfeit, forsake, interrupt, jilt, kick*, leave, lose, quit, reject, relinquish, remit, renounce, repudiate, resign, sacrifice, scratch*, scrub*, separate, shake, stop, terminate, throw over, wipe out*, write off*, adios, be alienated from, dust off*, forget about, give up, have done with, part from, part with, wash out*, waste one |
| Antonyms: | continue, do, mount, pursue, take up |
* = 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: | 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: | 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | throw away |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dispose of |
| Synonyms: | abandon, cast, cast off, chase, clear, discard, dismiss, dispense with, ditch*, drop*, dump*, eject, eliminate, evict, extrude, get rid of, jettison, junk*, lose, refuse, reject, scrap*, shake off*, shed, shuck, slip, throw off, throw out, turn down, unburden, free oneself of, rid oneself of |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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