| Main Entry: | rout |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat overwhelmingly |
Synonyms: |
bash, beat, blow out of water, bulldoze, bury*, chase, clean up on, clobber, conquer, cream*, crush, cut to pieces, destroy, discomfit, dispel, drive off, expel, finish*, hunt, kill*, lambaste*, larrup, murder*, outmaneuver, overpower, overthrow, put to flight, repulse, scatter, scuttle, shut out, skunk, subdue, subjugate, swamp*, torpedo, total*, trounce, vanquish, wallop, wax, whip, wipe off map, wipe out, worst, zap |
| Notes: | a rout is a disorderly crowd of people or an overwhelming defeat; a root is the usually underground organ of a plant that lacks buds or leaves or nodes and absorbs water and mineral salts - or the form of a word after all affixes are removed; a route is an established line of travel or access - or a road, course, or way for travel from one place to another |
Antonyms: |
win |
| Main Entry: | route |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | send along a path |
Synonyms: |
address, conduct, consign, convey, direct, dispatch, escort, forward, guide, lead, pilot, remit, see, shepherd, ship, show, steer, transmit |
Antonyms: |
hold, keep |
| Main Entry: | address |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | write directions for delivery |
Synonyms: |
consign, dispatch, forward, inscribe, label, mark, postmark, remit, route, send, ship, superscribe, transmit |
| Main Entry: | bawl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | yell |
Synonyms: |
bark, bellow, bluster, call, cheer, clamor, holler, howl, roar, rout, scream, screech, shout, shriek, vociferate |
| Notes: | a ball is round object or a formal dance; to bawl is to cry loudly |
| Main Entry: | bellow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | holler |
Synonyms: |
bark, bawl, bay, beller, blare, bluster, bray, call, clamor, cry, howl, low, roar, rout, scream, shout, shriek, wail, whoop, yawp, yell, yelp |
| Main Entry: | channel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | direct, guide |
Synonyms: |
carry, conduct, convey, funnel, pipe, route, send, siphon, traject, transmit, transport |
| Main Entry: | clamor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cry out, make commotion |
Synonyms: |
agitate, bark, bawl, bellow, bluster, claim, debate, demand, dispute, holler, put up a howl, raise Cain, raise the roof, roar, rout, shout |
Antonyms: |
be quiet, be silent |
| Main Entry: | conduct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transport |
Synonyms: |
accompany, attend, bring, carry, chaperon, companion, convoy, escort, guide, lead, move, pass on, pilot, route, send, shepherd, show, steer, transfer |
Antonyms: |
leave |
| Main Entry: | conquer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat, overcome |
Synonyms: |
beat, bring to knees, checkmate, circumvent, clobber, control, cream*, crush, discomfit, drub, foil, frustrate, get the better of, humble, lick, master, outwit, overmaster, overpower, override, overthrow, prevail, quell, reduce, rout, shut down, subdue, subjugate, succeed, surmount, throw, thwart, total*, trample underfoot, trash, triumph, vanquish, whip, wipe off map, worst, zap |
Antonyms: |
capitulate, fail, give up, lose, retreat, succumb, surrender, yield |
| Main Entry: | conquest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defeat, victory |
Synonyms: |
acquisition, annexation, appropriation, big win, clean sweep, conquering, coup, defeating, discomfiture, grand slam, invasion, killing*, occupation, overthrow, rout, routing, score, splash*, subdual, subjection, subjugation, success, takeover, triumph, vanquishment, win |
Antonyms: |
failure, forfeit, loss, surrender, yielding |