Synonyms for Defeat:

• n.

  •
  • smash,
  • knock out,
  • loss.
  •accident, trouble (noun)
  • disaster.
  •account for (noun)
  • account.
  •bad luck; failure (noun)
  • reverse.
  •beat (noun)
  • beat.
  •beating (noun)
  • thrashing.
  •catastrophe (noun)
  • debacle.
  •comedown (noun)
  • anti climaxes,
  • anti climax,
  • de motion,
  • cropper,
  • pratfall,
  • de-motion,
  • deflations,
  • de motions,
  • de-clines,
  • de scent,
  • de-cline,
  • de-scents,
  • anti-climax,
  • pratfalls,
  • croppers,
  • de clines,
  • de-scent,
  • anti-climaxes,
  • Downs,
  • de cline,
  • de-motions,
  • de scents,
  • deflation.
  •coup de grâce (noun)
  • final blow,
  • final blows,
  • Deathblow,
  • mortal blows,
  • final stroke,
  • final strokes,
  • mercy strokes,
  • deathblows,
  • mercy stroke,
  • mortal blow.
  •debacle (noun)
  • blue ruin,
  • dis-solution,
  • de-feasance,
  • crack-ups,
  • fiasco,
  • blue ruins,
  • dis solution,
  • washout,
  • de feasance,
  • crack-up,
  • crack ups,
  • de feasances,
  • crackups,
  • shellackings,
  • dis solutions,
  • re versal,
  • trouncings,
  • de-feasances,
  • havoc,
  • dis-solutions,
  • re-versal.
  •defeat (noun)
  • downfall,
  • vote out,
  • vote down,
  • licking,
  • failure,
  • frustration,
  • collapse,
  • beating.
  •destruction, misfortune (noun)
  • undoing.
  •disappointment (noun)
  • disillusionment,
  • fizzle,
  • faux pas,
  • lemon,
  • the knocks,
  • setback,
  • non-success,
  • unfulfillment,
  • adverse fate,
  • disillusionments,
  • bafflement,
  • old one-two,
  • inefficacy,
  • bringdown,
  • errors,
  • disenchantment,
  • lack of success,
  • nonsuccess.
  •disaster (noun)
  • act god,
  • fell stroke,
  • mis adventures,
  • the worsts,
  • fell strokes,
  • ill luck,
  • hard luck,
  • hard lucks,
  • mis-adventures,
  • the worst,
  • ill lucks,
  • roughs,
  • mis-adventure,
  • mis adventure.
  •discomfiture (noun)
  • disconcertion,
  • disconcertment.
  •embarrassment, frustration (noun)
  • discomfiture.
  •failure (noun)
  • miscarriage,
  • loser,
  • unsuccessfulness,
  • total loss,
  • nonfeasance,
  • implosion,
  • inadequacy,
  • nonperformance,
  • lead balloon,
  • sinking ship,
  • Unsuccess,
  • insolvency,
  • Non-performance,
  • failings.
  •finish (noun)
  • end of road,
  • wind-up,
  • last stage,
  • wind-ups,
  • Desistance,
  • winding ups,
  • end the road,
  • last stages,
  • wind ups,
  • windups,
  • windingup,
  • end line,
  • winding-up,
  • wrapup,
  • end the line,
  • desistances,
  • end of line,
  • winding-ups,
  • end of the road,
  • wrapups,
  • wrap ups,
  • end road,
  • end of the line,
  • finises,
  • windingups,
  • wrap-ups,
  • wrap-up.
  •frustration (noun)
  • reversal,
  • thwarting.
  •great victory (noun)
  • landslide.
  •insolvency (noun)
  • in-solvencies,
  • in solvencies,
  • in-solvency,
  • in solvency.
  •landslide (noun)
  • grand slams,
  • clean sweeps,
  • clean sweep,
  • grand slam.
  •letdown, blow (noun)
  • comedown.
  •licking (noun)
  • flogging,
  • lashings.
  •loss (noun)
  • losings,
  • losses,
  • retardation,
  • losing,
  • misplacement.
  •miscarriage (noun)
  • mis fire,
  • mis-fires,
  • mis-fire,
  • mis-carriages,
  • mis fires,
  • mis-carriage,
  • mis carriages,
  • mis carriage.
  •nonfeasance (noun)
  • de faults,
  • non-feasances,
  • non feasances,
  • non feasance,
  • de-fault,
  • de-faults,
  • de fault,
  • Non-feasance.
  •rebuff (noun)
  • brushoff,
  • re-buffs,
  • brushoffs,
  • nothing doings,
  • kick the teeth,
  • go-byes,
  • kick in the teeth,
  • go-by,
  • goby,
  • refusal,
  • re-buff,
  • hard times,
  • kick in teeth,
  • re buffs,
  • gobyes,
  • hard time,
  • re buff,
  • nothing doing,
  • kick teeth,
  • go byes.
  •repulse (noun)
  • brush-off,
  • slap the face,
  • slap in face,
  • slap in the face.
  •reverse (noun)
  • re verse,
  • re-verse,
  • conquerings.
  •ruin (noun)
  • ruin,
  • subversion,
  • ruination,
  • the end,
  • crackup,
  • goose.
  •ruination (noun)
  • wrecker,
  • wreckers.
  •setback (noun)
  • de-lays,
  • reversal of fortune,
  • whole new ballgames,
  • about face,
  • hold-up,
  • hold ups,
  • de-lay,
  • hold-ups,
  • de lay,
  • whole new ballgame,
  • de lays,
  • reversal fortune.
  •silence (noun)
  • shout down.
  •strong criticism (noun)
  • knock.
  •subversion (noun)
  • re-volutions,
  • re-volution,
  • re volutions,
  • sub versions,
  • sub version,
  • sub-versions,
  • sub-version.
  •suppression (noun)
  • over ridings,
  • over-ridings,
  • suppressings,
  • Suppressing,
  • overridings.
  •turning away; ignoring (noun)
  • rebuff.
  •undoing (noun)
  • de-stroyer,
  • de stroyers,
  • dis-graces,
  • un-doings,
  • de-stroyers,
  • bad omen,
  • bad omens,
  • dis grace,
  • un doings,
  • un-doing,
  • dis graces,
  • de stroyer,
  • un doing,
  • dis-grace.
  •unsuccess (noun)
  • un successes,
  • un-successes,
  • un-success,
  • un success.
  •unsuccessfulness (noun)
  • un successfulnesses,
  • un-successfulnesses,
  • un-successfulness,
  • un successfulness.
  •upset (noun)
  • shake ups,
  • sur prise,
  • free for all,
  • dis-orders,
  • dis orders,
  • dis order,
  • screw-up,
  • up sets,
  • dis-order,
  • sur prises,
  • queasinesses,
  • shake-ups,
  • up-set,
  • re version,
  • up set,
  • queasiness,
  • sur-prises,
  • up-sets,
  • re versions,
  • re-version,
  • screw ups,
  • screw-ups,
  • re-versions,
  • sur-prise,
  • shake-up.
  •victory (noun)
  • winnings,
  • bulls-eye,
  • laurels,
  • the gold,
  • bull's eye,
  • feather in cap,
  • subjugations,
  • subjugation,
  • hole in one,
  • mission accomplished.

• v.

  •baffle (verb)
  • dis appointing,
  • pre-venting,
  • pre-vented,
  • up setting,
  • pre venting,
  • de feat,
  • dis-appointed,
  • pre vent,
  • dis appointed,
  • pre-vent,
  • pre vented,
  • dis-appointing,
  • dis appoint,
  • de feats,
  • dis-appoint,
  • up-setting,
  • pre-vents,
  • de-feats,
  • dis appoints,
  • dis-appoints,
  • pre vents,
  • de-feat.
  •balk (verb)
  • cramps one's style,
  • threw a curve,
  • throws a curve,
  • cramps ones style,
  • cramped style,
  • dis-concerts,
  • fore stalling,
  • cramped one's style,
  • throws curve,
  • cramping style,
  • cramping one style,
  • cramp ones style,
  • dis-concerted,
  • cramping ones style,
  • dis concert,
  • fore stalls,
  • threw curve,
  • cramped one style,
  • dis concerting,
  • cramps one style,
  • throwing a curve,
  • fore-stalls,
  • fore stalled,
  • upsets the apple cart,
  • throwing monkey wrench in,
  • fore-stalling,
  • fore stall,
  • dis concerts,
  • dis concerted,
  • threw monkey wrench in,
  • throws monkey wrench in,
  • upsetting the apple cart,
  • upsets apple cart,
  • cramp one style,
  • dis-concert,
  • throwing curve,
  • upsetting apple cart,
  • fore-stall,
  • cramping one's style,
  • fore-stalled,
  • cramped ones style,
  • cramps style,
  • throw curve,
  • dis-concerting.
  •competition (verb)
  • defeat.
  •confute (verb)
  • dis-maying,
  • blows sky high,
  • in validate,
  • dis proving,
  • over-throw,
  • over throwing,
  • over-comes,
  • over turning,
  • over come,
  • dis-may,
  • over-coming,
  • brings naught,
  • over-turning,
  • brought naught,
  • knockses props out from under,
  • dis prove,
  • ex-pose,
  • in validates,
  • over-turned,
  • ex posed,
  • over turned,
  • over-came,
  • over-throwing,
  • over coming,
  • dis-proving,
  • bringing to naught,
  • over-come,
  • dis maying,
  • over comes,
  • over-turn,
  • over turns,
  • blew sky high,
  • blowing sky high,
  • dis mays,
  • over-turns,
  • in validated,
  • over-threw,
  • ex-posed,
  • over threw,
  • dis-prove,
  • dis-mays,
  • knocksed props out from under,
  • proving false,
  • over throw,
  • knocksing props out from under,
  • bringing naught,
  • brought to naught,
  • proves false,
  • over throws,
  • ex-posing,
  • proves wrong,
  • in validating,
  • bring naught,
  • brings to naught,
  • in-validates,
  • dis-proved,
  • in-validating,
  • ex pose,
  • over-throws,
  • dis proves,
  • proved false,
  • dis may,
  • dis proved,
  • in-validate,
  • proving wrong,
  • over thrown,
  • in-validated,
  • dis-mayed,
  • dis-proves,
  • over-thrown,
  • dis mayed,
  • over came,
  • sets aside.
  •conquer in military manner (verb)
  • obliterate,
  • halt,
  • best,
  • whip,
  • drown,
  • sink,
  • entrap,
  • bear down,
  • roll back,
  • scatter,
  • impede,
  • repel,
  • parry,
  • sack,
  • repress,
  • route,
  • shipwreck,
  • trash,
  • bar,
  • wipe out,
  • butcher,
  • discomfit,
  • decimate,
  • overthrow,
  • block,
  • swamp,
  • obstruct,
  • hinder,
  • vanquish,
  • subjugate,
  • mow down,
  • finish off,
  • suppress,
  • outmaneuver.
  •counteract (verb)
  • counter checking,
  • counter-balanced,
  • counter-balancing,
  • counter act,
  • counter-checking,
  • counter worked,
  • counter vail,
  • counter balanced,
  • counter-checks,
  • counter vails,
  • counterworks,
  • counter-checked,
  • counter-working,
  • counter-vails,
  • counter vailing,
  • counter-worked,
  • going against,
  • counter check,
  • Counter-work,
  • counter-vailing,
  • counter balances,
  • re-dressed,
  • counter checked,
  • canceling out,
  • re dresses,
  • Counterchecked,
  • cancels out,
  • counter acts,
  • counter-acting,
  • counter acted,
  • counterworked,
  • counter work,
  • re dress,
  • counter checks,
  • re dressed,
  • counter-act,
  • counter-works,
  • re-dresses,
  • counter-vailed,
  • re-dress,
  • re-dressing,
  • counter-vail,
  • counter-check,
  • counter-acted,
  • counter works,
  • counter acting,
  • went against,
  • counter-acts,
  • goes against,
  • re dressing,
  • counter balancing,
  • counter working,
  • counter vailed,
  • counter balance.
  •crush (verb)
  • blows away,
  • re duces,
  • forces down,
  • forced down,
  • quelching,
  • sub jugate,
  • quelches,
  • re duce,
  • blots out,
  • sub-jugate,
  • quelched,
  • re-duces,
  • re-duce,
  • forcing down,
  • blowing away.
  •defy (verb)
  • out dares,
  • takes one on,
  • de-ride,
  • flies face of,
  • dis regards,
  • flew in face of,
  • dis-regards,
  • with stood,
  • out dared,
  • with standing,
  • outdares,
  • dis regarding,
  • flying face of,
  • de-riding,
  • out-dare,
  • out-daring,
  • makes my day,
  • fly face of,
  • flies in face of,
  • de riding,
  • flew face of,
  • hurled defiance at,
  • hurling defiance at,
  • outdared,
  • outdaring,
  • out-dares,
  • out dare,
  • dis-regarded,
  • hurls defiance at,
  • made my day,
  • de-rides,
  • making my day,
  • dis-regarding,
  • flying in face of,
  • taking one on,
  • with-stands,
  • with-standing,
  • dis regard,
  • dis regarded,
  • de ride,
  • out daring,
  • sticks fast,
  • with stand,
  • took one on,
  • with-stand,
  • out-dared,
  • dis-regard,
  • de rides,
  • sticked fast,
  • with stands.
  •demolish (verb)
  • dis-mantles,
  • dis-mantled,
  • puts toilet,
  • dis mantle,
  • dis-mantle,
  • wiped off map,
  • wiping off map,
  • putting in toilet,
  • wiped map,
  • putting toilet,
  • wipe map,
  • wiping map,
  • dis-mantling,
  • dis mantling,
  • gobbling up,
  • puts in toilet,
  • wipes off map,
  • gobbles up,
  • dis mantles,
  • put toilet,
  • wipes map,
  • takes apart,
  • dis mantled.
  •eliminate (verb)
  • dis card,
  • dis qualify,
  • dis qualified,
  • dis charges,
  • casts out,
  • dis-carded,
  • dis-qualified,
  • shuts the door on,
  • dis-charge,
  • ex terminating,
  • dis-carding,
  • dis-charging,
  • dis-qualify,
  • drove out,
  • dis cards,
  • dis qualifying,
  • dis charge,
  • leaved out,
  • ex terminated,
  • dis carded,
  • dis missed,
  • dis missing,
  • dis-cards,
  • shutting the door on,
  • ex-terminate,
  • ex-terminating,
  • dis-qualifying,
  • shut door on,
  • drave out,
  • dis charging,
  • dis-charges,
  • ex-terminated,
  • dis qualifies,
  • dis carding,
  • dis-missing,
  • ex terminates,
  • dis-charged,
  • ex-terminates,
  • shutting door on,
  • dis charged,
  • dis-card,
  • ex terminate,
  • dis-qualifies,
  • dis-missed,
  • shuts door on.
  •exceed (verb)
  • outdistance.
  •excel (verb)
  • outfight.
  •floor (verb)
  • be-wildered,
  • dis comfit,
  • brings short,
  • bring short,
  • be wildered,
  • be-wildering,
  • brought short,
  • be wilders,
  • bringing short,
  • be wilder,
  • be-wilders,
  • bringing up short,
  • be-wilder,
  • laying low,
  • brought up short,
  • dis-comfit,
  • lays low,
  • brings up short,
  • be wildering,
  • dis comfits,
  • dis-comfits.
  •foil (verb)
  • giving the run around,
  • re straining,
  • giving run around,
  • gives the slip,
  • gave run around,
  • giving run-around,
  • gave the slip,
  • re strained,
  • giving the run-around,
  • re-strains,
  • give runaround,
  • gat around,
  • ran circles around,
  • giving slip,
  • giving the runaround,
  • gotten around,
  • gives the run around,
  • shuffled off,
  • re-straining,
  • gave slip,
  • gave the run around,
  • juked,
  • juking,
  • give run-around,
  • gets around,
  • giving the slip,
  • running rings around,
  • give slip,
  • gives slip,
  • bollixes,
  • shuffles off,
  • hanged up,
  • re strain,
  • gave the run-around,
  • re-strain,
  • gives run around,
  • runs rings around,
  • ran rings around,
  • buffaloing,
  • gives the runaround,
  • gives runaround,
  • gives the run-around,
  • hangs up,
  • got around,
  • running circles around,
  • re-strained,
  • gives run-around,
  • shuffling off,
  • giving runaround,
  • gave runaround,
  • re strains,
  • gave run-around,
  • runs circles around,
  • hanging up,
  • gave the runaround.
  •frustrate (verb)
  • disconcert,
  • disappoint,
  • puzzle,
  • blank,
  • counterplot,
  • beat the system,
  • throw for loop,
  • refute,
  • victimize,
  • scuttle,
  • spoil,
  • take wind out of sails,
  • disprove,
  • cook,
  • nonplus,
  • overturn,
  • put end to,
  • invalidate,
  • contravene,
  • nullify,
  • cause setback,
  • shave,
  • circumvent.
  •get (verb)
  • lay one hands on,
  • laid ones hands on,
  • laying ones hands on,
  • lays ones hands on,
  • lay ones hands on,
  • laid hands on,
  • laid one hands on,
  • laying hands on,
  • lays one hands on,
  • lays one's hands on,
  • laying one hands on,
  • laid one's hands on,
  • lays hold of,
  • laying one's hands on.
  •hammer (verb)
  • whomped.
  •kill (verb)
  • de-aden,
  • re fusing,
  • nixed,
  • de-adens,
  • re fused,
  • re-fuse,
  • re fuse,
  • re fuses,
  • de aden,
  • re-fused,
  • re canting,
  • re-canting,
  • re-canted,
  • re canted,
  • de adens.
  •mock (verb)
  • be trays,
  • de-ludes,
  • be-trays,
  • be-lied,
  • be guiles,
  • be-guile,
  • de ludes,
  • be lying,
  • be-lying,
  • be guile,
  • be-guiles,
  • be-tray,
  • be tray,
  • mis-leading,
  • de-lude,
  • mis leading,
  • mis-leads,
  • de lude,
  • be lied,
  • mis lead,
  • mis-lead.
  •murder (verb)
  • be heading,
  • dis patches,
  • electro cutes,
  • be heads,
  • dusting off,
  • mis-used,
  • de-stroy,
  • de-stroys,
  • be headed,
  • be-heading,
  • be-headed,
  • de stroyed,
  • dis patched,
  • took life,
  • dis-patching,
  • takes for ride,
  • dis patching,
  • dis-patches,
  • dis patch,
  • mis using,
  • takes a life,
  • mis-using,
  • de stroying,
  • de-stroyed,
  • takes life,
  • electro cute,
  • taking a life,
  • electro-cute,
  • de stroys,
  • mis used,
  • de-stroying,
  • dusts off,
  • de stroy,
  • de capitate,
  • taking life,
  • took a life,
  • be-heads,
  • taking for a ride,
  • took for ride,
  • dis-patch,
  • takes for a ride,
  • dusted off,
  • dis-patched,
  • de-capitate,
  • took for a ride,
  • electro-cutes.
  •neutralize (verb)
  • counter poising,
  • over-ruled,
  • over rules,
  • over-rule,
  • counter-poised,
  • counter-poising,
  • over-rules,
  • over ruled,
  • counter-poises,
  • over-ruling,
  • counter poised,
  • compensates for,
  • counter poise,
  • over ruling,
  • counter-poise,
  • over rule,
  • counter poises.
  •obliterate (verb)
  • koing,
  • ko'd,
  • marked out,
  • blue pencilled,
  • finishes off,
  • marks out,
  • wiped face of earth,
  • wipe face of earth,
  • wiped off face earth,
  • wiping face of earth,
  • blue penciled,
  • x-outed,
  • wipes off face of earth,
  • xouts,
  • rubs off,
  • wipe face earth,
  • KOD,
  • wipes off face earth,
  • wipe off face earth,
  • shooting down,
  • blue pencils,
  • ko'ing,
  • wiping face earth,
  • roots out,
  • wiping off face of earth,
  • wipes face earth,
  • x-outing,
  • blue pencilling,
  • wipes face of earth,
  • wiped off face of earth,
  • x outed,
  • finishing off,
  • shoots down,
  • wiped face earth,
  • x outing,
  • wiping off face earth,
  • rooted out,
  • blue penciling,
  • xout,
  • xouted,
  • xouting,
  • x outs,
  • x-outs.
  •outdo (verb)
  • blows out of water,
  • sur-passed,
  • blew out of water,
  • fakes out,
  • sur-pass,
  • leaves behind,
  • shoots ahead,
  • ex celled,
  • out classing,
  • out guns,
  • out-classes,
  • out-jockey,
  • go better,
  • co-oking,
  • pulled a fast one,
  • shooting ahead,
  • out jockey,
  • out distance,
  • out rivaled,
  • out-classing,
  • out jockeying,
  • out distances,
  • out-rivalled,
  • ex-celling,
  • outgunning,
  • out done,
  • out-done,
  • out rival,
  • sur-passes,
  • out rivals,
  • co-oked,
  • out classes,
  • went better,
  • out-rivals,
  • out-rivalling,
  • out-gun,
  • out jockeys,
  • out-classed,
  • co oked,
  • out-jockeys,
  • out-rivaling,
  • out-jockeying,
  • leaved behind,
  • be-sting,
  • sur-passing,
  • out doing,
  • outjockeys,
  • out-did,
  • out rivaling,
  • out-distancing,
  • pulled fast one,
  • out-jockeyed,
  • outguns,
  • shot ahead,
  • pulling a fast one,
  • out-distances,
  • blew out water,
  • goes one better,
  • blow out water,
  • out distancing,
  • blowing out of water,
  • out distanced,
  • blows out water,
  • out-distanced,
  • blowing out water,
  • out gunning,
  • went one better,
  • outjockeying,
  • out gun,
  • out rivalled,
  • outgunned,
  • sur pass,
  • out classed,
  • out-guns,
  • out rivalling,
  • out-doing,
  • out does,
  • be sting,
  • co oking,
  • out-gunned,
  • pulls a fast one,
  • outjockeyed,
  • sur passed,
  • ex celling,
  • out-gunning,
  • out jockeyed,
  • out did,
  • out-does,
  • pulls fast one,
  • out gunned,
  • going better,
  • pulling fast one,
  • out-rivaled,
  • going one better,
  • out-rival,
  • faking out,
  • out class,
  • goes better,
  • sur passes,
  • out-class.
  •outflank (verb)
  • out playing,
  • out plays,
  • out play,
  • out-flank,
  • out flank,
  • out-flanked,
  • out-playing,
  • out flanked,
  • out flanking,
  • out-play,
  • out-plays,
  • out-flanks,
  • out played,
  • out flanks,
  • out-played,
  • out-flanking.
  •outfox (verb)
  • out foxes,
  • out-foxed,
  • out-foxing,
  • out-foxes,
  • out foxing,
  • out-fox,
  • out foxed,
  • out fox.
  •outmaneuver (verb)
  • over take,
  • over takes,
  • out-maneuver,
  • over taking,
  • out maneuvered,
  • over took,
  • over-took,
  • out maneuvering,
  • out-maneuvered,
  • over-takes,
  • out maneuvers,
  • over-taken,
  • out-maneuvers,
  • out-maneuvering,
  • over-taking,
  • over-take.
  •outperform (verb)
  • out performing,
  • out performed,
  • out perform,
  • out-performed,
  • out performs,
  • out-performs,
  • out-performing.
  •outrun (verb)
  • out runs,
  • out-running,
  • out-run,
  • out running,
  • out-runs,
  • out run.
  •outshine (verb)
  • out shone,
  • out-shining,
  • out shine,
  • out-shone,
  • out-shine,
  • out shines,
  • out shining,
  • out shined,
  • out-shined,
  • out-shines.
  •outsmart (verb)
  • out smart,
  • out-smart.
  •outstrip (verb)
  • out-strip,
  • out stripping,
  • out stripped,
  • out-strips,
  • out-stripped,
  • out-stripping,
  • out strips,
  • out strip.
  •outthink (verb)
  • out thinks,
  • out thinking,
  • out think,
  • out-thinking,
  • out thought,
  • out-thinks,
  • out-thought.
  •outwit (verb)
  • ends run,
  • jipping,
  • ending run,
  • out-wit,
  • figures out,
  • jipped,
  • ended run,
  • JIPS.
  •outwit/outsmart (verb)
  • making a monkey of,
  • over-reaching,
  • made monkey of,
  • out wits,
  • out witting,
  • out-wits,
  • makes a monkey of,
  • make fool of,
  • Outgeneralled,
  • making monkey of,
  • leads astray,
  • pulled fast one on,
  • outgenerals,
  • out-witted,
  • pull a fast on,
  • out witted,
  • out guesses,
  • de fraud,
  • de-frauds,
  • out-witting,
  • de frauds,
  • end-ran,
  • out guessing,
  • out general,
  • pulls a fast on,
  • pulling a fast one on,
  • Outgeneraled,
  • pulling fast one on,
  • pulls fast one on,
  • making fool of,
  • out-guesses,
  • out-smarts,
  • makes monkey of,
  • end runs,
  • Outgeneraling,
  • end-runs,
  • pulling fast on,
  • out guessed,
  • endrun,
  • out-general,
  • Outgeneralling,
  • out-generals,
  • de-fraud,
  • out generals,
  • pulling a fast on,
  • over-reach,
  • end ran,
  • out-guessing,
  • puts one over on,
  • pulled a fast on,
  • endruns,
  • over reaching,
  • endran,
  • made a fool of,
  • out-smarted,
  • made fool of,
  • pulls fast on,
  • end-running,
  • end running,
  • over reach,
  • putting one over on,
  • over reaches,
  • pulled fast on,
  • out smarts,
  • out-smarting,
  • makes fool of,
  • out-guessed,
  • out guess,
  • endrunning,
  • out-guess,
  • makes a fool of,
  • pull fast on,
  • out smarting,
  • make monkey of,
  • over-reaches,
  • making a fool of,
  • out smarted,
  • made a monkey of,
  • pulled a fast one on,
  • over reached,
  • pull fast one on,
  • pulls a fast one on,
  • outguesses.
  •overpower (verb)
  • laid one out,
  • lays one out,
  • laying one out,
  • over powered,
  • taking care of,
  • over powering,
  • rolls over,
  • over-powering,
  • over-powers,
  • rolled over,
  • beating down,
  • shellacks,
  • over power,
  • over-powered,
  • over powers,
  • beats down,
  • rolling over,
  • over-power.
  •override (verb)
  • over rode,
  • over-ridden,
  • over rides,
  • over-rides,
  • over ridden,
  • over-riding,
  • tramples upon,
  • over ride,
  • trample up on,
  • trampled upon,
  • trampling upon,
  • trampled up on,
  • over riding,
  • trampling up on,
  • tramples up on,
  • over-rode.
  •overwhelm (verb)
  • over flow,
  • over-whelmed,
  • sub-merging,
  • over flows,
  • sub-merged,
  • de luged,
  • over whelm,
  • over-flown,
  • de luge,
  • over-flowing,
  • de-luges,
  • over runs,
  • over running,
  • over-whelm,
  • over-flowed,
  • sub merging,
  • de-luging,
  • over-flow,
  • in undated,
  • over-flows,
  • over flown,
  • over-whelming,
  • in-undated,
  • over-whelms,
  • sub-merge,
  • over flowed,
  • de luging,
  • de luges,
  • over whelmed,
  • over whelming,
  • sub merges,
  • over flowing,
  • de-luged,
  • sub-merges,
  • de-luge,
  • over whelms.
  •prostrate (verb)
  • over-tires,
  • knocks over,
  • in capacitated,
  • in capacitates,
  • dis-arms,
  • in capacitating,
  • bringing low,
  • brings low,
  • tuckering out,
  • overtires,
  • dis arms,
  • in-capacitating,
  • over tires,
  • in-capacitate,
  • dis-arming,
  • dis armed,
  • in-capacitated,
  • dis-armed,
  • over tire,
  • over-tired,
  • over-tire,
  • overtiring,
  • over tired,
  • in capacitate,
  • dis arming,
  • over tiring,
  • knocking over,
  • over-tiring,
  • tuckers out.
  •put down (verb)
  • re pressed,
  • re pressing,
  • re presses,
  • re-pressing,
  • re-presses,
  • re press.
  •rebut (verb)
  • dis confirmed,
  • re-butting,
  • dis confirming,
  • kept off,
  • keeps off,
  • dis-confirmed,
  • disconfirms,
  • dis-confirm,
  • keeping off,
  • coming back at,
  • re-butted,
  • comes back at,
  • dis-confirms,
  • re butting,
  • dis-confirming,
  • came back at,
  • re butted,
  • dis confirm,
  • fended off,
  • dis confirms.
  •repulse (verb)
  • heave-hoing,
  • heave hoing,
  • re buffing,
  • heavehoes,
  • heave ho,
  • heave hoed,
  • kicks in teeth,
  • kicked in teeth,
  • heave-hoed,
  • heavehoing,
  • kicks the teeth,
  • heaveho,
  • heavehoed,
  • re pulsing,
  • pushing back,
  • pushed back,
  • kicking in teeth,
  • kicked in the teeth,
  • re-buffing,
  • threw back,
  • kicked teeth,
  • re-pulsing,
  • kicked the teeth,
  • kicks teeth,
  • re buffed,
  • kicking teeth,
  • drove back,
  • kicking the teeth,
  • re pulsed,
  • throws back,
  • drave back,
  • kicks in the teeth,
  • re-pulsed,
  • kicking in the teeth,
  • re-buffed,
  • beating off,
  • heave-hoes,
  • drives back,
  • pushes back,
  • heave hoes,
  • beats off,
  • throwing back.
  •ruin (verb)
  • de predates,
  • made a mess of,
  • de faces,
  • dis-figured,
  • spoilating,
  • brought ruin,
  • wreaked havoc on,
  • cleans out,
  • brings ruin,
  • de predated,
  • de files,
  • de-predate,
  • uses up,
  • de-facing,
  • dis figured,
  • spoilates,
  • de predate,
  • making a mess of,
  • de-file,
  • de file,
  • de-predating,
  • de-faces,
  • wreaking havoc on,
  • de-spoiling,
  • de-files,
  • de spoiling,
  • wrought havoc on,
  • de-predated,
  • de-filing,
  • made mess of,
  • de spoiled,
  • de-predates,
  • spoilated,
  • dis-figure,
  • de-spoil,
  • de face,
  • de filing,
  • de facing,
  • dis figuring,
  • bring ruin,
  • dis-figuring,
  • make mess of,
  • bringing to ruin,
  • de-spoils,
  • de spoils,
  • wreaks havoc on,
  • de filed,
  • dis-figures,
  • de predating,
  • de-faced,
  • dis figures,
  • de-face,
  • de-filed,
  • de-spoiled,
  • makes a mess of,
  • de spoil,
  • making mess of,
  • de faced,
  • makes mess of,
  • brings to ruin,
  • dis figure.
  •set back (verb)
  • de-tain,
  • slows down,
  • slowing up,
  • re versing,
  • de-tains,
  • slowing down,
  • de tain,
  • de tains,
  • embogging,
  • embogs,
  • slows up,
  • embogged,
  • re-versed.
  •show up (verb)
  • un cloaking,
  • re-veals,
  • dis credited,
  • un dressed,
  • dis credits,
  • de-bunked,
  • dis-credit,
  • un-masked,
  • showing bad light,
  • un-dresses,
  • un shrouding,
  • dis-credits,
  • dis-covers,
  • unshrouds,
  • un shrouds,
  • be littles,
  • un mask,
  • un-cloaking,
  • un dresses,
  • un-dressed,
  • putting spotlight on,
  • un masking,
  • dis-cover,
  • be-little,
  • re veals,
  • shows in bad light,
  • showed in bad light,
  • de-bunks,
  • un-shroud,
  • un cloaks,
  • de bunked,
  • dis-covering,
  • puts spotlight on,
  • un dressing,
  • de bunks,
  • un masked,
  • dis covering,
  • dis covered,
  • shows bad light,
  • showed bad light,
  • show bad light,
  • un cloak,
  • dis-covered,
  • de-bunk,
  • un cloaked,
  • dis-crediting,
  • un-cloaked,
  • dis cover,
  • de bunking,
  • un-shrouded,
  • dis crediting,
  • put shame,
  • unshrouding,
  • showing in bad light,
  • dis credit,
  • de-bunking,
  • un-masking,
  • un-drest,
  • un drest,
  • re-veal,
  • un dress,
  • un-shrouds,
  • un shrouded,
  • un-mask,
  • dis covers,
  • un-shrouding,
  • un shroud,
  • be-littles,
  • un-cloak,
  • dis-credited,
  • de bunk,
  • un masks,
  • un-cloaks,
  • un-masks,
  • un-dressing,
  • un-dress.
  •slaughter (verb)
  • does in exterminate,
  • totaled trounce,
  • doth in exterminate,
  • totalled trounce,
  • dost exterminate,
  • did exterminate,
  • doeth exterminate,
  • doing in exterminate,
  • does exterminate,
  • doth exterminate,
  • totals trounce,
  • doeth in exterminate,
  • do exterminate,
  • did in exterminate,
  • doest in exterminate,
  • totalling trounce,
  • totaling trounce,
  • didst in exterminate,
  • doest exterminate,
  • doing exterminate,
  • dost in exterminate,
  • didst exterminate.
  •stymie (verb)
  • hung fire,
  • putting on back burner,
  • deadends,
  • dead ending,
  • put back burner,
  • deadending,
  • chokes off,
  • threw a monkey wrench in to,
  • deadended,
  • throw monkey wrench in to,
  • snookers,
  • putting hold,
  • threw a monkey wrench into,
  • put hold,
  • threw monkey wrench into,
  • throws monkey wrench in to,
  • throw monkey wrench into,
  • throws a monkey wrench in to,
  • throw a monkey wrench in to,
  • deadend,
  • dead-ended,
  • threw monkey wrench in to,
  • putting back burner,
  • throws monkey wrench into,
  • puts hold,
  • throwing a monkey wrench into,
  • dead ended,
  • puts on hold,
  • puts back burner,
  • hanged fire,
  • dead-ending,
  • throwing monkey wrench in to,
  • throwing a monkey wrench in to,
  • puts on back burner,
  • snookering,
  • throws a monkey wrench into,
  • throwing monkey wrench into.
  •subdue (verb)
  • gets upper hand,
  • sub due,
  • getting the better of,
  • getting better of,
  • sub-due,
  • got upper hand,
  • triumphing over,
  • gotten better of,
  • gets the upper hand,
  • got the better of,
  • got the upper hand,
  • getting upper hand,
  • sub dues,
  • gotten under control,
  • got under control,
  • getting under control,
  • get better of,
  • gets better of,
  • gotten upper hand,
  • gotten the better of,
  • gat upper hand,
  • gets under control,
  • triumphs over,
  • gotten the upper hand,
  • triumphed over,
  • gat under control,
  • got better of,
  • getting the upper hand,
  • sub-dues,
  • gat the better of,
  • gat better of,
  • gat the upper hand,
  • gets the better of.
  •subvert (verb)
  • de base,
  • top pled,
  • under-mined,
  • under-mining,
  • de based,
  • de-basing,
  • de basing,
  • under mining,
  • de-base,
  • de-based,
  • under mined.
  •surmount (verb)
  • over-topping,
  • sur mounting,
  • rises above,
  • prevailed over,
  • over topped,
  • over-tops,
  • sur mount,
  • over tops,
  • prevailing over,
  • overing,
  • overed,
  • prevails over,
  • over-topped,
  • sur-mounting,
  • sur mounted,
  • sur-mount,
  • sur-mounts,
  • rose above,
  • over topping,
  • sur mounts,
  • sur-mounted.
  •thrash (verb)
  • be labors,
  • tost and turn,
  • be-labor,
  • tossed turn,
  • be labor,
  • tanning one hide,
  • tanned one's hide,
  • be-laboring,
  • works over,
  • tanning one's hide,
  • tanning ones hide,
  • tans hide,
  • tans one hide,
  • tossed and turn,
  • be labored,
  • tossing turn,
  • tost turn,
  • tanned ones hide,
  • tans ones hide,
  • toss turn,
  • tosses turn,
  • tan one hide,
  • tosses and turn,
  • be-labored,
  • tanning hide,
  • tan ones hide,
  • be laboring,
  • tossing and turn,
  • wrought over,
  • be-labors,
  • tans one's hide,
  • tanned one hide.
  •thwart (verb)
  • taking wind out of,
  • takes wind out of,
  • upsets one's apple cart,
  • upsetting ones apple cart,
  • took wind out of,
  • playing off,
  • plays off,
  • upset one apple cart,
  • upsetting one apple cart,
  • upsetting one's apple cart,
  • upset ones apple cart,
  • snafuing,
  • upsets ones apple cart,
  • upsets one apple cart.
  •undo (verb)
  • un does,
  • un did,
  • un-build,
  • making waves,
  • un built,
  • un-done,
  • unbuilds,
  • un-building,
  • un-does,
  • un-builds,
  • un-did,
  • un-settling,
  • un done,
  • un builds,
  • un settled,
  • un settling,
  • un-settled,
  • un settle,
  • un building,
  • un settles,
  • un-settle,
  • un-built,
  • un build.
  •veto (verb)
  • dis allows,
  • giving thumbs down,
  • dis approve,
  • dis-countenanced,
  • dis allow,
  • dis-allow,
  • dis countenances,
  • dis approves,
  • inter-dict,
  • dis-allowed,
  • dis-allowing,
  • dis-allows,
  • dis-approve,
  • dis-countenance,
  • dis allowed,
  • gives thumbs down,
  • inter dict,
  • dis countenancing,
  • dis-approves,
  • dis-approving,
  • dis-countenancing,
  • dis countenance,
  • dis-countenances,
  • dis approved,
  • thumbsing down,
  • thumbses down,
  • dis allowing,
  • gave thumbs down,
  • thumbsed down,
  • dis approving,
  • dis-approved,
  • dis countenanced.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • destroy,
  • Vanquishment,
  • disappointment,
  • trample,
  • avenge,
  • polish off,
  • outwork,
  • dominate,
  • shellacking,
  • prevail,
  • pulverize,
  • quash,
  • revenge,
  • suppression,
  • crowd out,
  • Mauling,
  • blow out,
  • overrun,
  • shut out,
  • slaughter,
  • whitewash,
  • outface,
  • wallop,
  • disarm,
  • slip one over on,
  • see off,
  • demolition,
  • Dusting,
  • edge out,
  • drub,
  • shut down,
  • outfox.
  •
  • dethrone,
  • sideline,
  • hiding,
  • reduce,
  • edge,
  • flatten,
  • steamroll,
  • hammering,
  • elimination,
  • tire out,
  • beat out,
  • annihilate,
  • baffle,
  • pummel,
  • devastate,
  • Pasting,
  • clobber.
  •
  • cream,
  • stump,
  • whipping,
  • skin,
  • massacre,
  • blitz,
  • break down,
  • confound,
  • pullout,
  • scalp,
  • upset,
  • nose out,
  • skunk.
  •
  • bury,
  • squash,
  • draw,
  • lick,
  • carry,
  • submission,
  • waste,
  • cast down,
  • throw.
  •
  • allow,
  • cross.
  •
  • check.
  •
  • put out,
  • trim,
  • concession.
  •bypass
  • outflank.
  •chase away
  • flight.
  •confute
  • prove false,
  • knocks props out from under,
  • Parried,
  • proved wrong,
  • setting aside,
  • over turn,
  • prove wrong,
  • bring to naught,
  • set aside,
  • blow sky high.
  •counteract
  • go against,
  • canceled out,
  • Negatived,
  • offsetting,
  • counterchecks,
  • counter-balances,
  • Counterwork,
  • counter-balance,
  • cancel out,
  • counterworking,
  • Counterchecking,
  • cancelling out,
  • cancelled out,
  • Negativing,
  • countercheck.
  •countermove
  • checkmate.
  •deceive
  • outwit.
  •defy
  • spurn,
  • stuck fast,
  • stick fast,
  • take one on,
  • Fronting,
  • sticking fast,
  • Outdare,
  • make my day,
  • Ridiculed,
  • hurl defiance at,
  • fly in face of.
  •destroy
  • wrack,
  • do for,
  • smite.
  •drub
  • spank,
  • Caned,
  • trounce,
  • caning.
  •finish off
  • mop up.
  •flypast
  • Outfly.
  •kill
  • Scotching,
  • nixing,
  • murder,
  • kill,
  • scotches,
  • killing,
  • Scotched,
  • Killed.
  •obliterate
  • Bogged,
  • wash out,
  • root out,
  • kos,
  • rub off,
  • marking out,
  • washed out,
  • rubbing off,
  • Bogging,
  • shot down,
  • washing out,
  • shoot down,
  • blue pencil,
  • mark out,
  • finished off,
  • rooting out,
  • rubbed off,
  • washes out,
  • wipe off face of earth.
  •outflank
  • outplayed,
  • outplays,
  • outplaying,
  • outplay.
  •outguess
  • outsmart,
  • outthink.
  •outmaneuver
  • trump,
  • out maneuver.
  •outwit
  • figure out,
  • JIP,
  • out wit,
  • end run,
  • figured out.
  •override
  • over-ride,
  • trample upon.
  •overwhelm
  • outvote.
  •rebuff
  • repulse.
  •rebuke
  • slap down,
  • smack down.
  •repulse
  • push back,
  • heave-ho,
  • driving back,
  • beat off,
  • throw back,
  • Repulsing,
  • fight off,
  • drive back.
  •retard
  • set-back.
  •ruin
  • Bankrupting,
  • cleaned out,
  • brought to ruin,
  • spoilate,
  • make a mess of,
  • clean out,
  • lay waste,
  • bankrupts,
  • Bankrupted,
  • bringing ruin,
  • wreak havoc on,
  • laid waste,
  • using up,
  • laying waste,
  • Beggaring,
  • used up,
  • cleaning out,
  • use up,
  • Beggared,
  • lays waste,
  • bring to ruin,
  • pauperize.
  •set back
  • slow up,
  • set back,
  • slowed down,
  • slowed up,
  • embog,
  • slow down.
  •steamroll
  • steamroller.
  •stymie
  • hang fire,
  • snookered,
  • hangs fire,
  • throw a monkey wrench into,
  • choked off,
  • choke off,
  • snooker,
  • choking off,
  • put on hold,
  • putting on hold,
  • dead-ends,
  • dead-end,
  • put on back burner,
  • hanging fire.
  •thrash
  • birch,
  • toss and turn,
  • tanned hide,
  • worked over,
  • work over,
  • lay by the heels,
  • Birches,
  • tan one's hide,
  • Birched,
  • Birching,
  • tan hide.
  •thresh
  • thresh.

Paraphrases for Defeat:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    Defeating.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Defeating.
  • Verb, base form
    conquer, vanquish, overpower.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    rout.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    rout.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    upsets, leads, Downs, beat.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    beat, collapse, destruction, eradication, deactivation, triumph.
  • Verb, base form
    lay, Combating, thwart, destroy, derail, surmount, eliminate, Eliminating, foil, refute, nullify, battle, beat, rebut, break, backfire, collapse, sabotage, outwit, annihilate, contravene, address, undo, contradict, eradication, neutralize, dismantle, outsmart, deprive, abort, prevail, topple, challenge, crush, disprove, triumph, upset.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    defeated.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    failure, debacle, victory, invalidation, rejection, disaster, neutralization.
  • Verb, base form
    frustrate, counter, eradicate, overthrow, tackle, counteract, overturn.

Antonyms for Defeat:

• n.

  • event
    victory.
  • frustration
    conquest, triumph, boost.
  • overthrow, beating
    attainment, yielding, win, success, boon, mastery, achievement, accomplishment.
  • Other antonyms:
    go under, surrender, walkaway, blowout, romp, landslide, go down, walkover, cakewalk, sweep, fall, runaway.

• v.

  • conquer in athletic contest
    forfeit.
  • conquer in military manner
    float, encourage, aid, strengthen, clear, open, construct, advance, yield, liberate, fail, help, grow, let go, increase, inspirit, lose, release, abet, support, assist, build, attract, give up, allow, push, forward, facilitate, save, permit, fix, create, promote, free.
  • frustrate
    clear up, validate, prove, explain, endorse, enlighten, clarify, approve.

Homophones for Defeat:

• debate, deft, divide, deputy, daft, davit, debut, defeated, day by day, devoid, depute, debt, dipodidae, deep-dye, DVD, diabeta, deathbed, david, depot, day bed, dubiety, debit, devoted, devout, defat, doubt, deviate, devote, deaf-aid, depth, doped, divided, duvet, deadbeat dad, daybed, divot, devotee, dipped, dead body, deadbeat, deep-eyed.

Hypernym for Defeat:

• n.

  • event
    shutout, rout, walloping, heartbreaker, skunk, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, whipping, whitewash, thrashing, lurch, waterloo, trouncing.

• v.

  • competition
    come through, skunk, shell, rout out, conquer, lurch, survive, overrun, rout, trounce, vanquish, beat out, pull round, down, nose, beat, destroy, wallop, demolish, upset, pull through, crush, make it, expel.

Hyponym for Defeat:

• n.

  • event
    ending, finish, failure, conclusion.