What is another word for defeat?

Synonyms for Defeat:

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • demolish,
  • demolition,
  • destroy,
  • disappointment,
  • disarm,
  • dominate,
  • drub,
  • eliminate,
  • outfox,
  • outrun,
  • outwork,
  • overrun,
  • polish off,
  • prevail,
  • pulverize,
  • quash,
  • revenge,
  • slaughter,
  • suppression,
  • trample,
  • wallop,
  • whitewash,
  • Dusting,
  • Mauling,
  • Vanquishment,
  • outperform,
  • shellacking,
  • outgun,
  • edge out.
  •
  • annihilate,
  • baffle,
  • balk,
  • beat out,
  • clobber,
  • dethrone,
  • devastate,
  • edge,
  • elimination,
  • flatten,
  • hammer,
  • hiding,
  • outshine,
  • reduce,
  • steamroll,
  • stymie,
  • thwart,
  • Pasting.
  •
  • blitz,
  • break down,
  • confound,
  • cream,
  • massacre,
  • nose out,
  • pullout,
  • scalp,
  • show up,
  • skin,
  • skunk,
  • stump,
  • upset,
  • wear down,
  • whipping.
  •
  • bury,
  • cast down,
  • draw,
  • get,
  • lick,
  • smash,
  • squash,
  • submission,
  • throw.
  •
  • check.
  •
  • concession,
  • trim.
  •
  • cross.
  •bypass
  • outflank.
  •catastrophe
  • disaster.
  •chase away
  • flight.
  •counteract
  • Counterwork.
  •countermove
  • checkmate.
  •crush
  • suppress.
  •deceive
  • outwit.
  •defy
  • spurn.
  •destroy
  • obliterate,
  • pulverize,
  • smite,
  • wrack,
  • do for.
  •drub
  • spank,
  • trounce.
  •frustration
  • discomfiture,
  • frustration.
  •hinder
  • baffle.
  •impede
  • hinder.
  •kill
  • slaughter,
  • killing,
  • kill,
  • murder.
  •obliterate
  • finish off,
  • wash out.
  •outflank
  • outplay.
  •outguess
  • outsmart,
  • outthink.
  •outmaneuver
  • outflank,
  • trump.
  •outsmart
  • outfox.
  •outwit
  • outmaneuver,
  • outsmart,
  • outthink.
  •overturn
  • subvert.
  •overwhelm
  • outvote.
  •prevent
  • frustrate.
  •rebuff
  • repulse.
  •rebuke
  • slap down.
  •repulse
  • fight off.
  •reversal
  • comedown.
  •ruin
  • pauperize,
  • lay waste.
  •set back
  • set back.
  •steamroll
  • steamroller.
  •stymie
  • snooker.
  •thrash
  • drub,
  • work over.
  •thresh
  • thresh.
  •worst
  • best.
  •Other relevant words:
  • abasement,
  • abject,
  • abolish,
  • abortion,
  • ace,
  • adversity,
  • again,
  • ambush,
  • anew,
  • annihilate,
  • annihilation,
  • answer,
  • appeasement,
  • attack,
  • avert,
  • avoid,
  • back,
  • baffle,
  • bafflement,
  • balk,
  • balking,
  • bankruptcy,
  • bar,
  • basic,
  • bastinado,
  • batter,
  • baulk,
  • be due,
  • bear down,
  • beat down,
  • beat out,
  • beating,
  • belabor,
  • best,
  • bewilder,
  • bilk,
  • blank,
  • blanket,
  • blast,
  • blitz,
  • block,
  • blow,
  • bolt down,
  • bowl over,
  • brave,
  • break,
  • break down,
  • breakdown,
  • breakthrough,
  • breakup,
  • bring down,
  • broken,
  • bruise,
  • brush,
  • buck,
  • buffet,
  • bummer,
  • burden,
  • bury,
  • bust,
  • butcher,
  • butchery,
  • calamity,
  • cancel,
  • cap,
  • capitulation,
  • cast down,
  • castigate,
  • catastrophe,
  • challenge,
  • charge,
  • chastise,
  • cheat,
  • check,
  • circumvent,
  • cleaning,
  • cleanup,
  • clobber,
  • comedown,
  • concession,
  • confound,
  • confounding,
  • confront,
  • confusion,
  • confute,
  • conquest,
  • contemptible,
  • contradict,
  • contravene,
  • controvert,
  • cook,
  • count,
  • counter,
  • counteract,
  • countermand,
  • counterplot,
  • countervail,
  • crash,
  • cream,
  • cripple,
  • cropper,
  • cross,
  • crushing,
  • cudgel,
  • cut,
  • damp,
  • dash,
  • daunt,
  • death,
  • debacle,
  • debasement,
  • debilitate,
  • decay,
  • decimate,
  • deck,
  • decline,
  • defeated,
  • deficiency,
  • defy,
  • degradation,
  • delay,
  • demolish,
  • demolition,
  • demoralise,
  • demoralize,
  • denial,
  • deny,
  • depose,
  • depress,
  • derange,
  • descent,
  • despoil,
  • destroy,
  • destruction,
  • dethrone,
  • devastate,
  • devastation,
  • devitalize,
  • difficulty,
  • dilapidated,
  • disadvantage,
  • disappoint,
  • disappointment,
  • disarm,
  • disaster,
  • discombobulate,
  • discomfit,
  • discomfiture,
  • disconcert,
  • disconcertion,
  • discountenance,
  • discourage,
  • discouragement,
  • disgrace,
  • dish,
  • dishearten,
  • disillusion,
  • disillusionment,
  • disintegration,
  • dismiss,
  • dismissal,
  • dispersal,
  • dispirit,
  • dispose of,
  • disprove,
  • disrupt,
  • dissatisfaction,
  • dissatisfy,
  • dissolution,
  • dissolve,
  • dissuade,
  • disturb,
  • do away with,
  • do in,
  • dominate,
  • domination,
  • down,
  • downcast,
  • drain,
  • draw,
  • drink down,
  • drive away,
  • drop,
  • drown,
  • drub,
  • drubbing,
  • dud,
  • dull,
  • dumbfound,
  • edge,
  • eliminate,
  • elimination,
  • elude,
  • embarrass,
  • embarrassment,
  • end,
  • enervate,
  • enfeeble,
  • entrap,
  • eradicate,
  • essential,
  • euchre,
  • exceed,
  • excel,
  • exhaust,
  • explode,
  • expose,
  • exterminate,
  • extermination,
  • failing,
  • fall,
  • fatigue,
  • faze,
  • fell,
  • fiasco,
  • fight off,
  • finish,
  • finish off,
  • fix,
  • fizzle,
  • flatten,
  • flax,
  • flight,
  • flog,
  • floor,
  • flummox,
  • foiling,
  • forestall,
  • forlorn hope,
  • frustrate,
  • frustration,
  • fundamental,
  • furthermore,
  • futility,
  • get,
  • get over,
  • get the best,
  • goose,
  • gravel,
  • gum up,
  • halt,
  • hammer,
  • hamper,
  • hamstring,
  • harry,
  • have,
  • have the best,
  • havoc,
  • hiccup,
  • hide,
  • hiding,
  • hinder,
  • hindrance,
  • hitch,
  • hold up,
  • hors de combat,
  • humiliate,
  • humiliation,
  • ignore,
  • impede,
  • impediment,
  • inconsiderable,
  • inhibit,
  • injure,
  • insignificant,
  • insolvency,
  • invade,
  • invalidate,
  • jilt,
  • kayo,
  • knock,
  • knock over,
  • knockout,
  • ko,
  • lacing,
  • lambast,
  • lambaste,
  • land,
  • landslide,
  • lather,
  • let down,
  • letdown,
  • lick,
  • licking,
  • liquidate,
  • liquidation,
  • little,
  • lose,
  • loss,
  • losses,
  • lump,
  • mangle,
  • mar,
  • maraud,
  • massacre,
  • mastery,
  • mirage,
  • misadventure,
  • miscarriage,
  • miscarry,
  • miserable,
  • misfortune,
  • mishap,
  • mismanagement,
  • mock,
  • more,
  • mortification,
  • mow down,
  • muffled,
  • muted,
  • mutilate,
  • negative,
  • neutralise,
  • neutralize,
  • nonaccomplishment,
  • nonachievement,
  • nonfeasance,
  • nonplus,
  • nonstarter,
  • nose out,
  • nullify,
  • obliterate,
  • obstruct,
  • obstruction,
  • offset,
  • oppress,
  • oust,
  • ouster,
  • ousting,
  • outclass,
  • outfight,
  • outflank,
  • outfox,
  • outgeneral,
  • outmaneuver,
  • outpoint,
  • outrun,
  • outsail,
  • outshine,
  • outsmart,
  • outstrip,
  • outvote,
  • outweigh,
  • outwit,
  • outwork,
  • overbear,
  • overmaster,
  • overreach,
  • override,
  • overrun,
  • overtake,
  • overtax,
  • overwhelm,
  • paltry,
  • parry,
  • pauperize,
  • perplex,
  • pillage,
  • plague,
  • plastering,
  • plunder,
  • polish off,
  • pommel,
  • pop,
  • pound,
  • pour down,
  • powder,
  • prevail,
  • prevent,
  • problem,
  • prohibit,
  • prostrate,
  • pullout,
  • pulverize,
  • puny,
  • put,
  • puzzle,
  • quash,
  • quiet,
  • quietus,
  • ramshackle,
  • ravage,
  • rebuff,
  • rebuke,
  • rebut,
  • reduce,
  • refusal,
  • refuse,
  • refute,
  • reject,
  • rejection,
  • relapse,
  • repeatedly,
  • repel,
  • repress,
  • repudiate,
  • repudiation,
  • repulse,
  • retreat,
  • revenge,
  • reversal,
  • reverse,
  • route,
  • ruin,
  • ruination,
  • sabotage,
  • sack,
  • sap,
  • scalp,
  • scatter,
  • scotch,
  • scourge,
  • screw up,
  • scuttle,
  • seizure,
  • setback,
  • settle,
  • shame,
  • shatter,
  • shave,
  • shellac,
  • shipwreck,
  • shoot,
  • show up,
  • shut up,
  • silence,
  • sink,
  • skin,
  • skunk,
  • slaughter,
  • slight,
  • smash,
  • smite,
  • smother,
  • snooker,
  • snub,
  • soft,
  • spank,
  • spike,
  • spoil,
  • spurn,
  • squash,
  • squelch,
  • stagger,
  • stalemate,
  • stamp out,
  • steamroll,
  • steamroller,
  • stifle,
  • stonewall,
  • stop,
  • storm,
  • strain,
  • strike,
  • strip,
  • stump,
  • stymie,
  • subdued,
  • subjection,
  • subjugate,
  • subjugation,
  • submission,
  • subversion,
  • subvert,
  • succeed,
  • success,
  • suppress,
  • suppression,
  • supreme,
  • surpass,
  • surrender,
  • surviving,
  • swamp,
  • sweep over,
  • switch,
  • take,
  • take the cake,
  • taking,
  • tame,
  • tan,
  • tantalise,
  • tantalize,
  • tear,
  • tease,
  • terminate,
  • then,
  • thrash,
  • thrashing,
  • thresh,
  • thrive,
  • throttle,
  • throw,
  • thwart,
  • thwarting,
  • tire,
  • top,
  • topple,
  • toppling,
  • torpedo,
  • toss off,
  • total,
  • trample,
  • transcend,
  • trap,
  • trash,
  • trifling,
  • trim,
  • trimming,
  • trivial,
  • trouble,
  • trouncing,
  • turn thumbs down,
  • undermine,
  • undo,
  • undoing,
  • unhorse,
  • unseat,
  • unsettle,
  • upend,
  • upset,
  • upsetting,
  • uselessness,
  • vandalize,
  • veto,
  • vicissitude,
  • victimize,
  • victory,
  • vote down,
  • vote out,
  • waiver,
  • wallop,
  • walloping,
  • warming,
  • wash out,
  • washout,
  • waterloo,
  • waxing,
  • weaken,
  • wear down,
  • wear out,
  • weigh down,
  • whack,
  • whacking,
  • whelm,
  • whipping,
  • whitewash,
  • whomp,
  • win over,
  • wipe out,
  • withdrawal,
  • work over,
  • worst,
  • wrack,
  • yet,
  • zap,
  • Deathblow,
  • Defeasance,
  • Deposing,
  • Downthrow,
  • Dumfound,
  • Dusting,
  • Feaze,
  • Feeze,
  • Insuccess,
  • Mauling,
  • Nonsuit,
  • Overmatch,
  • Overset,
  • Overturning,
  • Paddling,
  • Pasting,
  • Quashing,
  • Redargue,
  • Scalping,
  • Tantalization,
  • Trashing,
  • Unsatisfaction,
  • Unsuccess,
  • Vanquishment,
  • Whaling,
  • Whitewashing,
  • cold shoulder,
  • brush off,
  • outperform,
  • get the better of,
  • belt down,
  • show the door,
  • Counterwork,
  • Subdual,
  • Subduing,
  • lay waste,
  • lambasting,
  • unseating,
  • outhit,
  • shellacking,
  • clobbering,
  • disconfirm,
  • nonsuccess,
  • outgun,
  • do for,
  • edge out,
  • lay bare,
  • outthink,
  • prevail against,
  • slap down,
  • throw down,
  • throw over,
  • unsuccessfulness,
  • roll back,
  • bugger up,
  • interfere with,
  • rise above,
  • Non-fulfilment,
  • Successlessness,
  • killing,
  • kill,
  • murder,
  • prevail over,
  • pre-empt,
  • answer conclusively,
  • argue down,
  • clinch an argument,
  • play one false,
  • get the best of,
  • ride roughshod over,
  • send to Coventry,
  • blighted hope,
  • triumph over,
  • cut the ground from under,
  • go someone one better,
  • wiping out,
  • put to flight,
  • be victorious,
  • beat the system,
  • set back,
  • carry the day,
  • cause setback,
  • clip wings,
  • dash one's hope,
  • dashed hope,
  • freeze out,
  • give the brush,
  • make mincemeat of,
  • non-success,
  • outjump,
  • plow under,
  • put end to,
  • put-down,
  • run roughshod over,
  • skin alive,
  • take it all,
  • take to cleaners,
  • take wind out of sails,
  • throw for loop,
  • vote against,
  • bear the palm,
  • shoot-down.

• n.

  •
  • disappointment,
  • loss,
  • smash.
  •
  • ambush,
  • annihilation,
  • avert,
  • avoid,
  • blow,
  • breakdown,
  • breakthrough,
  • butchery,
  • check,
  • conquest,
  • debacle,
  • destruction,
  • discourage,
  • extermination,
  • fall,
  • massacre,
  • obstruct,
  • prevent,
  • prohibit,
  • rebuff,
  • repulse,
  • reverse,
  • ruin,
  • setback,
  • slaughter,
  • squash,
  • stalemate,
  • stop,
  • trap,
  • victory,
  • waterloo,
  • withdrawal,
  • Vanquishment.
  •
  • burden,
  • comedown,
  • count,
  • disadvantage,
  • dud,
  • embarrass,
  • hiding,
  • inhibit,
  • knockout,
  • let down,
  • plague,
  • success,
  • throttle,
  • trimming,
  • upset,
  • walloping,
  • whipping.
  •
  • ace,
  • appeasement,
  • best,
  • concession,
  • lick,
  • pullout,
  • subjugate,
  • submission,
  • surrender,
  • trim,
  • prevail against.
  •
  • allow,
  • baffle,
  • balk,
  • cross,
  • frustrate,
  • stump,
  • stymie,
  • thwart.
  •
  • Dusting.
  •defeat (noun)
  • beating,
  • collapse,
  • downfall,
  • failure,
  • frustration,
  • licking,
  • overcome,
  • vote down,
  • vote out.
  •disappointment (noun)
  • bafflement,
  • disillusionment,
  • fizzle,
  • setback,
  • nonsuccess,
  • non-success.
  •discomfiture (noun)
  • disconcertion.
  •event (noun)
  • licking.
  •failure (noun)
  • insolvency,
  • miscarriage,
  • nonfeasance,
  • Unsuccess,
  • unsuccessfulness.
  •frustration (noun)
  • disappointment,
  • downfall,
  • foil,
  • reversal,
  • thwarting.
  •licking (noun)
  • licking.
  •loss (noun)
  • losses.
  •overthrow, beating (noun)
  • ambush,
  • annihilation,
  • beating,
  • blow,
  • break,
  • breakdown,
  • check,
  • collapse,
  • conquest,
  • count,
  • debacle,
  • destruction,
  • discomfiture,
  • drubbing,
  • embarrassment,
  • extermination,
  • failure,
  • fall,
  • ko,
  • lacing,
  • licking,
  • loss,
  • massacre,
  • mastery,
  • rebuff,
  • repulse,
  • reverse,
  • rout,
  • ruin,
  • setback,
  • slaughter,
  • subjugation,
  • thrashing,
  • trap,
  • trimming,
  • triumph,
  • trouncing,
  • waxing,
  • whipping,
  • Defeasance,
  • Downthrow,
  • Insuccess,
  • Paddling,
  • Scalping,
  • Trashing,
  • Vanquishment,
  • Whaling,
  • Whitewashing,
  • shellacking,
  • nonsuccess,
  • killing.
  •ruin (noun)
  • goose,
  • ruin,
  • ruination,
  • subversion,
  • undoing.
  •victory (noun)
  • subjugation.

• v.

  •capture (verb)
  • fall.
  •competition (verb)
  • overcome,
  • get the better of.
  •conquer in athletic contest (verb)
  • bust,
  • clobber,
  • cream,
  • deck,
  • drop,
  • drub,
  • edge,
  • flax,
  • flog,
  • floor,
  • lambaste,
  • outplay,
  • outrun,
  • pommel,
  • pound,
  • powder,
  • pulverize,
  • skin,
  • steamroll,
  • take,
  • tan,
  • thrash,
  • total,
  • trounce,
  • wallop,
  • whack,
  • whomp,
  • win,
  • work over,
  • zap,
  • outhit,
  • outjump,
  • plow under,
  • run roughshod over,
  • take it all,
  • take to cleaners.
  •conquer in military manner (verb)
  • annihilate,
  • bar,
  • bear down,
  • beat,
  • best,
  • block,
  • butcher,
  • crush,
  • decimate,
  • demolish,
  • discomfit,
  • drown,
  • entrap,
  • finish off,
  • halt,
  • hinder,
  • impede,
  • lick,
  • mow down,
  • obliterate,
  • obstruct,
  • outflank,
  • outmaneuver,
  • overpower,
  • overrun,
  • overthrow,
  • overwhelm,
  • parry,
  • quell,
  • reduce,
  • repel,
  • repress,
  • route,
  • sack,
  • scatter,
  • shipwreck,
  • sink,
  • smash,
  • subdue,
  • subjugate,
  • suppress,
  • surmount,
  • swamp,
  • torpedo,
  • trample,
  • trash,
  • upset,
  • vanquish,
  • whip,
  • wipe out,
  • roll back,
  • prevail over.
  •defeat (verb)
  • beat,
  • capture,
  • checkmate,
  • conquer,
  • crush,
  • foil,
  • humble,
  • master,
  • outdo,
  • outplay,
  • overcome,
  • overpower,
  • overthrow,
  • overturn,
  • predominate,
  • quell,
  • quietus,
  • rout,
  • subdue,
  • subject,
  • surmount,
  • trimming,
  • triumph,
  • trounce,
  • trump,
  • vanquish,
  • whip,
  • win.
  •disprove (verb)
  • confute.
  •excel (verb)
  • outfight.
  •frustrate (verb)
  • baffle,
  • balk,
  • beat down,
  • blank,
  • bury,
  • cast down,
  • checkmate,
  • circumvent,
  • confound,
  • contravene,
  • cook,
  • counterplot,
  • cross,
  • disappoint,
  • disconcert,
  • disprove,
  • invalidate,
  • neutralize,
  • nonplus,
  • nose out,
  • nullify,
  • outwit,
  • overturn,
  • puzzle,
  • refute,
  • scuttle,
  • shave,
  • shellac,
  • skunk,
  • spoil,
  • squash,
  • stump,
  • thwart,
  • undo,
  • victimize,
  • edge out,
  • beat the system,
  • cause setback,
  • put end to,
  • take wind out of sails,
  • throw for loop.