Definition for Defeat:

• An overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture; -- opposed to victory.

Synonyms for Defeat:

• n.

  •
  • loss,
  • smash.
  •defeat (noun)
  • downfall,
  • vote out,
  • vote down,
  • licking,
  • failure,
  • frustration,
  • collapse,
  • beating.
  •disappointment (noun)
  • disillusionment,
  • setback,
  • fizzle,
  • non-success,
  • nonsuccess,
  • bafflement.
  •discomfiture (noun)
  • disconcertion.
  •failure (noun)
  • miscarriage,
  • nonfeasance,
  • unsuccessfulness,
  • insolvency,
  • Unsuccess.
  •frustration (noun)
  • reversal,
  • thwarting.
  •loss (noun)
  • losses.
  •ruin (noun)
  • ruin,
  • ruination,
  • undoing,
  • goose,
  • subversion.
  •victory (noun)
  • subjugation.

• v.

  •conquer in military manner (verb)
  • block,
  • obstruct,
  • sink,
  • shipwreck,
  • entrap,
  • repress,
  • subjugate,
  • bar,
  • sack,
  • suppress,
  • vanquish,
  • repel,
  • finish off,
  • discomfit,
  • beat,
  • outmaneuver,
  • whip,
  • impede,
  • mow down,
  • hinder,
  • route,
  • halt,
  • parry,
  • drown,
  • roll back,
  • overthrow,
  • trash,
  • best,
  • decimate,
  • swamp,
  • bear down,
  • obliterate,
  • scatter,
  • wipe out,
  • butcher.
  •excel (verb)
  • outfight.
  •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.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • disappointment,
  • wallop,
  • trample,
  • suppression,
  • disarm,
  • polish off,
  • whitewash,
  • quash,
  • slaughter,
  • Dusting,
  • Vanquishment,
  • destroy,
  • revenge,
  • outwork,
  • pulverize,
  • demolition,
  • outfox,
  • shellacking,
  • drub,
  • Mauling,
  • edge out,
  • dominate,
  • prevail,
  • overrun.
  •
  • clobber,
  • reduce,
  • Pasting,
  • flatten,
  • dethrone,
  • annihilate,
  • baffle,
  • beat out,
  • edge,
  • elimination,
  • steamroll,
  • devastate,
  • hiding.
  •
  • cream,
  • stump,
  • whipping,
  • skin,
  • massacre,
  • blitz,
  • break down,
  • confound,
  • pullout,
  • scalp,
  • upset,
  • nose out,
  • skunk.
  •
  • draw,
  • cast down,
  • bury,
  • squash,
  • lick,
  • throw,
  • submission.
  •
  • check.
  •
  • concession,
  • trim.
  •
  • cross.
  •bypass
  • outflank.
  •catastrophe
  • disaster.
  •chase away
  • flight.
  •counteract
  • Counterwork.
  •countermove
  • checkmate.
  •deceive
  • outwit.
  •defy
  • spurn.
  •destroy
  • wrack,
  • do for,
  • smite.
  •drub
  • spank,
  • trounce.
  •frustration
  • discomfiture.
  •kill
  • kill,
  • murder,
  • killing.
  •obliterate
  • wash out.
  •outflank
  • outplay.
  •outguess
  • outsmart,
  • outthink.
  •outmaneuver
  • trump.
  •overwhelm
  • outvote.
  •rebuff
  • repulse.
  •rebuke
  • slap down.
  •repulse
  • fight off.
  •reversal
  • comedown.
  •ruin
  • pauperize,
  • lay waste.
  •set back
  • set back.
  •steamroll
  • steamroller.
  •stymie
  • snooker.
  •thrash
  • work over.
  •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.