Defeat Synonyms and Antonyms

dĭ-fēt
A state of being worsted
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. disappointment
  2. failure
  3. loss
  4. downfall
  5. downthrow
To get the better of another
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. best
  2. beat
  3. master
  4. vanquish
  5. conquer
  6. surmount
  7. subdue
  8. subjugate
  9. rout
  10. overcome
  11. baffle
  12. balk
  13. break
  14. crush
  15. worst
  16. frustrate
  17. checkmate
  18. nullify
  19. triumph over
  20. disappoint
  21. foil
  22. overpower
  23. quell
  24. outwit
  25. undo
  26. lick
  27. block
  28. thwart
  29. disconcert
  30. spoil
  31. neutralize
  32. get-the-best-of
  33. beat down
  34. annihilate
  35. puzzle
  36. prevail against
  37. contravene
  38. circumvent
  39. cross
  40. check
  41. outargue
  42. refute
  43. crucify
  44. outdo
  45. overturn
  46. decimate
  47. rebut
  48. defeasance
  49. expose
  50. deprive
  51. silence
  52. destroy
  53. overmatch
  54. get-the-better-of
  55. kill
  56. devastate
  57. nonplus
  58. counterplot
  59. disprove
  60. discomfit
  61. put-an-end-to
  62. eclipse
  63. invalidate
  64. excel
  65. cast down
  66. floor
  67. scatter to the winds
  68. reduce to silence
  69. be too much for
  70. give the coup de gráce to
  71. loss
  72. give a setback to
  73. take the wind out of one's sails
  74. stump
  75. steamroller
  76. outperform
  77. have by the short hairs
  78. outplay
  79. lay by the heels
  80. outshine
  81. trim
  82. cook one's goose
  83. put down
  84. euchre
  85. shoot down
  86. give the coup de gráce to
  87. whip
  88. overreach
  89. overthrow
  90. overwhelm
  91. prevail
  92. ace
  93. pulverize
  94. repulse
  95. reverse
  96. route
  97. ruin
  98. setback
  99. shellac
  100. surpass
  101. thwack
  102. vote-down
  103. triumph
  104. trounce
  105. vote-out
Antonyms:
  1. give up
  2. lose
  3. surrender
  4. yield
  5. help
  6. aid
  7. abet
  8. concede
  9. encourage
  10. inspirit
To worst in sport or in personal combat
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. beat
  2. trounce
  3. overpower
  4. outplay
  5. win
  6. knock out
  7. throw
  8. floor
  9. pummel
  10. baffle
  11. pound
  12. flog
  13. outhit
  14. outrun
  15. outjump
  16. thrash
  17. balk
  18. upset
  19. edge-out
  20. nose out
  21. shade
  22. lay low
  23. skin
  24. check
  25. drub
  26. trim
  27. lick
  28. wallop
  29. shellac
  30. checkmate
  31. whip
  32. cream
  33. clobber
  34. whomp
  35. zap
  36. clean up on
  37. foil
  38. beat-up
  39. take
  40. -ko
  41. scalp
  42. skin alive
  43. run-roughshod-over
  44. frustrate
  45. snooker
  46. put down
  47. take-to-the-cleaners
  48. beat the socks off of
  49. beat the pants off of
  50. pulverize
  51. stymie
  52. plow under
  53. smear
  54. massacre
  55. make-mincemeat-out-of
  56. mop the floor with
  57. goose-egg
  58. thwart
  59. hang a win on
  60. blank
  61. shut out
  62. skunk
  63. snow-under
  64. cross
  65. stump
Antonyms:
  1. suffer
  2. be defeated
  3. fail

Words Related to Defeat

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Defeat Sentence Examples

  • Taran can defeat him.

  • He shook his head in defeat and opened the door for her, bowing deeply.

  • The only human who can help us defeat evil, and you chose him.

  • Not enough to defeat my father and his allies.

  • He threw up his hands in defeat and disappeared upstairs.

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