Lose Synonyms and Antonyms

lo͝oz
To bring about a loss
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. mislay
  2. misplace
  3. forget
  4. miss
  5. be careless with
Antonyms:
  1. find
  2. keep
  3. hold on to
  4. maintain
To incur loss
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. suffer
  2. miss
  3. drop
  4. be deprived of
  5. fail to keep
  6. suffer loss
  7. be reduced by
  8. be impoverished from
  9. turn a loss
  10. become poorer by
  11. be at a disadvantage because of
  12. let slip through the fingers
  13. come out of the small end of the horn
  14. forfeit
Antonyms:
  1. profit
  2. gain
  3. improve
  4. break-even
To fail to win
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. miss
  2. fail
  3. waste
  4. be defeated
  5. suffer defeat
  6. be worsted
  7. be left behind
  8. be outdistanced
  9. go down in defeat
  10. succumb
  11. bereave
  12. fall
  13. be the loser
  14. default
  15. defeat
  16. have the worst of it
  17. displace
  18. be humbled
  19. take defeat at the hands of
  20. elude
  21. drop
  22. go down for the count
  23. forfeit
  24. get it in the neck
  25. mislay
  26. come out on the short end of the score
  27. be sunk
  28. misplace
  29. stray
  30. surrender
  31. wander
Antonyms:
  1. win
  2. triumph
  3. be victorious
  4. profit
  5. gain
  6. achieve
  7. improve
  8. find
  9. succeed
  10. keep

Words Related to Lose

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. spend
  2. get
  3. used
  4. seek
  5. regain
  6. hurt
  7. lost-to
  8. deprived of
  9. given-up
  10. stripped-of
  11. steal
  12. give up
  13. recover
  14. hang on to

Lose Sentence Examples

  • I lose some cattle every year.

  • I won't lose you again.

  • I lose to the others but win from you.

  • What could he do about it but lose more sleep?

  • Tonight, I lose him forever.

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