Lose synonyms
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(--- Informal) To disregard on purpose. Usually used in the imperative:
To feel or regret the absence or loss of
be deprived of
To incur loss
To put in a place afterward forgotten or not easily found
To experience, undergo, or feel (something painful, injurious, or unpleasant):
To die
go down for the count
To fail to win
improve (antonym)
To raise to a more desirable or more excellent quality or condition; make better:
To lose, give up, or be deprived of as a forfeit for some crime, fault, etc.
come out of the small end of the horn
To incur loss
let slip through the fingers
To incur loss
be defeated
To fail to win
suffer defeat
To fail to win
be worsted
To fail to win
be left behind
To fail to win
be outdistanced
To fail to win
go down in defeat
To fail to win
Fall is defined as to drop or come down, often unexpectedly.
be the loser
To fail to win
be humbled
To fail to win
take defeat at the hands of
To fail to win
To fall in drops:
get it in the neck
To fail to win
come out on the short end of the score
To fail to win
be sunk
To fail to win
Expend is defined as to use up or spend.
To waste or squander
profit (antonym)
To make a gain or profit.
gain (antonym)
To obtain a profit or advantage; benefit:
win (antonym)
Win is defined as to finish first or be the most successful at something.
triumph (antonym)
To receive honors upon return from a victory. Used especially of generals in ancient Rome.
be victorious (antonym)
To fail to win
waste (related)
To fail to take advantage of or use for profit; lose:
fail (related)
To get a grade of failure in (a subject)
To deprive or rob; dispossess
To lose a contest by default
To do better than (another) in a competition or battle; win victory over; beat:
To be unnattained by:
To give over or resign (oneself) to something, as to an emotion:
To turn aside or astray (from a path, course, etc.); lose one's way
achieve (antonym)
To gain with effort or despite difficulty; reach:
succeed (antonym)
To come after (something) in time or order; follow:
hold on to (antonym)
be deprived of; mislay
keep (antonym)
To remain in a state or condition; stay:
maintain (antonym)
To keep in an existing state; preserve or retain:
meet (antonym)
Meet is defined as to come face to face with, be there when someone or something arrives, or to be introduced.
face (antonym)
To acknowledge and accept or deal with:
confront (antonym)
To face or oppose boldly, defiantly, or antagonistically
find (antonym)
Find is defined as to come across something by chance or to locate something that was once lost.
Evade is defined as to be deceitful to get around or escape from.
To elapse, especially quickly or without notice:
(Idiomatic) To introduce errors or inaccuracies; to skew.
(Intransitive, usually as "shake on") To shake hands.
kiss good-by to
let-slip
let slip through one's fingers
lose out on
give someone the shake (or slip)
seek (related)
To inquire for; request:
To drop off is to take something or someone to a specific destination and leave it there, not usually lingering or staying around.
(Idiomatic, intransitive) To be late (for a regular event)
To slope backward
fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit
break-even (antonym)
(Nonstandard) Alternative spelling of break even.
be careless with
To bring about a loss
fail to keep
To incur loss
suffer loss
To incur loss
be reduced by
To incur loss
be impoverished from
To incur loss
become poorer by
To incur loss
be at a disadvantage because of
To incur loss
have the worst of it
To fail to win
To fail to take advantage of:
Find another word for lose. In this page you can discover 81 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for lose, like: forget, miss, be deprived of, mislay, suffer, succumb, go down for the count, improve, forfeit, come out of the small end of the horn and let slip through the fingers.