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Synonyms for defeat
noun overthrow, beating- beating
- blow
- breakdown
- collapse
- debacle
- destruction
- drubbing
- embarrassment
- failure
- killing
- loss
- massacre
- rout
- setback
- thrashing
- triumph
- KO
- ambush
- annihilation
- break
- check
- conquest
- count
- discomfiture
- extermination
- fall
- lacing
- licking
- mastery
- paddling
- rebuff
- repulse
- reverse
- ruin
- scalping
- shellacking
- slaughter
- subjugation
- trap
- trashing
- trimming
- trouncing
- waxing
- whaling
- whipping
- whitewashing
- defeasance
- downthrow
- insuccess
- nonsuccess
- vanquishment
Antonyms for defeat
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
baffled
verb. hinder
balked
verb. thwart
balking
verb. thwart
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.