losers

NOUN

person, thing that fails

Synonyms

STRONGEST

also-ran underdog

STRONG

deadbeat defeated dud failure flop has-been

WEAK

disadvantaged down-and-outer flunkee underprivileged

Antonyms

STRONG

accomplishment achievement success

WEAK

achiever winner

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losers

"But you know what, games are games, and just as there are winners, so there have to be losers."

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

The U.S. bond market reversed course Thursday, as investors started separating perceived winners from losers among the debt of developed countries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Designed by the winners and probably stitched by the losers, it depicts alliances and double-dealings, the slaughter of a dynasty, and the rebirth of a nation under foreign laws and a hybrid tongue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

“Slower AI” could describe at least three economic events, each with a different collection of winners and losers.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

The men set up a domino table and took turns playing, the losers giving up their chairs to the ones waiting their turn.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago