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Defenition of the word defeat

    • Defenition of the word defeat

      • An end to a struggle or contest that did not end in success.
      • To end in success a struggle or contest.
      • an unsuccessful ending
      • the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
      • thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"
      • win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "She conquered here fear of mice"; "He overcame his infirmity"
      • win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "She conquered here fear of mice"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"
      • thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student''s proposal"
      • an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
      • win a victory over
      • thwart the passage of

    Synonyms for the word defeat

      • frustration
      • kill
      • licking
      • overcome
      • vote down
      • vote out

    Hyponyms for the word defeat

      • beat
      • beat out
      • come through
      • conquer
      • crush
      • debacle
      • demolish
      • destroy
      • down
      • drubbing
      • expel
      • get over
      • get the best
      • have the best
      • heartbreaker
      • lurch
      • make it
      • master
      • nose
      • overcome
      • overrun
      • pull round
      • pull through
      • rout
      • rout out
      • shell
      • shutout
      • skunk
      • slaughter
      • subdue
      • surmount
      • survive
      • thrashing
      • trounce
      • trouncing
      • upset
      • vanquish
      • wallop
      • walloping
      • Waterloo
      • whipping
      • whitewash

    Hypernyms for the word defeat

      • blackball
      • conclusion
      • disappointment
      • ending
      • failure
      • finish
      • letdown
      • negative
      • veto

    Antonyms for the word defeat

      • triumph
      • victory

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