Thesaurus:defeat

Thesaurus

defeat

English

Verb

Sense: To overcome (in a challenge, such as battle or contest)

Synonyms

• beat
• bring down
• chew up
• eat someone for breakfast (slang)
• eat someone's lunch (US, slang)
• humble    [⇒ thesaurus]
• kick ass
• murdelize
• outfox
• outguess
• outrun
• outsmart
• outwit
• overcome
• overpower
• overwin
• pulverise
• pwn
• steal the show
• subdue
• subvert
• surmount
• thrash
• trounce
• vanquish

Antonyms

• bite the dust
• capitulate
• eat someone's dust
• forfeit
• give up
• lose    [⇒ thesaurus]
• strike one's flag
• surrender    [⇒ thesaurus]
• relinquish
• wave the white flag
• yield

Hyponyms

• conquer
• cream
• crush
• discomfit (archaic)
• get over
• get past
• get through
• overrun
• overthrow
• rout
• shutout
• win over
• zilch

Further reading

• “defeat” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.