defeat
1. an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest (Freq. 12)
- it was a narrow defeat
- the army's only defeat
- they suffered a convincing licking
• Syn:
licking
• Ant:
victory
• Derivationally related forms:
defeatist
• Hypernyms:
ending, conclusion, finish, failure
• Hyponyms:
heartbreaker, lurch, rout, shutout, skunk,
thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing,
whipping, waterloo, whitewash
2. the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
frustration
• Derivationally related forms:
defeatist, frustrate (for: frustration)
• Hypernyms:
disappointment, letdown
1. win a victory over (Freq. 14)
- You must overcome all difficulties
- defeat your enemies
- He overcame his shyness
- He overcame his infirmity
- Her anger got the better of her and she blew up
• Syn:
get the better of, overcome
• Derivationally related forms:
overcomer (for: overcome)
• Hyponyms:
demolish, destroy, beat, beat out, crush,
shell, trounce, vanquish, wallop, down, overrun,
lurch, skunk, rout, rout out, expel, upset,
upset, conquer, survive, pull through, pull round,
come through, make it
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- The fighter managed to defeat his opponent
2. thwart the passage of (Freq. 5)
- kill a motion
- he shot down the student's proposal
• Syn:
kill, shoot down, vote down, vote out
• Hypernyms:
veto, blackball, negative
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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