Antonyms for defeat
dɪˈfitde·feat

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1. defeat

   Strike is the word for a single blow; to beat is to strike repeatedly, as a bird beats the air with its wings. Others of the above words describe the manner of beating, as bastinado, to beat on the soles of the feet; belabor, to inflict a comprehensive and exhaustive beating; cudgel, to beat with a stick; thrash, as wheat was beaten out with the old hand-flail; to pound (akin to Latin pondus, a weight) is to beat with a heavy, and pommel with a blunt, instrument. To batter and to bruise refer to the results of beating; that is battered which is broken or defaced by repeated blows on the surface (compare synonyms for SHATTER); that is bruised which has suffered even one severe contusion. The metaphorical sense of beat, however, so far preponderates that one may be very badly bruised and battered, and yet not be said to be beaten, unless he has got the worst of the beating. To beat a combatant is to disable or dishearten him for further fighting. Hence beat becomes the synonym for every word which implies getting the advantage of another. Compare CONQUER.

   Almost all antonyms in this class are passive, and can be formed indefinitely from the conquering words by the use of the auxiliary be; as, be beaten, be defeated, be conquered, etc.

   Antonyms:
   fail, fall, get the worst of, go down, go under, surrender

   Synonyms:
   bastinado, batter, beat, belabor, bruise, castigate, chastise, conquer, cudgel, flog, overcome, pommel, pound, scourge, smite, spank, strike, surpass, switch, thrash, vanquish, whip, worst

   Preposition:
   Beat with a stick over the head; beat by a trick; out of town; beat to the ground; into submission.

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1. defeatnoun

   Antonyms:
   victory, triumph, success

   Synonyms:
   frustration, overthrow, discomfiture

2. defeatverb

   Antonyms:
   secure, promote, insure, speed, advance, establish, aid

   Synonyms:
   conquer, overcome, worst, beat, baffle, rout, overthrow, vanquish, frustrate, foil

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1. defeat, lickingnoun

   an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest

   "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"

   Antonyms:
   triumph, victory

   Synonyms:
   thrashing, trouncing, frustration, whacking, drubbing, beating, lacing, licking

2. frustration, defeatverb

   the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals

   Antonyms:
   victory, triumph

   Synonyms:
   frustration, thwarting, licking, foiling

3. get the better of, overcome, defeatverb

   win a victory over

   "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"

   Antonyms:
   victory, triumph

   Synonyms:
   surmount, vote out, overwhelm, overcome, subdue, kill, get the best, whelm, overpower, shoot down, vote down, get the better of, sweep over, have the best, overtake, get over, master

4. kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote outverb

   thwart the passage of

   "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"

   Antonyms:
   victory, triumph

   Synonyms:
   pour down, drink down, toss off, shoot, wipe out, overcome, buck, kill, down, bolt down, pop, stamp out, belt down, tear, vote down, shoot down, vote out, charge, obliterate, land, get the better of, turn thumbs down

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1. defeatnoun

   Synonyms:
   repulse, overthrow, vanquishment, foil, rout, frustration, disappointment

2. defeatverb

   Synonyms:
   conquer, vanquish, repulse, discomfit, rout, checkmate, outwit, balk, foil, frustrate

How to use defeat in a sentence?

1. Sun-Tzu:

   If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.

2. Fox News:

   Putin's Playbook: Russia's Secret Plan to Defeat America, they do that to maintain plausible deniability.

3. President Idriss Deby:

   He escaped justice during the taking of Dikwa by the Chadian army, but we know where he is. And if he refuses to surrender he will face the same fate as the others who perished in their defeat at Dikwa.

4. Karla Hernández-Mats:

   Are you tired of the culture wars and the extremists that are dictating what we can say and do ? are you sick of politicians who act like authoritarians trying to tear apart our democracy ? That's why we are here today : to defeat Ron DeSantis and bring decency and respect back to the state of Florida.

5. Damien Magrou:

   There's a certain sense of complacency that seems to have fallen over our Western partners that the arms deliveries that Ukraine has been already provided with are somehow enough to win the war, they are not ! They do not come near anything that would be close to enabling us to defeat the Russians on the battlefield.

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