Antonyms for lose
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1. loseverb

   Antonyms:
   discover, procure, find, come across, acquire, gain, snag, pick up, get

   Synonyms:
   leave behind, mislay

2. loseverb

   Antonyms:
   win

3. loseverb

   Antonyms:
   gain, put on

   Synonyms:
   drop, shed

4. loseverb

   Antonyms:
   win, come, first

5. loseverb

   Antonyms:
   find

6. loseverb

   To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate.

   When we get into the building, please lose the hat.

   Synonyms:
   ditch, get rid of, jettison, drop, dump

   Antonyms:
   pick up

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1. lose

   Antonyms:
   accomplish, achieve, acquire, arrive at, attain, compass, earn, gain, get, grasp, master, obtain, procure, reach, secure, win

   Synonyms:
   abandon, fail, forfeit, give up, let go, miss

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1. lose

   Antonyms:
   keep, retain, find, recover, locate, earn, guard, treasure, economize, utilize, preserve, abandon, discard, reject

   Synonyms:
   miss, drop, mislay, forfeit

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1. • Suffer

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1. loseverb

   fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense

   "She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat"

   Antonyms:
   acquire, find, regain, turn a profit, win, profit, gain, break even, hold on, keep

   Synonyms:
   fall back, miss, mislay, recede, suffer, misplace, fall behind, drop off, turn a loss

2. loseverb

   fail to win

   "We lost the battle but we won the war"

   Antonyms:
   hold on, profit, find, turn a profit, acquire, gain, regain, win, keep, break even

   Synonyms:
   fall back, miss, mislay, recede, suffer, misplace, fall behind, drop off, turn a loss

3. loseverb

   suffer the loss of a person through death or removal

   "She lost her husband in the war"; "The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her"

   Antonyms:
   keep, win, acquire, turn a profit, break even, find, profit, regain, hold on, gain

   Synonyms:
   fall back, miss, mislay, recede, suffer, misplace, fall behind, drop off, turn a loss

4. misplace, mislay, loseverb

   place (something) where one cannot find it again

   "I misplaced my eyeglasses"

   Antonyms:
   hold on, find, regain, break even, win, acquire, gain, keep, turn a profit, profit

   Synonyms:
   fall back, miss, mislay, recede, suffer, misplace, fall behind, drop off, turn a loss

5. loseverb

   miss from one's possessions; lose sight of

   "I've lost my glasses again!"

   Antonyms:
   hold on, win, turn a profit, gain, regain, acquire, break even, find, profit, keep

   Synonyms:
   fall back, miss, mislay, recede, suffer, misplace, fall behind, drop off, turn a loss

6. loseverb

   allow to go out of sight

   "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light"

   Antonyms:
   turn a profit, win, acquire, break even, find, regain, keep, hold on, gain, profit

   Synonyms:
   fall back, miss, mislay, recede, suffer, misplace, fall behind, drop off, turn a loss

7. lose, turn a lossverb

   fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit

   "I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!"; "The company turned a loss after the first year"

   Antonyms:
   hold on, find, turn a profit, regain, keep, break even, win, profit, acquire, gain

   Synonyms:
   fall back, miss, mislay, recede, suffer, misplace, fall behind, drop off, turn a loss

8. loseverb

   fail to get or obtain

   "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad"

   Antonyms:
   hold on, win, break even, profit, keep, gain, find, regain, acquire, turn a profit

   Synonyms:
   fall back, miss, mislay, recede, suffer, misplace, fall behind, drop off, turn a loss

9. fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recedeverb

   retreat

   Antonyms:
   gain, break even, win, find, hold on, acquire, regain, keep, turn a profit, profit

   Synonyms:
   unload, fall asleep, misplace, draw back, mislay, drop off, retire, withdraw, retreat, turn a loss, lapse, fall away, drift off, dope off, relapse, recidivate, fall back, dawdle, pull away, drop away, recur, fall behind, resort, set down, recede, put down, doze off, move back, nod off, regress, drop, suffer, discharge, miss, drowse off, retrogress, lag, pull back, slip, flake out

10. miss, loseverb

    fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

    "I missed that remark"; "She missed his point"; "We lost part of what he said"

    Antonyms:
    turn a profit, acquire, break even, gain, regain, win, keep, profit, find, hold on

    Synonyms:
    miss, mislay, turn a loss, fall behind, misplace, omit, overlook, fall back, lack, overleap, suffer, drop, leave out, neglect, recede, drop off, pretermit, escape

11. suffer, loseverb

    be set at a disadvantage

    "This author really suffers in translation"

    Antonyms:
    break even, hold on, find, win, acquire, turn a profit, regain, gain, profit, keep

    Synonyms:
    miss, get, have, put up, mislay, stand, hurt, abide, fall behind, support, misplace, stomach, digest, suffer, fall back, brook, stick out, tolerate, sustain, turn a loss, meet, recede, endure, drop off, bear, ache

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1. loseverb

   Synonyms:
   miss, forfeit

How to use lose in a sentence?

1. Shaw Air Force Base:

   We lose more airmen to suicide than any other single enemy, even more than combat.

2. Charles Koch:

   Hubris, arrogance is just one step ahead of loss of integrity, because if you think you’re better than other people, you know more, then you’re going to think as many leaders have that the rules don’t apply to them. So they lose their integrity.

3. Elizabeth Becerra:

   Are you sorry you’re about to lose your f ------ job ‘ cause f ------- corporate knows ?

4. Stu Privett:

   They basically said it was our choice not to go on the holiday, basically [ it’s ] a case of ‘ we just lose all the money we’ve spent. ’.

5. Len Gengel:

   My philosophy as I was building was, I lost my daughter in Haiti and I’m not going to lose anybody else here, i feel very confident that we built them a safe building.

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