DEFEAT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • an unsuccessful ending
   Synonym(s)
   • licking (what does licking mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) defeat is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • ending (what does ending mean?)
   • conclusion (what does conclusion mean?)
   • finish (what does finish mean?)
   • failure (what does failure mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • victory (what does victory mean?)
   • triumph (what does triumph mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • rout (what does rout mean?)
   • lurch (what does lurch mean?)
   • shutout (what does shutout mean?)
   • skunk (what does skunk mean?)
   • thrashing (what does thrashing mean?)
   • walloping (what does walloping mean?)
   • debacle (what does debacle mean?)
   • drubbing (what does drubbing mean?)
   • slaughter (what does slaughter mean?)
   • trouncing (what does trouncing mean?)
   • whipping (what does whipping mean?)
   • Waterloo (what does Waterloo mean?)
   • whitewash (what does whitewash mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • kill (what does kill mean?)
   • shoot down (what does shoot down mean?)
   • defeat (what does defeat mean?)
   • vote down (what does vote down mean?)
   • vote out (what does vote out mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
   Synonym(s)
   • frustration (what does frustration mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) defeat is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • disappointment (what does disappointment mean?)
   • letdown (what does letdown mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • thwart (what does thwart mean?)
   • queer (what does queer mean?)
   • spoil (what does spoil mean?)
   • scotch (what does scotch mean?)
   • foil (what does foil mean?)
   • cross (what does cross mean?)
   • frustrate (what does frustrate mean?)
   • baffle (what does baffle mean?)
   • bilk (what does bilk mean?)

DEFEAT as VERB

1. Meaning
   • win a victory over
   Synonym(s)
   • get the better of (what does get the better of mean?)
   • overcome (what does overcome mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Hyponym(s)
   • demolish (what does demolish mean?)
   • destroy (what does destroy mean?)
   • beat (what does beat mean?)
   • beat out (what does beat out mean?)
   • crush (what does crush mean?)
   • shell (what does shell mean?)
   • trounce (what does trounce mean?)
   • vanquish (what does vanquish mean?)
   • wallop (what does wallop mean?)
   • down (what does down mean?)
   • overrun (what does overrun mean?)
   • lurch (what does lurch mean?)
   • skunk (what does skunk mean?)
   • get the best (what does get the best mean?)
   • have the best (what does have the best mean?)
   • overcome (what does overcome mean?)
   • overcome (what does overcome mean?)
   • get over (what does get over mean?)
   • subdue (what does subdue mean?)
   • surmount (what does surmount mean?)
   • master (what does master mean?)
   • rout (what does rout mean?)
   • rout out (what does rout out mean?)
   • expel (what does expel mean?)
   • upset (what does upset mean?)
   • nose (what does nose mean?)
   • conquer (what does conquer mean?)
   • survive (what does survive mean?)
   • pull through (what does pull through mean?)
   • pull round (what does pull round mean?)
   • come through (what does come through mean?)
   • make it (what does make it mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • subduer (what does subduer mean?)
   • surmounter (what does surmounter mean?)
   • overcomer (what does overcomer mean?)
2. Meaning
   • thwart the passage of
   Synonym(s)
   • kill (what does kill mean?)
   • shoot down (what does shoot down mean?)
   • vote down (what does vote down mean?)
   • vote out (what does vote out mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • kill a motion
   • he shot down the student’’s proposal
   Hypernyms(s) defeat is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • veto (what does veto mean?)
   • blackball (what does blackball mean?)
   • negative (what does negative mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • defeat (what does defeat mean?)
   • licking (what does licking mean?)