defeat

Meaning

Verb

1. To overcome in battle or contest.
2. To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
3. To nullify
4. To prevent (something) from being achieved.

Noun

1. The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.
2. The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing.
3. Frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing; (law) nullification.
4. (obsolete) Destruction, ruin.

Concepts

defeat

beat

overcome

conquer

vanquish

win

failure

subdue

rout

overthrow

loss

destroy

overpower

kill

win over

discomfiture

ruin

overwhelm

master

surpass

frustrate

frustration

surmount

fight

knock down

crush

smash

trounce

whip

foil

vanquishment

licking

refute

strike

demolish

slaughter

excel

best

get the better of

bring down

lick

losing

overturn

triumph

fail

conquest

discomfit

clobber

beat out

hit

able to

can

succeed

downfall

lose

defeated

argue against

breakdown

butcher

shoot

dominate

exceed

outclass

outscore

outshine

predominate

combat

tussle

block

stop

confound

oppose

finish off

floor

outwit

devastate

be victorious

attack

knockdown

tear

violate

mistake

gain a victory

triumph over

beating

baffle

drub

miscarriage

quell

scupper

subjugation

prevail over

overpowering

shoot down

vote down

vote out

defeasance

nullify

worst

contradict

compete

capture

outdo

defeating

abase

appease

assuage

calm

chop

cover

cut off

depress

dig up

discourage

dishearten

down

drop

enervate

enfeeble

excavate

exhaust

go through

grub

hack

humiliate

liquidate

mortify

pass through

pull down

quiet

quiten

shoot dead

slay

soothe

still

tackle

take down

tranquilize

use up

weaken

override

cross

go beyond

check

hamper

hinder

impede

obstruct

prevent

snooker

fell

cause to fall

undermine

disarrange

throw into confusion

annul

counter

confront

face

scowl

thrash

outstrip

fatigue

put to bed

avenge

abolish

break-down

massacre

losing a war

blunder

indiscretion

negligence

lost battle

closing price

diffidence

leave

kick down

counterplot

outsmart

upset

giving up

knuckle under

submission

succumbing

surrender

yield

triumphed over

against

struggle

collapse

disaster

recession

confute

disprove

licking subjugation

whip overwhelm

flatten

prostrate

silence

wreck

bondage

colonizatin

triump over

knock-out blow

subjection

victory over

subjugate

conquering

subjugating

render fruitless

being routed

fall

hammer

irritate

scoop

shellacking

skunk

slather

take

trim

trip

retreat

fleeing

degeneracy

injury

obtain victory over

abuse

bear

escape

reverse

contradiction

denial

belie

gainsay

bear down

debilitate

defray

overbear

quash

bafflement

cancel

thwart

beat off

outplay

earn

outmaneuver

finish first

disappoint

be defeated

break

bag

bang

bash

bat

belt

carom

clout

drive

knock

mint

nail

play

racket

ram

slap

smite

stamp out

swing

thump out

top

whop

casualty

red

sacrifice

shutout

squeeze

waterloo

spike

stultify

cross over

subvert

finish

degradation

victory

depose

eliminate

remove

topple

pass

flop

sit down

setback

shatter

shell

execute

butchering

defeats

defeature

drubbing

thrashing

scomfit

reduce to dust

disable

beat someone

make fall

overtake

contest

spoil

rise above

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈfiːt/

Etymology

From Middle English defeten, from Middle English defet (“disfigured”, past participle) and defet (“defect”, noun), see Etymology 2 below.