Thesaurus:defeated
English
Adjective
Sense: that has been overcome in contest
Synonyms
- foiled
- beaten
- bested
- broken [⇒ thesaurus]
- confounded
- conquered
- defeated
- licked (slang)
- overcome
- overpowered
- pwned (internet slang)
- recreant (rare, poetic)
- rekt (internet slang)
- routed
- stonkered (Australia)
- subjugated
- thwarted
- undone
- vanquished
- worsted
- wrecked (internet slang)
Antonyms
Hyponyms
- foredefeated (archaic, poetic)
- downcast
- outclassed
- outflanked
- outgeneraled
- outmaneuvered
- outmatched
- outvoted
- outwitted
- overmatched
See also
Further reading
- “732. failure” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “defeated” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.