Suffer defeat

Synonyms for "suffer defeat" (18 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Verb(4 words)

be defeatedbe unsuccessfulbeating conquest

Strong matches (5)

Verb(5 words)

disapproval fail failure impediment lose

Related words (9)

Verb(9 words)

lose the gameloss lost misstep overthrow rejection rout setback subjugation

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

8 entries

action fail failure lose loss outcome result setback

More specific

14 entries

court defeatcrushing defeatdecisive defeatlegislative defeatlossmilitary defeatnarrow defeatpolicy failureproject setbackreversal setbacksports defeatstrategic defeattactical defeat

Collocations

8 entries

close defeatcrushing defeatheavy defeatnarrow defeatresounding defeatsuffer a defeatsurprising defeattotal defeat

Inflections

4 entries

defeatssuffered defeatsuffering defeatsuffers defeat

Derivations

6 entries

defeat defeater defeatism suffer sufferer suffering

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