Luciano, the underdog in the match, will be trying to make the champ eat humble pie.
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Underdog
Synonyms for "underdog" (24 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (7)
Related words (12)
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2 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived from
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8 entriesTranslations
59 translations across 26 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مستضعف noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
Bulgarian
1 entries- аутса́йдер noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
Catalan
1 entries- ventafocs noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 魚腩 /鱼腩 noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 不被看好的一方 noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
- 劣勢方 /劣势方 noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
- 受迫者 noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
- 失敗者 /失败者 noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
Czech
1 entries- outsider noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
Danish
1 entries- outsider noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
Dutch
1 entries- underdog noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
Esperanto
2 entries- eksterulo noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
- malfavorulo noun (somebody at a disadvantage)
Finnish
2 entries- altavastaaja noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
- altavastaaja noun (somebody at a disadvantage)
French
1 entries- outsider noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
German
2 entries- Außenseiter noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
- Underdog noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
Hebrew
1 entries- אנדרדוג noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
Hungarian
3 entries- elnyomott noun (somebody at a disadvantage)
- esélytelen noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
- hátrányos helyzetű noun (somebody at a disadvantage)
Icelandic
1 entries- lítilmagni noun (somebody at a disadvantage)
Indonesian
2 entries- bedebah noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
- pecundang noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
Italian
4 entries- oppresso noun (somebody at a disadvantage)
- outsider noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
- perdente noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
- underdog noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
Japanese
2 entries- 弱者 noun (somebody at a disadvantage)
- 敗残者 noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
Macedonian
1 entries- а́утсајдер noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
Polish
2 entries- osoba w niekorzystnej sytuacji noun (somebody at a disadvantage)
- słabsza, niedoceniana strona noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
Portuguese
2 entries- azarão noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
- desfavorecido noun (somebody at a disadvantage)
Russian
4 entries- андердо́г noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
- аутса́йдер noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
- неуда́чник noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
- побеждённая сторона́ noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
Spanish
4 entries- cenicienta noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
- maleta noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
- sotanero noun (somebody at a disadvantage)
- tapado noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
Swedish
3 entries- loser noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
- mindrevärdig noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
- underdog noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
Thai
3 entries- มวยรอง noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
- เบี้ยล่าง noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
- ไก่รองบ่อน noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
Turkish
1 entries- ezilen kişi noun (competitor thought unlikely to win)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
I always root for the underdog.
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Some people say that it is human nature to root for the underdog.
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A pooch dubbed "Underdog" was rescued today after it plunged the equivalent of 50 storeys into an open pit diamond mine in South Africa.
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