To win his audience, the speaker resorted to using rhetorical techniques he learned from his communication courses.
Source: tatoeba (1982)
Win
//wɪn//
Synonyms for "win" (173 found)
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Closest matches (35)
Strong matches (52)
Related words (86)
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Noun(4 words)
Slang(1 words)
Proper Noun(1 words)
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3 entriesSynonyms
5 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
57 entriesShowing 16 of 57 words.
derived from
1 entriesdistinct from
3 entriesentails
1 entrieshas context
4 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
32 entriesShowing 16 of 32 words.
Translations
379 translations across 117 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- wen verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Albanian
2 entries- fitoj verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- përfitoj verb (to gain a prize)
Ancient Greek
4 entries- κτάομαι verb (to gain a prize)
- νικάω verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- νικάω verb (intransitive: achieve by winning)
- ἄρνυμι verb (to gain a prize)
Arabic
4 entries- اَنتصر verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- ربح verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- ربح verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- رَبِحَ verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Armenian
3 entries- հաղթանակ noun (individual victory)
- հաղթել verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- հաղթել verb (intransitive: achieve by winning)
Assamese
1 entries- জিকা verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- qələbə noun (individual victory)
- uduş noun (gain, profit)
- qazanmaq verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Bashkir
2 entries- еңеү verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- отоу verb (to gain a prize)
Belarusian
2 entries- перамага́ць verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- перамагчы́ verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Bengali
3 entries- জিত noun (individual victory)
- জেতা verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- জেতা verb (to gain a prize)
Bikol Central
3 entries- gana verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- gana verb (to gain a prize)
- gana verb (intransitive: achieve by winning)
Bulgarian
4 entries- печалба noun (gain, profit)
- побе́да noun (individual victory)
- постижение noun (feat, achievement)
- печеля verb (to gain a prize)
Burmese
3 entries- နိုင် verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- အောင် verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- အောင်မြင် verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Catalan
4 entries- victòria noun (individual victory)
- conquerir verb (obtain (someone) by wooing)
- guanyar verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- guanyar verb (intransitive: achieve by winning)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- بردنەوە noun (individual victory)
- بِردِنەوە verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Chinese
2 entries- 勝利 /胜利 verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- 贏 /赢 verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 勝利 /胜利 verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- 贏 /赢 verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 勝利 /胜利 noun (individual victory)
- 贏 /赢 noun (individual victory)
- 勝利 /胜利 verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- 贏 /赢 verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Chinook Jargon
1 entries- tulu verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Chukchi
1 entries- рыпэԓкувык verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Church Slavic
1 entries- побѣдити verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Chuvash
1 entries- ҫӗн verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Czech
4 entries- výhra noun (individual victory)
- vyhrát verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- vyhrát verb (intransitive: achieve by winning)
- vítězit verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Danish
4 entries- fuldtræf noun (feat, achievement)
- overskud noun (gain, profit)
- seger noun (individual victory)
- triumf noun (feat, achievement)
Dutch
4 entries- overwinning noun (individual victory)
- overwinnen verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- overwinnen verb (intransitive: achieve by winning)
- winnen verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Dzongkha
1 entries- རྒྱལ verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Esperanto
2 entries- gajni verb (to gain a prize)
- venki verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Estonian
1 entries- võitma verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Faroese
1 entries- vinna verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Finnish
4 entries- voitto noun (individual victory)
- voitto noun (gain, profit)
- voittaa verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- voittaa verb (to gain a prize)
French
4 entries- gain noun (individual victory)
- victoire noun (individual victory)
- conquérir verb (obtain (someone) by wooing)
- gagner verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Galician
4 entries- proveito noun (gain, profit)
- vitoria noun (individual victory)
- gañar verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- gañar verb (to gain a prize)
Georgian
2 entries- გამარჯვება verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- მოგება verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
German
4 entries- Einzelsieg noun (individual victory)
- Erfolg noun (individual victory)
- Sieg noun (individual victory)
- erobern verb (obtain (someone) by wooing)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Greek
3 entries- νίκη noun (individual victory)
- κερδίζω verb (to gain a prize)
- νικώ verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Hebrew
4 entries- הֶשֵּׂג noun (feat, achievement)
- זכייה noun (individual victory)
- זכייה noun (feat, achievement)
- נִצָּחוֹן noun (individual victory)
Hindi
1 entries- जीतना verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Hungarian
3 entries- meghódít verb (obtain (someone) by wooing)
- megnyer verb (obtain (someone) by wooing)
- nyer verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Icelandic
1 entries- vinna verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Ido
1 entries- ganar verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Indonesian
1 entries- menang verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Ingrian
2 entries- voitto noun (individual victory)
- voittaa verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Iraqi Arabic
2 entries- غلب verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- فاز verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Irish
3 entries- bua noun (individual victory)
- buaigh verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- gnóthaigh verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Italian
4 entries- guadagno noun (gain, profit)
- successo noun (feat, achievement)
- traguardo noun (feat, achievement)
- vittoria noun (individual victory)
Japanese
4 entries- 勝ち noun (individual victory)
- 勝利 noun (individual victory)
- 勝つ verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- 勝つ verb (intransitive: achieve by winning)
Javanese
1 entries- menang verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Kabyle
1 entries- rbeḥ verb (intransitive: achieve by winning)
Kazakh
1 entries- жеңу verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Khmer
1 entries- ឈ្នះ verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Korean
4 entries- 승리 noun (individual victory)
- 승리하다 verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- 이기다 verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- 이기다 verb (intransitive: achieve by winning)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- жеңүү verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Lao
1 entries- ຊະນະ verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Latin
4 entries- consequor verb (obtain (someone) by wooing)
- lucror verb (obtain (someone) by wooing)
- obtineo verb (obtain (someone) by wooing)
- vincere verb (intransitive: achieve by winning)
Latvian
1 entries- uzvarēt verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Lingala
1 entries- lónga verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Lithuanian
1 entries- nugalėti verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Lombard
1 entries- veng verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Low German
1 entries- winnen verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- gewannen verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Macedonian
4 entries- добивка noun (individual victory)
- победа noun (individual victory)
- освојува verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- освојува verb (intransitive: achieve by winning)
Malay
2 entries- menang verb (intransitive: achieve by winning)
- menangi verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Maltese
1 entries- rebaħ verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Marathi
2 entries- विजय noun (individual victory)
- जिंकणे verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Middle English
4 entries- win noun (gain, profit)
- win noun (wealth, goods)
- winnen verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- winnen verb (to gain a prize)
Mongolian
1 entries- хожих verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Māori
2 entries- hārau verb (to gain a prize)
- hārau verb (intransitive: achieve by winning)
Nanai
1 entries- хэтэ verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Navajo
1 entries- dah honiłné verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Nepali
2 entries- जीत noun (individual victory)
- जित्नु verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Norman
2 entries- gângni verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- gângni verb (intransitive: achieve by winning)
North Frisian
1 entries- wan verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Norwegian
4 entries- seier noun (individual victory)
- overvinne verb (intransitive: achieve by winning)
- vinne verb (obtain (someone) by wooing)
- vinne verb (intransitive: achieve by winning)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- vinne verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Occitan
3 entries- ganhar verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- ganhar verb (intransitive: achieve by winning)
- véncer verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Old English
1 entries- winnan verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Old Frisian
1 entries- winna verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Old Saxon
1 entries- winnan verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Oromo
1 entries- mo'uu verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Pashto
1 entries- ګټل verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Persian
2 entries- بردن verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- پیروز شدن verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Piedmontese
1 entries- vince verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Polish
4 entries- wygrana noun (individual victory)
- zwycięstwo noun (individual victory)
- wygrać verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- wygrać verb (to gain a prize)
Portuguese
4 entries- ganho noun (gain, profit)
- lucro noun (gain, profit)
- proveito noun (gain, profit)
- vitória noun (individual victory)
Quechua
1 entries- atiy verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Romanian
4 entries- victorie noun (individual victory)
- câștiga verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- câștiga verb (intransitive: achieve by winning)
- învinge verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Romansch
3 entries- victoria noun (individual victory)
- gudagnar verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- gudagnar verb (intransitive: achieve by winning)
Russian
4 entries- вы́игрыш noun (individual victory)
- побе́да noun (individual victory)
- вы́играть verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- вы́играть verb (to gain a prize)
Sanskrit
2 entries- जयति verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- जयति verb (to gain a prize)
Sardinian
4 entries- vitória noun (individual victory)
- binci verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- bínchere verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- bínchere verb (intransitive: achieve by winning)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- buaidh noun (individual victory)
- buinig verb (to gain a prize)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pobeđívati verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- pobijéditi verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- pobjeđívati verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- pobéditi verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Sherpa
1 entries- རྒྱལ verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Sicilian
2 entries- vinciri verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- vìnciri verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Slovak
2 entries- víťaziť verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- zvíťaziť verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Slovene
2 entries- zmagati verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- zmagovati verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Spanish
4 entries- adjudicarse verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- conciliar verb (to obtain (something desired))
- ganar verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- granjear verb (to obtain (something desired))
Swedish
4 entries- femetta noun (feat, achievement)
- fullträff noun (feat, achievement)
- seger noun (individual victory)
- triumf noun (feat, achievement)
Tajik
3 entries- бурд кардан verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- бурдан verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- ғалаба кардан verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Tamil
4 entries- சாதனை noun (feat, achievement)
- வெற்றி noun (individual victory)
- ஜெயி verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- வெற்றி கொள் verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Tatar
2 entries- җиңү verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- җиңәргә verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Telugu
4 entries- గెలుపు noun (individual victory)
- గెలుచు verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- గెలుచుకొను verb (intransitive: achieve by winning)
- గెలుపొందు verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Thai
4 entries- ชนะ verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- ชนะ verb (intransitive: achieve by winning)
- ถูกรางวัล verb (to gain a prize)
- เอาชนะ verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Tibetan
2 entries- ཐོབ verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- རྒྱལ verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Turkish
4 entries- galibiyet noun (individual victory)
- kazanmak verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- kazanmak verb (intransitive: achieve by winning)
- yenmek verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Turkmen
2 entries- utmak verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- ýeňmek verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ви́грати verb (to gain a prize)
- виграва́ти verb (to gain a prize)
- перемага́ти verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- перемогти́ verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Urdu
1 entries- جیتنا verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئۇتماق verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Uzbek
4 entries- gʻalaba qozonmoq verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- gʻolib chiqmoq verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- yengmoq verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- yutmoq verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Venetan
4 entries- vinsar verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- vinẑer verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- vénsar verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- vénser verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Vietnamese
3 entries- chiến thắng verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- thắng verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- thắng lợi verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Walloon
4 entries- aveur verb (obtain (someone) by wooing)
- awè verb (obtain (someone) by wooing)
- vinki verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- wangnî verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
White Hmong
1 entries- yeeg verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- toengorrt tani verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Yiddish
2 entries- געווינען verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
- מנצח זײַן verb (transitive: achieve victory in)
Sample sentences
33 total sentences available.
Did you say that I could never win?
Source: tatoeba (2047)
Your team doesn't have a prayer to win the championship game.
Source: tatoeba (17366)
I wonder which of you will win.
Source: tatoeba (17663)
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