Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "defeat" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

conquer lose victory victory win wining winning

Derived Terms

defeat the purpose defeatable defeatican defeatingly defeatless defeatocrat redefeat self-defeating snatch defeat from the jaws of victory snatch victory from the jaws of defeat social defeat undefeatability undefeatable

Distinct From

success victory win winning won

Context

legal

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

blackball conclusion disappointment ending failure finish letdown negative veto win

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

conquer cream crush discomfit get over get past get through overrun overthrow rout shutout win over zilch

Type Of (IsA)

despair ending failure

Related Terms

defeasance defeasible defeater defeatism defeatist defeature

Related Terms

admitting admitting loss against agony agony and agony of battle battle loss battle score battles beat beat down beat someone beaten beating beating enemy beating opponent beating someone being being beaten competition conquer contest de de toes decaf defeasance defeasible defeater defeatism defeatist defeature destruction die die fete down downfall ending enemy event fail failure feel feel of fete flag frustration game getting getting beaten give give up giving giving up i give in battle in sports loose loose war loosing loosing event lose lose battle lose game losing losing battle losing war losing wars loss lost lost battle lost war make make lose military military ending military loss nothing nullification nullify opponent outcome over overcome reduce related ruin sad score someone sports sports war strength stymieing surrender toes total total loss up utterly utterly fail vanquish victory victory over war war loss war related war victory wars white white flag win win against win battle win someone winning

Synonym Network

frustration get better of kill vanquish

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.