Word Type

Verb

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "lose" can be used as verb, noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

break even come come across find find gain keep pick up profit tight win win

Derived Terms

and nothing of value was lost be someone's to lose for the lose have nothing to lose how you get them is how you lose them lorel lose an hour of sleep lose caste lose control lose count lose face lose ground lose heart lose her head lose his head lose it lose no time lose one's balance lose one's battle lose one's bearings lose one's bottle lose one's cookies lose one's cool lose one's head lose one's heart lose one's life lose one's lunch lose one's marbles lose one's mind lose one's nerve lose one's patience lose one's rag lose one's shirt lose one's shit lose one's temper lose one's tongue lose one's touch lose one's virginity lose one's way lose one's wits lose oneself lose out lose patience lose sight of lose sleep lose the bell lose the bubble lose the dressing room lose the fang lose the number of one's mess lose the plot lose the run of oneself lose the thread lose their head lose time lose touch lose track lose weight lose-lose losingly move it or lose it no love lost no time to lose no-lose nonlosing the wolf may lose his teeth but never his nature unlose use it or lose it what you gain on the swings you lose on the roundabouts what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts win or lose would lose one's head if it wasn't attached would lose one's head if it wasn't bolted on would lose one's head if it wasn't glued on would lose one's head if it wasn't screwed on would lose one's head if it wasn't stuck on would lose one's head if it wasn't tied on would lose one's head if it weren't attached you snooze you lose

Distinct From

find finding gain win winning won

Entails

compete

Subevents

look for

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

ache act decline fail go wrong hurt lack miscarry miss move seclude sequester sequestrate suffer withdraw worsen

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

abandon drop forfeit give give away mislay misplace sell

Manner Of

seclude suffer

Related Terms

losel loser loss steal

Related Terms

accident against against win attached bad baggy behind body cant cant find capability cause cease circumstance clock contest death decision defeat deprive discard eliminate event exhibit fail fail gambling failure fame find follow friend gambling game game decision game result games improperly improperly attached leave leave behind loss misplacing missing organ outcome overcome possession praise reason relative remove renown result run shed something missing trace unable unfortunate unknown weight win win or winning won

Similar Terms

suffer

Synonym Network

ditch drop leave behind misplace miss suffer

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