- defeat
- v1. conquer, vanquish, subdue, subjugate, oppress; rout, discomfit, overwhelm, Sl. mop or wipe the floor with, overrun, trample, Inf. run into the ground; crush, overthrow, smash, thrash, trounce, trim, whip, drub, floor; worst, hash, Sl. skin, U.S. Si. skunk, Inf. settle [s.o.'s] hash, Inf. lick, Sl. cream, Sl. shellac, Sl. pulverize; break, quell, quench, quash, destroy, Sl. zap, clobber, polish off, Sl. do in; beat, get the better of, best, upset, upend, Inf. svhomp.2. master, overpower, overcome, surmount, outsmart, triumph over; control, dominate, gain the upper hand over; humble, bring down, have at one's beck and call; have eating out of one's hand, Inf. have wrapped around one's little finger.3. frustrate, thwart, foil, balk, check, stop, abort; arrest, stay, stall, bring to a standstill; put a stop or an end to, terminate, end, Inf. put the kibosh on, nip in the bud; annul, disannul, nullify, cancel.4. hinder, hamper, block, obstruct, oppilate, inhibit; confound, baffle, disconcert; prevent, bar, debar, forbid, proscribe.n5. conquest, vanquishment, subjugation; rout, discomfiture, overwhelming, trampling, overcoming, overpowering, overthrow, upset; beating, drubbing, trouncing.6. downfall, breakdown, collapse; destruction, ruin, perdition; failure, fiasco, miscarriage.7. frustration, thwarting; rebuff, check, checkmate; reverse, undoing; nonsuccess, no go, abortion, disappointment; loss, setback.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.