defeat
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
it was a narrow defeat
Types & categories
- conclusion hypernym
- failure hypernym
- heartbreaker hyponym
- lurch hyponym
- rout hyponym
- shutout hyponym
- thrashing hyponym
- waterloo hyponym
- whitewash hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
win a victory over
You must overcome all difficulties
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- subduer derivation
Sense 3 noun
the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
Types & categories
- disappointment hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
thwart the passage of
kill a motion
Types & categories
- veto hypernym
Related & opposite
- licking derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | victory |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | defeatist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | vote down |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | conclusion |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | failure |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | heartbreaker |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lurch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rout |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shutout |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | thrashing |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | waterloo |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | whitewash |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | subduer |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | demolish |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | beat |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wallop |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | down |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | overrun |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | skunk |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rout |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | upset |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | nose |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | conquer |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | make it |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | defeatist |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | thwart |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | disappointment |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | licking |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | veto |