We’ve reviewed finished crosswords to provide this list for “Defeat”, making sure each answer reflects what has already worked for clues with comparable phrasing and intent.
Likely Answers:
- BEAT
- LOSS
- ROUT
- BEST
- OVERCOME
- DISCOMFITURE
- CONQUER
- CONQUEST
- VANQUISH
- FAILURE
- ACEOUT
- TOP
- LICK
- TROUNCE
- OVERTHROW
- OUTGUN
- OUTDO
Synonyms and Definitions
BEAT
- Synonyms: all in, amaze, baffle, beat out, beat up, beatnik, bewilder, bunk, bushed, cadence, circumvent, crush, dead, drum, dumbfound, exhaust, flap, flummox, get, gravel, heartbeat, measure, meter, metre, musical rhythm, mystify, nonplus, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach, perplex, pose, pound, pulsate, pulsation, pulse, puzzle, quiver, rhythm, round, scramble, shell, stick, stupefy, thrum, thump, tick, ticktack, ticktock, trounce, tucker, tucker out, vanquish, vex, wash up, work over
- Definition: a standard path followed by a guard or police officer
LOSS
- Synonyms: departure, deprivation, exit, expiration, going, passing, personnel casualty, red, red ink, release
ROUT
- Synonyms: expel, gouge, mob, rabble, root, rootle, rout out, spread-eagle
- Definition: a chaotic gathering of individuals
BEST
- Synonyms: adept, beneficial, better, dear, dependable, effective, estimable, expert, full, good, honest, honorable, in effect, in force, just, near, outdo, outflank, practiced, proficient, respectable, right, ripe, safe, salutary, scoop, secure, serious, skilful, skillful, sound, topper, trump, undecomposed, unspoiled, unspoilt, upright, well
OVERCOME
- Synonyms: get over, get the best, get the better of, have the best, master, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, subdue, surmount, sweep over, whelm
DISCOMFITURE
- Synonyms: discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment
CONQUER
- Synonyms: appropriate, capture, curb, inhibit, seize, stamp down, suppress
CONQUEST
- Synonyms: conquering, seduction, subjection, subjugation
VANQUISH
- Synonyms: beat
FAILURE
- Synonyms: bankruptcy, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person
TOP
- Synonyms: acme, big top, circus tent, clear, cover, crest, crown, elevation, exceed, go past, height, lead, meridian, overstep, pass, peak, pinch, pinnacle, round top, spinning top, summit, superlative, teetotum, tip, tiptop, top of the inning, top off, top out, top side, transcend, upper side, upside, whirligig
LICK
- Synonyms: bat, biff, clobber, clout, cream, drub, figure out, lap, lap up, poke, punch, puzzle out, salt lick, slug, solve, thrash, work, work out
TROUNCE
- Synonyms: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, flog, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lash, lather, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, slash, strap, take to task, welt, whip
OVERTHROW
- Synonyms: bring down, derangement, override, overrule, overturn, reverse, subvert, upset
OUTDO
- Synonyms: best, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surpass