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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat, defeat |
| Synonyms: | be victorious, best*, come out on top, conquer, crush, down*, drown, get around, get the better of, hurdle, knock over, knock socks off, lick*, master, outlive, overpower, overthrow, overwhelm, prevail, prostrate, reduce, render, rise above, shock, stun, subdue, subjugate, surmount, survive, throw*, triumph over, vanquish, weather*, whelm, win, worst* |
| Antonyms: | give in, surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat, surpass |
| Synonyms: | be victorious, best, better, conquer, exceed, excel, outdo, outplay, outrival, outrun, outshine, outstrip, overcome, overtake, overwhelm, shoot ahead of, subdue, top, transcend, triumph, vanquish, whip |
| Antonyms: | cede, lose, relinquish, retreat, surrender |
| Main Entry: | best |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat; gain advantage |
| Synonyms: | KO, beat, beat up, better, blank*, blast*, bulldoze, clobber, conquer, cream*, deck, drub, exceed, excel, flax, floor*, get the better of, knock off, lambaste, let have it, lick*, master, outclass, outdo, outshine, outstrip, overcome, prevail, put away, shoot down, shut down, surpass, take care of, take down, tan*, thrash*, top, total, transcend, trash*, triumph, triumph over, trounce, wallop, waste*, wax, whip*, whomp, whop, wipe out, wipe the floor with, wipe, zap |
| Antonyms: | give up, lose, relent, surrender |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | confute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disprove, refute |
| Synonyms: | blow sky high, break, bring to naught, confound, contradict, controvert, defeat, demolish, dismay, disprove, expose, invalidate, knocks props out from under, negate, oppugn, overcome, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, parry, prove false, prove wrong, put down, rebut, set aside, shut up, silence, subvert, tap, upset, vanquish |
| Notes: | refute means 'to show conclusively to be false or illogical' and applies primarily to assertions or arguments; confute means 'to prove wrong' and applies primarily to the person or agency making the assertion or argument |
| Antonyms: | affirm, attest, confirm, endorse, prove, verify |
| Main Entry: | conquer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | win; obtain |
| Synonyms: | achieve, acquire, annex, best, master, occupy, overcome, overrun, prevail, seize, succeed, triumph |
| Antonyms: | forfeit, lose, surrender |
| Main Entry: | convince |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gain the confidence of |
| Synonyms: | argue into, assure, brainwash, bring around, bring home to, bring to reason, change, demonstrate, draw, effect, establish, get, hook*, induce, make a believer, overcome, persuade, prevail upon, prompt, prove, put across, refute, satisfy, sell one on, sell*, sway, talk into, turn, twist one's arm, win over |
| Notes: | you convince someone to believe - but persuade someone to act to persuade is to get someone to do something; to convince is to get someone to think something |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeating soundly |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, bear down, beat, blot out, blow away, conquer, defeat, demolish, extinguish, force down, ice*, kill, obliterate, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, quelch, quell, reduce, ruin, squelch, stamp out, strangle, subdue, subjugate, suppress, vanquish, wreck |
| Antonyms: | lose, surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deluge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | overwhelm |
| Synonyms: | abound, crowd, engulf, flood, glut, inundate, overcome, overcrowd, overload, overrun, oversupply, snow under, snow*, swamp, teem |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discomfit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat, frustrate; confuse |
| Synonyms: | abash, annoy, baffle, balk, beat, bother, checkmate, confound, demoralize, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, disturb, embarrass, faze, fluster, foil, irk, outwit, overcome, perplex, perturb, prevent, rattle, ruffle, take aback, thwart, trump, unsettle, upset, vex, worry, worst |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yield |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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