rout

²rout

noun

Definition of ROUT

1

failure to win a contest <the championship game was a humiliating rout for the team that had been favored to win>

Synonyms beating, drubbing, licking, loss, lump, overthrow, plastering, rout, shellacking, trimming, trouncing, whipping

Related Words collapse, debacle (also d{eacute}b{acirc}cle), failure, fiasco, fizzle, flop, nonsuccess, setback, upset; lurch, shutout, washout, whitewash

Near Antonyms accomplishment, achievement; blowout, cakewalk, landslide, romp, runaway, sweep, walkaway, walkover

Antonyms success, triumph, victory, win

2

the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement <in the mad rout from the school shooter, it was every person for himself>

Synonyms break, breakout, bunk [British], flight, getaway, lam, rout, slip

Related Words jailbreak; deliverance, liberation, redemption, release, rescue, salvation; close call, close shave, near miss

Near Antonyms captivity, confinement, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration, internment; custody, detention, hold, holding, retention; endangerment, hazard, imperilment, jeopardy, peril, risk, trouble