DEFEATED Synonyms: 114 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

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verb

past tense of defeat

as in overcame

to achieve a victory over they defeated their archrivals easily and moved into the next round of the play-offs

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Breakker was on the mend as Femi defeated Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 42, won the King of the Ring Tournament and seemingly ended Lesnar’s career at SummerSlam. — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026 The Tigers already defeated potential CFP challengers UNLV 27-21 on the road. — Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2026 Meanwhile, Arthur Géa (LL) defeated Michael Zheng (WC) 7-6(7), 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026 The Guardians defeated the Detroit Tigers 3-2 in 10 innings on Sunday afternoon, their third walk-off win of the series. — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026 The contest in Nevada is a rerun of 2022, when Democrat Cisco Aguilar narrowly defeated Republican Jim Marchant. — Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026 The Eagles took another step forward, picking up a 20-10 victory over a talented Arlington squad that defeated Byron Nelson in Week 1. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2026 Martina struck out 12 batters and added an RBI double as Curaçao defeated Japan 4-0 on Saturday to advance to the championship game for the sixth time in the nation’s history. — ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for defeated

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In Brand New Day, Peter resumes his duties as a friendly neighborhood superhero in New York City, but also remains dejected that MJ (Zendaya) and Ned (Jacob Batalon) are moving on with their lives without any memory of his love and friendship.

— Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
The sea of yellow applauding the efforts of the dejected Brazilian players who milled about, seemingly unwilling to accept that a match that took so long to really get going was over so quickly.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 5 July 2026

Definition of dejected

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Kittredge wisely includes testimonials from many below-the-line crew who speak openly of pride in the movie’s ambitions but also how quickly damage control overcame everything.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Direct internal heating Stanford researchers overcame this challenge by developing an internal heating method.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of overcame

Adjective

Other than dispirited Red Sox fans still smarting over the ’75 World Series, nobody really hated those Reds.

— Steve Buckley, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
On the Republican side in the Senate race, former Illinois GOP Chair Don Tracy spent the day knocking on doors in his hometown of Springfield alongside his 10-year-old grandson Charles, urging dispirited conservative voters to turn out Tuesday.

— Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026

Definition of dispirited

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Under the leadership of president/baseball operations Peter Bendix, the Marlins have mastered the scrap heap pickup; Otto Lopez, Xavier Edwards, Liam Hicks (traded to Tampa Bay) and Heriberto Hernandez continue to wildly exceed expectations.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026
However, Dustin Folkes, a former Marine, has mastered the art of being low-key while still on high alert.

— Nicki Cox, PEOPLE, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of mastered

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Jake Burger homered twice and Ezequiel Duran had his 12th game this season with at least three hits as Texas rallied from two four-run deficits to beat Tampa Bay.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026
Watson was at the center of one of Week 1’s biggest upsets as the Minutemen won at Rutgers to break a 16-game losing streak and beat an FBS opponent for the first time since 2023.

— Antonio Morales, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of beat

Adjective

Quietly depressed, a wife to Reuben (Tracy Letts, Coon’s real-life partner) and mother to Ella (Bella Ramsey) and Jo (Odessa Young), Rita holds a monotonous desk job at a bank by day, and tends to her family by night as part of her humdrum routine.

— Tomris Laffly, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Sprague conceded Clancy had mental health issues and was depressed.

— Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of depressed

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The ancient creature’s paddle-like abdominal limbs provide direct fossil evidence that insects conquered land through a prolonged semi-aquatic phase rather than an abrupt transition.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026
That album conquered several rankings and missed out on ruling the Billboard 200 by only one rung.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

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