NONSTARTERS Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

nonstarters

noun

plural of nonstarter

as in losers

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Noun

However, sticking to the basics of fundamental analysis means that while the selection standard may be higher, the process of determining winners and losers is largely unchanged.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026
Sportsbooks could do the same to losers who are digging deeper and deeper holes.

— Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of losers

Noun

The defense electronics and arms manufacturer’s products, including high explosive tank shells and 500-pound bombs, have been traced to the scene of multiple Israeli strikes that killed civilians, according to analysis by CNN and rights groups.

— Allegra Goodwin, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
Rather, such groups, exploiting the perception of women as less of a security threat, primarily saw women’s active role in offensive operations as that of a conveyor of bombs.

— Sara Harmouch, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of bombs

Noun

Officials said special attention will be given to gravel roads that could be susceptible to washouts and erosion.

— Detroit Free Press, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2026
But in a world where a few basis points separates legends from washouts, a 10-point edge is an enormous windfall for anyone who trusted Kalshi’s numbers over those crunched by CME, the giant futures-exchange operator.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of washouts

Noun

Finally, Vic gives up on being wheelbarrowed and full-body flops on the floor with only their feet under the velvet rope.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
But after Annapurna moved from financing its movies to distributing them in 2017, costs rose, flops piled up, and Megan Ellison scaled back her ambitions.

— Brent Lang, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of flops

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With wars and climate catastrophes hitting a world still reeling from 7 million deaths caused by COVID-19, Shelley’s pandemic novel has perhaps never felt so relevant.

— Eileen Hunt, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026
Tuesday’s scene was a mixture of confusion and chaos with first responders fanned out across two catastrophes and television news teams desperately trying to find out whether their journalists were safe.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of catastrophes

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Contained within all these fiascoes is a subtly different conservative movement.

— Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
Trump is the most corrupt and scandal-plagued president since Nixon; indeed, his fiascoes eclipse Nixon’s, but many of them remain mostly or somewhat hidden, thanks in part to a much more acquiescent Republican Congress than the one Nixon had.

— David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2026

Definition of fiascoes

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