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rout

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of rout

1 a great number of persons or creatures massed together
  • A great rout of onlookers had gathered around the scene.
Synonyms of rout

army, crowd, crush, drove, flock, herd, horde, host, legion, mass, mob, multitude, press, swarm, throng
Words Related to rout

masses, millions, rabble, rabblement, riffraff

gaggle

heap, mountain, pile

jam, logjam
2 people looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class
  • At first the protests were dismissed as nothing more than the doings of the restless rout.
Synonyms of rout

proletariat, rabble, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff, scum, trash
Words Related to rout

dregs

commoners, commons, herd, hoi polloi, masses, millions, mob, multitude, people, plebeians, populace, public, rank and file

bourgeoisie, middle class, working class
Near Antonyms of rout

elect, establishment

gentlefolk (also gentlefolks), nobility, peerage
Antonyms of rout

aristocracy, elite, gentry, society, upper class, upper crust
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rout

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of rout

beating, defeat, drubbing, licking, loss, lump, overthrow, plastering, shellacking, trimming, trouncing, whipping
Words Related to rout

collapse, debacle (also débâcle), failure, fiasco, fizzle, flop, nonsuccess, setback, upset

lurch, shutout, washout, whitewash
Near Antonyms of rout

accomplishment, achievement

blowout, cakewalk, landslide, romp, runaway, sweep, walkaway, walkover
Antonyms of rout

success, triumph, victory, win
2 the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement
  • put the enemy to rout
Synonyms of rout

break, breakout, escape, flight, getaway, lam, slip
Words Related to rout

jailbreak

deliverance, liberation, redemption, release, rescue, salvation

close call, close shave, near miss
Near Antonyms of rout

captivity, confinement, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration, internment

custody, detention, hold, holding, retention

endangerment, hazard, imperilment, jeopardy, peril, risk, trouble

rout

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of rout

1 to defeat by a large margin
  • As expected, the professional team had no trouble routing the amateurs.
Synonyms of rout

annihilate, blow away, bomb, bury, clobber, cream, drub, dust, flatten, paste, shellac, skin, skunk, snow under, thrash, trim, trounce, wallop, wax [slang], whip, whomp, whop (or whap), whup
Words Related to rout

sweep, upset

beat, best, conquer, dispatch, hurdle, lick, master, overbear, overcome, overmatch, prevail (over), subdue, surmount, take, throw, triumph (over), win (against), worst

crush, knock off, knock over, overpower, overthrow, overwhelm, subjugate, upend, vanquish

ace (out), better, eclipse, exceed, outdistance, outdo, outfight, outshine, outstrip, overtop, surpass, top, transcend

edge (out), nose out

cap, excel, flourish, score, succeed

break, destroy, do in, finish, sink, slaughter
Phrases Synonymous with rout

beat the pants off, eat alive, run circles around (or run rings around), wipe the floor with (or wipe the ground with)
2 to drive or force out
  • The Roman legion quickly routed the would-be invaders.
Synonyms of rout

banish, boot (out), bounce, cast out, chase, dismiss, drum (out), eject, expel, extrude, kick out, oust, out, run off, throw out, turn out
Words Related to rout

deport, displace, dispossess, evict, exile, expatriate, ostracize, read out, shut out

ax (or axe), can, cashier, defenestrate, discharge, fire, muster out, pink-slip, release, remove, retire, sack, terminate
Phrases Synonymous with rout

give one the gate [slang], send packing
Near Antonyms of rout

accept, admit, receive, take, take in

welcome

entertain, harbor, house, lodge, shelter

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