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score

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of score

1 a lingering ill will towards a person for a real or imagined wrong
  • a whistle-blower who was more interested in settling a score with his employers than in exposing an injustice
Synonyms of score

grievance, grudge, resentment
Words Related to score

condemnation

offense (or offence), umbrage

complaint

dudgeon, huff, peeve, pique

despite, hatefulness, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, meanness, nastiness, spite, spitefulness, spleen, venom, viciousness

animosity, antagonism, antipathy, bitterness, enmity, hostility, rancor
2 something (as money) which is owed
  • We'll pay the full score next week.
Synonyms of score

arrearage, arrears, debt, indebtedness, liability (usually liabilities), obligation
Words Related to score

bond, debit, delinquency

bankruptcy, default, embarrassment, insolvency
Near Antonyms of score

quietus, quittance, repayment

asset

score

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of score

1 to mark with or as if with a line or groove
  • The glassblower scored the glass rod first so that it would break cleanly.
Synonyms of score

groove, scribe, seam
Words Related to score

abrade, file, graze, mill, rasp, scarify, scratch

bevel, chamfer, flute
2 to gain (as points or runs in a game) as credit towards one's total number of points
  • He scored the winning goal in the final minute of play.
Synonyms of score

rack up, tally
Words Related to score

triumph, win

best, defeat
Near Antonyms of score

lose
3 to obtain (as a goal) through effort
  • finally scored a good job after years of hard work
Synonyms of score

achieve, attain, bag, chalk up, gain, hit, log, make, notch (up), rack up, ring up, win
Words Related to score

acquire, capture, carry, draw, garner, get, land, make, obtain, procure, realize, secure

amount (to), approach, equal, match, measure up (to), meet, rival, tie, touch

beat, excel, outdo, surpass, top
Near Antonyms of score

fall short (of), miss

fail (at)

lose
4 to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings
  • scored her for failing to report the security breach immediately
Synonyms of score

bawl out, berate, call down, castigate, chastise, chew out, dress down, flay, hammer, jaw, keelhaul, lambaste (or lambast), lecture, rag, rail (at or against), rant (at), rate, ream (out), rebuke, reprimand, reproach, scold, tongue-lash, upbraid
Words Related to score

admonish, chide, remonstrate (with), reprove

abuse, assail, attack, bad-mouth, blame, blast, censure, condemn, criticize, crucify, denounce, dis (also diss) [slang], excoriate, fault, harangue, knock, lace (into), lash, pan, reprehend, revile, scourge, slam, vituperate

belittle, disparage, mock, put down

ridicule, scoff, scorn
Phrases Synonymous with score

lay into, read the riot act (to), take to task
Near Antonyms of score

approve, endorse (also indorse), sanction

extol (also extoll), laud, praise

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