SHUTOUTS Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

shutouts

noun

plural of shutout

as in conquests

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Recent Examples of shutouts Riley Bell, Senior, Crowley Bell earned District 3-6A Goalkeeper of the Year and TASCO First Team All Region honors, recording 207 saves and five shutouts on the season, including 125 saves and one shutout in district play alone. — Charles Baggarly may 7, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026

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Noun

The Article Labor Day sale ranks high among my favorite furniture blowouts to shop, especially during a time when there’s no shortage of genuinely good deals.

— Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 27 Aug. 2026
There is also a sliding points scale tied to IRL points allowed, which starts at 10 points for shutouts and drops to -10 for blowouts.

— Sports Betting, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of blowouts

Noun

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
The two subsequent washouts have given Sri Lanka a 1-0 series victory.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 June 2026

Definition of washouts

Noun

The Philippines is among the countries most exposed to powerful typhoons, some 20 of which lash the archipelago every year, causing considerable damage and casualties due to floods and landslides.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
The hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph, posed a risk to all the major islands due to the possibility of heavy rains and landslides, forecasters warned.

— Phil Helsel, NBC news, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of landslides

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Working families most likely to lose access are the very consumers with thin credit files, uneven income, or past financial setbacks.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026
The setbacks the group faced early in its career, including losing a record deal, and why the members were determined to build a long career rather than chase one breakthrough moment.

— Sid Evans, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of setbacks

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The attacking threat evident in those marquee victories has since been blunted too, with Morocco international Ismael Saibari departing for Bayern Munich this summer.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
And yet, the administration seems to be unable to turn such victories into lasting policy, Fried said.

— Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of victories

Noun

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

Noun

The hottest team this side of Philadelphia is in Kansas City, where the Royals have won eight in a row, thanks to consecutive sweeps of the A’s and Tigers.

— Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Recent sweeps have focused on payment terminals at stores and ATMs where skimming activity is suspected.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026

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