Synonyms of trouncing

trouncing 1 of 2

noun

as in defeat

failure to win a contest

took a serious trouncing during the first game but came back to win the next two

Synonyms & Similar Words

• defeat
• beating
• loss
• setback
• rout
• whipping
• drubbing
• overthrow
• licking
• trimming
• plastering
• shellacking
• failure
• upset
• collapse
• lump
• flop
• fiasco
• debacle
• shutout
• débâcle
• lurch
• washout
• whitewash
• nonsuccess
• fizzle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• victory
• success
• triumph
• win
• achievement
• accomplishment
• sweep
• landslide
• blowout
• runaway
• romp
• cakewalk
• walkover
• walkaway

trouncing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of trounce

as in whipping

to defeat by a large margin

our candidate trounced her opponent in the election, winning with 76% of the vote

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whipping
• overcoming
• drubbing
• walloping
• clobbering
• thrashing
• beating
• burying
• bombing
• throwing
• pasting
• annihilating
• upsetting
• flattening
• dusting
• creaming
• shellacking
• topping
• routing
• mastering
• whopping
• smothering
• trimming
• whomping
• whupping
• taking
• surpassing
• tromping
• skinning
• blowing away
• waxing
• conquering
• skunking
• exceeding
• overwhelming
• sweeping
• smoking
• whapping
• succeeding
• crushing
• destroying
• scoring
• dispatching
• besting
• running rings around
• capping
• vanquishing
• wiping the ground with
• snowing under
• running circles around
• beating the pants off
• wiping the floor with
• eating alive
• subduing
• licking
• eclipsing
• outdoing
• finishing
• slaughtering
• outdistancing
• outstripping
• upending
• subjugating
• outshining
• surmounting
• overthrowing
• hurdling
• prevailing (over)
• winning (against)
• bettering
• transcending
• overpowering
• overbearing
• overmatching
• excelling
• triumphing (over)
• overtopping
• flourishing
• knocking over
• edging (out)
• knocking off
• outfighting
• breaking
• acing (out)
• sinking
• pipping
• worsting
• nosing out
• doing in