as in winning
having won a victory or having ended in a victory
the victorious army a victorious battle They were victorious over their rivals.
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Recent Examples of victorious
For Lachlan, the battle left him victorious but vulnerable.
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Gabriel Sherman, Vanity Fair, 14 Jan. 2026
Kittle talked to the team in the victorious locker room and received an acknowledgement from coach Kyle Shanahan in the postgame breakdown.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2026
Speaking exclusively for an interview with PEOPLE 10 alongside his Is This Thing On costar Laura Dern, Arnett implied that Poehler might be the one to go home victorious.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
Instead, Sweden reigned victorious thanks to Frondell’s heroics.
—Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
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Gabriel Sherman, Vanity Fair, 14 Jan. 2026
Kittle talked to the team in the victorious locker room and received an acknowledgement from coach Kyle Shanahan in the postgame breakdown.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2026
Speaking exclusively for an interview with PEOPLE 10 alongside his Is This Thing On costar Laura Dern, Arnett implied that Poehler might be the one to go home victorious.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
Instead, Sweden reigned victorious thanks to Frondell’s heroics.
—Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for victorious
winning
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The Chicago Bears are emerging from their October bye week with a mini-winning streak plus a surge of confidence.—
Dan Wiederer,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Hughes, the winningest high school boys basketball coach, with 1,333 wins, coached at Dunbar from 1973 until his retirement in 2005, winning two state championships.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Victorious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/victorious. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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