WON Synonyms: 102 Similar and Opposite Words

won

verb

Definition of won

past tense of win

as in prevailed

to achieve victory (as in a contest) the kind of person who always has to win—even if the game is just for fun

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as in earned

to receive as return for effort win a gold medal in swimming

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as in achieved

to obtain (as a goal) through effort won a substantial victory in the struggle for civil rights for all

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Recent Examples of won The next year, women won equal right to credit cards and mortgages. — Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026 Both Davis and Washington were nominated for Academy Awards as actors — Davis won an Oscar trophy for best supporting actress — and the film earned a best picture nomination. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026 In this case, that’s Sarah Jones, a hugely adept impersonator of a variety of New York characters who, in 2006, won a special Tony for her one-person summoning of nearly all of Queens in Bridge & Tunnel. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026 Based in Tasmania, de Heer has a career spanning more than 40 years and widespread international acclaim, starting with Bad Boy Bubby (1993), which won the Special Jury Prize and FIPRESCI Prize at Venice. — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026 Martin, a Broadway veteran, has won two Tony Awards from four nominations. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026 Shipping a relatively simple product thousands of kilometers simply because one global supplier won a contract may produce excellent procurement compliance and terrible economics. — Magda Paslaru, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026 And so beginning with the 2027 football season, UM and Nike will renew their historic 27-year partnership that spanned from 1987 until 2015, a period in which the Hurricanes’ football team won four of its five national championships. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026 The players did not speak about it after the match, which Madrid won 3-2. — ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for won

Verb

An uneasy calm prevailed along the border Friday, with no new fighting reported.

— MUNIR AHMED, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
Now that Paramount Skydance has prevailed in its bid to take over CNN’s parent, there is certain to be new scrutiny on what elements of CNN’s current business plan new managers wish to keep.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of prevailed

Verb

Ravens earned the first win of the night In a thrilling twist, the Ravens actually captured our attention by narrowly avoiding overtime with a field goal in the final second of the game!

— Isabella Albaig, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026
Born and raised in Southern California, Brit Bennett earned her MFA in fiction at the University of Michigan.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of earned

Verb

While spacecraft-to-spacecraft cryogenic refuelling is yet to be achieved, the ability to refuel storable chemical propellant is still a game-changer.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
Mid-round, golfers head to the Halfway House for burger dogs and fish tacos, and the Links Margarita has apparently achieved something close to cult status among regulars.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of achieved

Verb

The luncheon is designed to celebrate individuals who have triumphed over addiction.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026
Roger Federer at the 2017 Australian Open After a nearly five-year Grand Slam drought and a right knee injury, Federer triumphed at the 2017 Australian Open at 35 years and 5 months old.

— Nasha Smith, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of triumphed

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The state AGs and the WGA filed suit in July after federal regulators had approved the deal, and gained surprising traction in a series of early court rulings, giving opponents of the merger hope it would be curtailed or even fully blocked.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026
Google said on Friday that its Gemini model had hacked three other companies back in May, the first time the search giant has disclosed that one of its models autonomously gained access to third-party computer systems without permission.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of gained

Verb

In this new culture, freedom was attained not through engagement in political struggle but through individual consumer choices.

— Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
The Tennessee singer-songwriter, actor, and philanthropist hailed from a vanishing class, a 20th-century monocultural phenomenon who attained a household-name status that never lost its luster.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of attained

Verb

The circumstances surrounding Wells' death garnered national interest after the college football player went missing on the 4th of July after going on a boat trip with friends to Horn Island.

— Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
In 2025 alone, Vanity Fair’s video series—including Lie Detector, Scene Selection and Expert Reviews—garnered over 830M global views across the magazine’s YouTube and social channels.

— Vanity Fair, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of garnered

Verb

The next day, Leigh made one last desperate attempt to get her things.

— Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
Osubor, who also stars, made the film under the mentorship of 90s indie film stalwart Alexandre Rockwell (In the Soup) follows an ambitious flower-delivery driver (Osubor) who gets drawn into the orbit of a powerful local figure called Big Daddy.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026