WON Synonyms: 102 Similar and Opposite Words

won

verb

Definition of won next

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 week after golfer Rory McIlroy won back-to-back Masters tournaments in Augusta, Ossoff spoke to a lively audience in the city. —

Jay Stahl, USA Today, 18 June 2026 Tied 9-9 heading to the fourth, Walpole won the opening draw but turned over possession in Reading’s defensive zone. —

Matt Goisman, Boston Herald, 11 June 2026 When the Cubs finally won the World Series in 2016 in seven games, about 750 fans poured into Perry’s bar, a place that could seat about 400 at the time. —

Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 11 June 2026 For his role as Hamlet, Olivier won his only Academy Award for best actor in 1949. —

ABC News, 10 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for won

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Before the yuppie era, a certain staid gentility prevailed.

— Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Graham Platner, the anti-Israel progressive who took Maine’s political establishment by storm this spring, has officially prevailed in his state’s Democratic Senate primary.

— Philissa Cramer, Sun Sentinel, 15 June 2026