Synonyms of worst

worst 1 of 2

adjective

as in worse

Related Words

• worse
• lesser
• normal
• inferior
• unacceptable
• usual
• frequent
• ordinary
• unsatisfactory
• lower
• common
• familiar
• ubiquitous
• commonplace
• everyday
• poor
• substandard
• lousy
• bastard
• routine
• bad
• garden
• lame
• deficient
• ill
• household
• depressed
• off
• mediocre
• paltry
• wanting
• dissatisfactory
• terrible
• low-grade
• bush
• awful
• atrocious
• low
• bush-league
• second-class
• punk
• pathetic
• execrable
• vile
• rotten
• wretched
• second-rate

Dissimilar Words

• only
• unparalleled
• incomparable
• unrivaled
• unmatched
• unequaled
• inimitable
• unsurpassed
• unexampled
• peerless
• unique
• alone
• unsurpassable
• unusual
• singular
• extraordinary
• matchless
• exceptional
• uncommon
• rare
• nonpareil

worst

2 of 2

verb

as in to best

to achieve a victory over

how humiliating for a tennis champ to be worsted by a player no one had ever heard of

Synonyms & Similar Words

• best
• defeat
• overcome
• master
• beat
• take
• get
• stop
• conquer
• dispatch
• surmount
• subdue
• win (against)
• prevail (over)
• get the better of
• triumph (over)
• overmatch
• overbear
• succeed
• lick
• get around
• upend
• do down
• skunk
• trim
• better
• overwhelm
• finish
• sweep
• bury
• surpass
• slaughter
• upset
• knock for a loop
• crush
• exceed
• top
• score
• edge (out)
• excel
• rout
• blow out
• nose out
• skin
• annihilate
• bomb
• snow under
• blow away
• flatten
• cream
• clobber
• whip
• flourish
• cap
• trounce
• vanquish
• smoke
• thrash
• break
• overpower
• pip
• overthrow
• outdo
• transcend
• drub
• unseat
• shellac
• subjugate
• outstrip
• outshine
• wallop
• ace (out)
• wax
• eclipse
• knock over
• outdistance
• knock off
• outfight
• overtop

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lose (to)
• fall
• go down
• fail
• give up
• collapse
• go under
• fold
• wash out
• flunk
• flop

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of worst

Adjective

But all of that would’ve been forgiven if Golden State’s offense didn’t cool down at the worst possible time. — C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Feb. 2023

Continue below to see the top 10 best and worst cities for football fans in 2023. — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 8 Feb. 2023

See the look here: Rodrigo refuses to let the best and the worst of ’00s trends live in the past. — Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 6 Feb. 2023

What happened next amounted to the worst time in Nolan’s 42-year career at DCAD, including the past 18 years as chief appraiser. — Dallas News, 3 Feb. 2023

And every generation thinks of itself in the superlative: the best, the worst, the most stressed, the most burdened, the most liberated, the most enlightened. — H.w. Brands, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2023

No wonder: the holidays are perhaps the worst time of the year to strand customers. — Chris Isidore, CNN, 1 Feb. 2023

Balloons are a key business driver for Party City, and this cut into sales at the worst time. — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023

Notably, that came at perhaps the worst possible time — the two years leading up to the coronavirus pandemic. — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2023