Synonyms of worsted

worsted

verb

past tense of worst

as in defeated

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

• defeated
• mastered
• overcame
• conquered
• beat
• subdued
• took
• surmounted
• got
• dispatched
• stopped
• overmatched
• prevailed (over)
• bested
• succeeded
• got the better of
• trimmed
• triumphed (over)
• won (against)
• licked
• upended
• finished
• overbore
• overwhelmed
• got around
• crushed
• skunked
• did down
• whipped
• swept
• surpassed
• buried
• excelled
• flattened
• annihilated
• slaughtered
• upset
• skinned
• creamed
• vanquished
• overpowered
• exceeded
• knocked for a loop
• waxed
• smoked
• thrashed
• scored
• clobbered
• outdistanced
• shellacked
• subjugated
• blew out
• topped
• outstripped
• bombed
• capped
• trounced
• flourished
• blew away
• edged (out)
• routed
• bettered
• snowed under
• knocked over
• aced (out)
• overthrew
• transcended
• knocked off
• broke
• outdid
• drubbed
• pipped
• nosed out
• eclipsed
• outfought
• overtopped
• walloped
• outshone
• unseated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lost (to)
• fell
• went down
• failed
• folded
• collapsed
• gave up
• washed out
• went under
• flopped
• flunked