Synonyms and antonyms of To be defeated in a game, competition or argument in British Thesaurus

submit (verb)

to accept that someone has defeated you or has power over you

surrender (verb)

to say officially that you have been defeated and will stop fighting

surrender (verb)

to give control over a place or person to someone who has defeated you

appease (verb)

to give your opponents what they want

give away ()

in sports, to allow an opponent to win because you make a silly mistake

lose (verb)

to not win a race, competition, fight etc

concede (verb)

to be defeated by someone in a game or war and give them something that you previously had

roll over (informal)

informal to be easily defeated because you do not defend yourself

go down ()

to be defeated in a competition, especially in sport

go out ()

to not be allowed to take part in the next stage of a competition because you have been defeated

crash out (mainly journalism)

mainly journalism to be badly defeated so that you have to leave a competition

go down (British)

British to move to a lower division in a sports league (=a group of teams)

go out to (British)

British to be defeated by someone in a competition

pwned (adjective)

very informal very easily defeated, especially in a humiliating way

take a battering ()

to suffer very badly, for example by being easily defeated

take a pounding ()

to be defeated very thoroughly

throw (verb)

informal to deliberately lose a game or competition