Antonyms for Underdog
ˈʌn dərˌdɔg, -ˌdɒgun·der·dog

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1. underdognoun

   Antonyms:
   top dog, sure bet, favourite, favorite, safe bet

2. underdognoun

   Antonyms:
   favourite, safe bet, sure bet, top dog, favorite

3. underdognoun

   Antonyms:
   top dog, safe bet, favorite, sure bet, favourite

4. underdognoun

   Antonyms:
   top dog, favourite, safe bet, sure bet, favorite

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1. • Loser

Princeton's WordNet

1. underdognoun

   one at a disadvantage and expected to lose

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:4.0 / 7 votes

1. the deserved; the expected; the hero-to-be

   best on traits and status as then underdog is not expected or does not deserve to emerge victorious. the deserving or the expected has all variables in favour.

   s/he did not deserve to win. it was not expected of them to become victors for they were the underdogs. nothing was in their favour

   Submitted by silas.atsulu on November 3, 2019  

2. shikari

   the underdog wasn't expected to win but he won anyway.

   Submitted by Basim.urtubia on October 21, 2020  

How to use Underdog in a sentence?

1. Rickie Fowler:

   We'll take the underdog spot but — when that day comes, basically it's a toss-up on who's got the hot putter, and could be just a battle throughout the day, we're going to go tee it up and try and beat up on each other as bad as possible but have some fun.

2. Jean Trebek:

   He loved representing the underdeveloped countries, communities, you know, he really wanted to be a spokesman for the underdog.

3. Dave Christian:

   In sports in general, everyone roots for the underdog, which we certainly were an underdog, we were aware of the political situation in the world, but in a lot of respects for us it truly was a game, a great challenge.

4. Darren Clarke:

   Maybe from the European point of view, we're perceived as the underdogs, we have been sometimes in the past, but there shouldn't really be an underdog tag, the teams are so equally matched.

5. Notre Dame:

   I think a lot of the underdog story is we don’t really feel that internally on the team.

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