Antonyms for rout
raʊt, rutrout

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. rout

   To defeat an enemy is to gain an advantage for the time; to vanquish is to win a signal victory; to conquer is to overcome so effectually that the victory is regarded as final. Conquer, in many cases, carries the idea of possession; as, to conquer respect, affection, peace, etc. A country is conquered when its armies are defeated and its territory is occupied by the enemy; it may be subjected to indemnity or to various disabilities; it is subjugated when it is held helplessly and continuously under military control; it is subdued when all resistance has died out. An army is defeated when forcibly driven back; it is routed when it is converted into a mob of fugitives. Compare BEAT.

   Antonyms:
   capitulate, cede, fail, fall, fly, forfeit, lose, resign, retire, retreat, submit, succumb, surrender, yield

   Synonyms:
   beat, checkmate, conquer, crush, defeat, discomfit, down, humble, master, overcome, overmaster, overmatch, overpower, overthrow, prevail over, put down, reduce, subdue, subject, subjugate, surmount, vanquish, win, worst

Matched Categories

1. • Crowd
   • Defeat
   • Dig
   • Hollow

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1. mob, rabble, routnoun

   a disorderly crowd of people

   Synonyms:
   rabble, ragtag and bobtail, syndicate, pack, crime syndicate, mob, ragtag, gang, riffraff, family, ring

2. routverb

   an overwhelming defeat

   Synonyms:
   mob, rabble

3. rout, rout out, expelverb

   cause to flee

   "rout out the fighters from their caves"

   Synonyms:
   expel, throw out, boot out, spread-eagle, rouse, drive out, discharge, release, force out, eject, exhaust, root, rout up, oust, spreadeagle, rootle, kick out, drum out, rout out, gouge

4. rout, root, rootleverb

   dig with the snout

   "the pig was rooting for truffles"

   Synonyms:
   spread-eagle, spreadeagle, gouge, root, settle down, rootle, expel, steady down, rout out, take root, settle

5. rout, gougeverb

   make a groove in

   Synonyms:
   spread-eagle, spreadeagle, gouge, squeeze, wring, extort, rack, root, rootle, expel, rout out, force out

6. spread-eagle, spreadeagle, routverb

   defeat disastrously

   Synonyms:
   spread-eagle, rootle, expel, root, spreadeagle, rout out, gouge

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1. routnoun

   Synonyms:
   overthrow, defeat, discomfiture, vanquishment, clamor, tumult, uproar, din, brawl, mob, rabble

2. routverb

   Synonyms:
   vanquish, defeat, scatter

How to use rout in a sentence?

1. Helen Lau:

   China has taken advantage of low gold prices and an equity market rout to stock up on gold assets.

2. Wang Yu:

   The pattern in a bull market is that immediately after a plunge, money will pile in, pushing the market higher, to many investors, the rout last week means a huge reduction in market risks, creating buying opportunities.

3. Wang Yu:

   I'm not very pessimistic, the market may go down further this week, but I don't expect to see the kind of rout we saw in the summer. The government needs a stable market in order to resume some basic functions of the market and push for further financial reforms.

4. Wang Yu:

   The pattern in a bull market is that immediately after a plunge, money will pile in, pushing the market higher, to many investors, the rout last week means a huge reduction in market risks, creating new buying opportunities.

5. Lorne Baring:

   Europe's main indices are attractively valued on a price to earnings basis and with no shocks in the peak period of earnings reporting season in the U.S., it appears that equity investors may have found a base to build upon after the rout in August and September, easy monetary conditions are clearly going to remain for some time and that is also bolstering sentiment at the moment. We would expect further gains after a rough period for global investors.

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