Synonyms for DEFEATED
de·feat·ed

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1. defeated, discomfitedadjective

   people who are defeated

   "the Romans had no pity for the defeated"

   Synonyms:
   discomfited, defeated

   Antonyms:
   unbowed, triumphant, unbeaten, unconquered, undefeated, unvanquished, successful, victorious

2. defeatedadjective

   beaten or overcome; not victorious

   "the defeated enemy"

   Synonyms:
   thwarted, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated

   Antonyms:
   successful, undefeated, unbowed, unconquered, unbeaten, unvanquished, victorious, triumphant

3. defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwartedadjective

   disappointingly unsuccessful

   "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted"

   Synonyms:
   thwarted, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, defeated

   Antonyms:
   successful, unbeaten, unconquered, undefeated, unbowed, triumphant, victorious, unvanquished

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1. List of paraphrases for "defeated":

   vanquished, beat, beaten, untied, undone, rejected, conquered, defeat, overcame, trounced, overcome, negatived, dismissed, blanked, overthrown, bested

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1. Robert E. Lee:

   We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. For us as a Christian people, there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation.

2. Fode Tass Sylla:

   We are at a turning point. However, we cannot say that we have completely defeated the disease until we know what is happening inside these reticent villages.

3. Sun-tzu:

   Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.

4. Justin Trudeau:

   We defeated the idea that Canadians should be satisfied with less, and that better isn't possible, my friends, this is Canada, where better is always possible.

5. Andrew Byrnes:

   Punditry needs to pundit, right, but that would be one of a variety of calamitous results, one of thousands of reasons why the recall needs to be defeated.