Synonyms for lose
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1. loseverb

   Synonyms:
   leave behind, mislay

   Antonyms:
   discover, procure, find, come across, acquire, gain, snag, pick up, get

2. loseverb

   Antonyms:
   win

3. loseverb

   Synonyms:
   drop, shed

   Antonyms:
   gain, put on

4. loseverb

   Antonyms:
   win, come, first

5. loseverb

   Antonyms:
   find

6. loseverb

   To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate.

   When we get into the building, please lose the hat.

   Synonyms:
   ditch, get rid of, jettison, drop, dump

   Antonyms:
   pick up

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1. lose

   Synonyms:
   abandon, fail, forfeit, give up, let go, miss

   Antonyms:
   accomplish, achieve, acquire, arrive at, attain, compass, earn, gain, get, grasp, master, obtain, procure, reach, secure, win

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1. lose

   Synonyms:
   miss, drop, mislay, forfeit

   Antonyms:
   keep, retain, find, recover, locate, earn, guard, treasure, economize, utilize, preserve, abandon, discard, reject

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1. loseverb

   fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense

   "She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat"

   Synonyms:
   fall back, miss, mislay, recede, suffer, misplace, fall behind, drop off, turn a loss

   Antonyms:
   acquire, find, regain, turn a profit, win, profit, gain, break even, hold on, keep

2. loseverb

   fail to win

   "We lost the battle but we won the war"

   Synonyms:
   fall back, miss, mislay, recede, suffer, misplace, fall behind, drop off, turn a loss

   Antonyms:
   hold on, profit, find, turn a profit, acquire, gain, regain, win, keep, break even

3. loseverb

   suffer the loss of a person through death or removal

   "She lost her husband in the war"; "The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her"

   Synonyms:
   fall back, miss, mislay, recede, suffer, misplace, fall behind, drop off, turn a loss

   Antonyms:
   keep, win, acquire, turn a profit, break even, find, profit, regain, hold on, gain

4. misplace, mislay, loseverb

   place (something) where one cannot find it again

   "I misplaced my eyeglasses"

   Synonyms:
   fall back, miss, mislay, recede, suffer, misplace, fall behind, drop off, turn a loss

   Antonyms:
   hold on, find, regain, break even, win, acquire, gain, keep, turn a profit, profit

5. loseverb

   miss from one's possessions; lose sight of

   "I've lost my glasses again!"

   Synonyms:
   fall back, miss, mislay, recede, suffer, misplace, fall behind, drop off, turn a loss

   Antonyms:
   hold on, win, turn a profit, gain, regain, acquire, break even, find, profit, keep

6. loseverb

   allow to go out of sight

   "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light"

   Synonyms:
   fall back, miss, mislay, recede, suffer, misplace, fall behind, drop off, turn a loss

   Antonyms:
   turn a profit, win, acquire, break even, find, regain, keep, hold on, gain, profit

7. lose, turn a lossverb

   fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit

   "I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!"; "The company turned a loss after the first year"

   Synonyms:
   fall back, miss, mislay, recede, suffer, misplace, fall behind, drop off, turn a loss

   Antonyms:
   hold on, find, turn a profit, regain, keep, break even, win, profit, acquire, gain

8. loseverb

   fail to get or obtain

   "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad"

   Synonyms:
   fall back, miss, mislay, recede, suffer, misplace, fall behind, drop off, turn a loss

   Antonyms:
   hold on, win, break even, profit, keep, gain, find, regain, acquire, turn a profit

9. fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recedeverb

   retreat

   Synonyms:
   unload, fall asleep, misplace, draw back, mislay, drop off, retire, withdraw, retreat, turn a loss, lapse, fall away, drift off, dope off, relapse, recidivate, fall back, dawdle, pull away, drop away, recur, fall behind, resort, set down, recede, put down, doze off, move back, nod off, regress, drop, suffer, discharge, miss, drowse off, retrogress, lag, pull back, slip, flake out

   Antonyms:
   gain, break even, win, find, hold on, acquire, regain, keep, turn a profit, profit

10. miss, loseverb

    fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

    "I missed that remark"; "She missed his point"; "We lost part of what he said"

    Synonyms:
    miss, mislay, turn a loss, fall behind, misplace, omit, overlook, fall back, lack, overleap, suffer, drop, leave out, neglect, recede, drop off, pretermit, escape

    Antonyms:
    turn a profit, acquire, break even, gain, regain, win, keep, profit, find, hold on

11. suffer, loseverb

    be set at a disadvantage

    "This author really suffers in translation"

    Synonyms:
    miss, get, have, put up, mislay, stand, hurt, abide, fall behind, support, misplace, stomach, digest, suffer, fall back, brook, stick out, tolerate, sustain, turn a loss, meet, recede, endure, drop off, bear, ache

    Antonyms:
    break even, hold on, find, win, acquire, turn a profit, regain, gain, profit, keep

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1. loseverb

   Synonyms:
   be deprived of, fail to keep, let slip, let slip through the fingers

2. loseverb

   Synonyms:
   forfeit, fail to win, fail to obtain

3. loseverb

   Synonyms:
   waste, squander, misspend, throw away, make no use of

4. loseverb

   Synonyms:
   miss, wander from

5. loseverb

   Synonyms:
   be bereaved of, be deprived of

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1. loseverb

   Synonyms:
   miss, forfeit

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1. List of paraphrases for "lose":

   losing, loses, iose, lost, waste, wasting, miss, eprd, forfeit, loose, loser, loss, iost

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How to use lose in a sentence?

1. Cory Booker:

   We have to face a reality coming at us where we might lose some of the most precious ideals of our country, i stand here to say, ‘This will not happen without a fight.’.

2. Mary Baker Eddy:

   Error is a supposition that pleasure and pain, that intelligence, substance, life, are existent in matter. Error is neither Mind nor one of Mind's faculties. Error is the contradiction of Truth. Error is a belief without understanding. Error is unreal because untrue. It is that which stemma to be and is not. If error were true, its truth would be error, and we should have a self-evident absurdity --namely, erroneous truth. Thus we should continue to lose the standard of Truth.

3. Oprah Winfrey:

   If you neglect to recharge a battery, it dies. And if you run full speed ahead without stopping for water, you lose momentum to finish the race.

4. David Boulware:

   What do President Trump have to lose ? Take it.

5. Ray Mabus:

   I don't think we ought to lose sight of the very central point here, none of this would have happened, not a bit of it, if the President had not inserted himself, absolutely inappropriately, in a way that undermines military justice in a way that dishonors the military that serves without committing war crimes.