What are some alternative words for sacrifice?
Synonyms for sacrifice
ˈsæk rəˌfaɪs
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Princeton's WordNet
forfeit, forfeiture, sacrifice(noun)
the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
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forfeit, forfeiture, ritual killingsacrifice(noun)
personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
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forfeit, forfeiture, ritual killingsacrifice(noun)
a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value
"he had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice"
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forfeit, forfeiture, ritual killingsacrifice, ritual killing(noun)
the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
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forfeit, forfeiture, ritual killingsacrifice(verb)
(baseball) an out that advances the base runners
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forfeit, forfeiture, ritual killingsacrifice, give(verb)
endure the loss of
"He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war"
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commit, chip in, dedicate, cave in, collapse, impart, pass on, move over, return, establish, reach, present, have, fall in, make, pay, throw, gift, kick in, feed, break, ease up, apply, give, grant, open, founder, devote, hold, pass, render, yield, turn over, leave, give way, consecrate, generate, contribute, afford, handsacrifice(verb)
kill or destroy
"The animals were sacrificed after the experiment"; "The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment"
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givesacrifice(verb)
sell at a loss
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givesacrifice(verb)
make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
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give
Wiktionary
English Synonyms and Antonyms
sacrifice
To surrender is to give up upon compulsion, as to an enemy in war, hence to give up to any person, passion, influence, or power. To yield is to give place or give way under pressure, and hence under compulsion. Yield implies more softness or concession than surrender; the most determined men may surrender to overwhelming force; when one yields, his spirit is at least somewhat subdued. A monarch or a state cedes territory perhaps for a consideration; surrenders an army, a navy, or a fortified place to a conqueror; a military commander abandons an untenable position or unavailable stores. We sacrifice something precious through error, friendship, or duty, yield to convincing reasons, a stronger will, winsome persuasion, or superior force. Compare ABANDON.
Synonyms:
abandon, alienate, capitulate, cede, give, give oneself up, give over, give up, let go, relinquish, surrender, yield
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
sacrifice(v)
Synonyms:
offer, immolate, destroy, surrender, foregoAntonyms:
reserve, retain, appropriate, withholdsacrifice(n)
Synonyms:
offering, oblation, immolation, surrender, destruction, atonement, propitiation, appeasement, expiationAntonyms:
reservation, appropriation, retention, salvation, rescue, offence, transgression
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "sacrifice":
sacrifices, slaughter, self-sacrifice, culling, slaughtering, cull, victim
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#26 | have | |
#132 | make | |
#283 | open | |
#357 | return | |
#555 | give | |
#564 | sell | |
#591 | gift | |
#599 | pay | |
#617 | offer | |
#644 | hand | |
#805 | present | |
#1061 | apply | |
#1129 | leave | |
#1275 | hold | |
#1293 | feed | |
#1493 | pass | |
#1618 | break | |
#1732 | grant | |
#2254 | reach | |
#2312 | offering | |
#3085 | establish | |
#3410 | contribute | |
#3965 | generate | |
#4105 | commit | |
#4404 | throw | |
#4557 | yield | |
#5264 | destruction | |
#5466 | victim | |
#5672 | founder | |
#6020 | afford | |
#6266 | destroy | |
#7052 | collapse | |
#9280 | sacrifice | |
#9759 | render | |
#11564 | surrender | |
#14083 | slaughter | |
#14530 | abandon | |
#20131 | devote | |
#21083 | sacrifices | |
#22834 | forfeiture | |
#26228 | dedicate | |
#29516 | forfeit | |
#32596 | impart | |
#33606 | atonement | |
#41807 | relinquish | |
#41879 | cull | |
#48126 | alienate | |
#49768 | culling | |
#49931 | forego | |
#52101 | slaughtering | |
#62793 | appeasement | |
#66067 | cede | |
#83940 | immolation | |
#92642 | consecrate | |
#119432 | oblation | |
#128352 | expiation | |
#131463 | capitulate | |
#146155 | propitiation | |
#313624 | immolate |
How to use sacrifice in a sentence?
I'd like to recognize the selflessness of my donor, and how none of this would be possible without his sacrifice.
Is this a big sacrifice for retailers? No. But, symbolically, it's a good step.
You must give up something if you want a car at that price, so I sacrifice ESC, if a car has ESC, that's great, but if not, you have to be more careful when you drive.
We're not going to sacrifice the quality of an agreement because of pressure of time. We'll keep engaged.
Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice to love love recompenses the adorers.
Translations for sacrifice
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- تضحية, ذَبَحَ, ضَحّى, تArabic
- ахвяраBelarusian
- жертваBulgarian
- oferir, sacrifici, sacrificar, sacrificar-seCatalan, Valencian
- oběť, obětovatCzech
- offer, ofreDanish
- opfern, OpferGerman
- θυσιάζω, θυσίαGreek
- oferoEsperanto
- sacrificar, sacrificioSpanish
- loovutama, ohverdus, ohverdamaEstonian
- قربانیPersian
- uhrautua, uhrilahja, uhrata, uhrautuminen, uhraus, uhriFinnish
- sacrifice, sacrifierFrench
- íobairtIrish
- ìobairtScottish Gaelic
- sacrificio, sacrificarGalician
- áldozat, feláldozHungarian
- զոհ, զոհաբերություն, զոհաբերելArmenian
- pengorbananIndonesian
- gefa til, fórna, fórnIcelandic
- sacrificare, sacrificioItalian
- לְהַקְרִיבHebrew
- 捧げる, 生贄, 犠牲Japanese
- ზვარაკი, შეწირვა, მსხვერპლშეწირვა, გაწირვა, მსხვერპლიGeorgian
- 하다, 희생, 犧牲Korean
- قوربان کردن, پێناوکردن, قوربانی, لهخۆبوردن, فیداکاریKurdish
- sacrificō, sacrificiumLatin
- aukotiLithuanian
- raupangaMāori
- opoffering, offeren, offerDutch
- ofre, offerNorwegian
- poświęcać, poświęcić, ofiaraPolish
- sacrifício, sacrificarPortuguese
- jertfă, sacrifica, jertfi, sacrificiuRomanian
- пожертвовать, жертвовать, жертва, принести в жертву, приносить в жертвуRussian
- žrtva, жртвовати, žrtvovati, жртваSerbo-Croatian
- obetovať, obetovať sa, obetaSlovak
- žrtvovati, žrtevSlovene
- offra, offerSwedish
- muchangaSwahili
- தியாகம்Tamil
- త్యాగంTelugu
- fjtif, kurbanTurkish
- жертва, жертвуватиUkrainian
- 犧牲, hy sinh, sự hy sinhVietnamese
- sacrifyî, ofriWalloon
- קאָרבןYiddish
- 犧牲Chinese
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