Synonyms for lose
Definitions
- v. 1
To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate.
Lose that extra space on the left.
- v. 2
To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.
He lost his hearing in the explosion.
- v. 3
To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability. To have (an organ) removed from one's body, especially by accident.
He lost his spleen in a car wreck.
Related words
- Word family
- losel loser loss
- Phrases
- lose one's temper lose it lose one's mind lose one's cool lose one's rag lose one's head lose one's lunch lose one's marbles
- Other spellings
- loos los
Forms
- Past participle
- lost
e.g. lost → dropped, wasted, jettisoned, dumped…
Example sentences
- dump You were about to dump her flat out, weren't you?
- jettison They had to jettison the cargo.
- forget I'll never forget having a good time with you all.
- misplace Tom has a tendency to misplace things.
By length
- 4 letters
- miss1, drop1, fail1, slip1, dump1
- 5 letters
- waste1, ditch1
- 6 letters
- forget2, suffer2, mislay
- 8 letters
- squander2, jettison3, misplace2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (forget2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- perdre