Synonyms for loss
- noun
- verb
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
3. Damage
damage, injury, destruction, cost, harm, expense, ruin, detriment, disadvantage, squandering, waste, perdition
Other
deprivation, failure, bereavement, forfeit, forfeiture, defect, privation, sacrifice slang dated, mislaying rare
Verb
Definitions
- n. 1
The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.
loss of limb; weight loss; loss of cognitive functions; loss of appetite.
- n. 2
The destruction or ruin of an object.
- n. 3
Something that has been destroyed or ruined.
It was a terrible crash; both cars were total losses.
Related words
- Word family
- loss-making lose
- Phrases
- at a loss loss leader drip loss pregnancy loss total loss ego loss for the loss hearing loss
- Is a kind of
- decrement
Forms
- Plural
- losses → passings, goings, departures, releases…
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damnum, loss) is that which occasions loss to the possessor; hence, any impairment of value, often with the suggestion of fault on the part of the one causing it; damage reduces value, utility, or beauty; detriment (L.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- release It's impossible to release his foot from the trap.
- exit Many people pushed their way toward the rear exit.
- departure He suggested that we should put off our departure.
- expiration Do not use the product past its expiration date.
- damage The explosion did a lot of damage to the building.
- failure Tom attributed his failure in the exam to illness.
By length
- 3 letters
- red1
- 4 letters
- cost1, harm1, exit2, ruin2
- 5 letters
- going2, waste1
- 6 letters
- damage2, injury3, defeat2, defect2
- 7 letters
- release2, failure2, passing2, expense2, forfeit2
- 8 letters
- decrease2
- 9 letters
- sacrifice3, departure3, detriment3, perdition, privation3, decrement, mislaying
- 10 letters
- expiration4, forfeiture3
- 11 letters
- destruction3, deprivation4, bereavement3, squandering3
- 12 letters
- disadvantage4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (exit2 = 2 syllables).