Synonyms for rout
raʊt, rutrout

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. rout

   To defeat an enemy is to gain an advantage for the time; to vanquish is to win a signal victory; to conquer is to overcome so effectually that the victory is regarded as final. Conquer, in many cases, carries the idea of possession; as, to conquer respect, affection, peace, etc. A country is conquered when its armies are defeated and its territory is occupied by the enemy; it may be subjected to indemnity or to various disabilities; it is subjugated when it is held helplessly and continuously under military control; it is subdued when all resistance has died out. An army is defeated when forcibly driven back; it is routed when it is converted into a mob of fugitives. Compare BEAT.

   Synonyms:
   beat, checkmate, conquer, crush, defeat, discomfit, down, humble, master, overcome, overmaster, overmatch, overpower, overthrow, prevail over, put down, reduce, subdue, subject, subjugate, surmount, vanquish, win, worst

   Antonyms:
   capitulate, cede, fail, fall, fly, forfeit, lose, resign, retire, retreat, submit, succumb, surrender, yield

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1. mob, rabble, routnoun

   a disorderly crowd of people

   Synonyms:
   rabble, ragtag and bobtail, syndicate, pack, crime syndicate, mob, ragtag, gang, riffraff, family, ring

2. routverb

   an overwhelming defeat

   Synonyms:
   mob, rabble

3. rout, rout out, expelverb

   cause to flee

   "rout out the fighters from their caves"

   Synonyms:
   expel, throw out, boot out, spread-eagle, rouse, drive out, discharge, release, force out, eject, exhaust, root, rout up, oust, spreadeagle, rootle, kick out, drum out, rout out, gouge

4. rout, root, rootleverb

   dig with the snout

   "the pig was rooting for truffles"

   Synonyms:
   spread-eagle, spreadeagle, gouge, root, settle down, rootle, expel, steady down, rout out, take root, settle

5. rout, gougeverb

   make a groove in

   Synonyms:
   spread-eagle, spreadeagle, gouge, squeeze, wring, extort, rack, root, rootle, expel, rout out, force out

6. spread-eagle, spreadeagle, routverb

   defeat disastrously

   Synonyms:
   spread-eagle, rootle, expel, root, spreadeagle, rout out, gouge

Matched Categories

1. • Crowd
   • Defeat
   • Dig
   • Hollow

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1. routnoun

   Synonyms:
   defeat, discomfiture, ruin, complete overthrow

2. routverb

   Synonyms:
   defeat, discomfit, overthrow, overpower

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. routnoun

   Synonyms:
   overthrow, defeat, discomfiture, vanquishment, clamor, tumult, uproar, din, brawl, mob, rabble

2. routverb

   Synonyms:
   vanquish, defeat, scatter

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "rout":

   defeats, beats, defeat

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1. Rajesh Varma:

   Did this rout make sense ? No, I don't see that. For the last couple of days I have been buying stocks, adding to those that I hold, just because the Shanghai index has dropped back to zero for the year, that doesn't mean that there won't be demand... I think a lot of short-term investors have been running around like headless chickens.

2. Will Hobbs:

   None of the crypto currencies currently fulfill any of the criteria that we would look for in an investible asset and we would continue to advise extreme caution. The rout in crypto currencies is still not finished.

3. Lorne Baring:

   Europe's main indices are attractively valued on a price-to-earnings basis, and with no shocks in the peak period of earnings reporting season in the U.S., it appears that equity investors may have found a base to build upon after the rout in August and September, easy monetary conditions are clearly going to remain for some time and that is also bolstering sentiment at the moment. We would expect further gains after a rough period for global investors.

4. Wang Yu:

   The pattern in a bull market is that immediately after a plunge, money will pile in, pushing the market higher, to many investors, the rout last week means a huge reduction in market risks, creating buying opportunities.

5. Masafumi Yamamoto:

   The fact that both the BOJ and the ECB suddenly showed additional easing stance after the markets' rout suggests policymakers in Japan and Europe share concerns and take actions, while that wouldn't be a complete solution to fall in oil prices and concerns about slowdown in China, it will ease excessive reactions in markets.