Synonyms for loss
lɔs, lɒsloss

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1. lossnoun

   Antonyms:
   win, gain

2. lossnoun

   The match ended in their first loss of the season.

   Antonyms:
   win, gain

3. lossnoun

   It was written off as a loss.

   Antonyms:
   gain, win

4. lossnoun

   We mourn his loss.

   Antonyms:
   gain, win

5. lossnoun

   The battle was won, but losses were great.

   Antonyms:
   gain, win

6. lossnoun

   The sum of expenditures and taxes minus total income is a loss, when this difference is positive.

   Antonyms:
   win, gain

7. lossnoun

   It was a terrible crash: both cars were total losses

   Antonyms:
   gain, win

8. lossnoun

   The inefficiency of many old-fashioned power plants exceeds 60% loss before the subsequent losses during transport over the grid

   Antonyms:
   gain, win

9. lossnoun

   Antonyms:
   profit

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1. loss

   Injury (Latin in, not, and jus, juris, right, law) signifies primarily something done contrary to law or right; hence, something contrary to some standard of right or good; whatever reduces the value, utility, beauty, or desirableness of anything is an injury to that thing; of persons, whatever is so done as to operate adversely to one in his person, rights, property, or reputation is an injury; the word is especially used of whatever mars the integrity of the body or causes pain; as, when rescued from the wreck his injuries were found to be very slight. Injury is the general term including all the rest. Damage (Latin 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 (Latin deterere, to rub or wear away) is similar in meaning, but far milder. Detriment may affect value only; damage always affects real worth or utility; as a rule, the slightest use of an article by a purchaser operates to its detriment if again offered for sale, tho the article may have received not the slightest damage. Damage is partial; loss is properly absolute as far as it is predicated at all; the loss of a ship implies that it is gone beyond recovery; the loss of the rudder is a damage to the ship; but since the loss of a part still leaves a part, we may speak of a partial or a total loss. Evil commonly suggests suffering or sin, or both; as, the evils of poverty, the social evil. Harm is closely synonymous with injury; it may apply to body, mind, or estate, but always affects real worth, while injury may concern only estimated value. A hurt is an injury that causes pain, physical or mental; a slight hurt may be no real harm. Mischief is disarrangement, trouble, or harm usually caused by some voluntary agent, with or without injurious intent; a child's thoughtless sport may do great mischief; wrong is harm done with evil intent. An outrage combines insult and injury. Compare synonyms for BLEMISH; CRIMINAL; INJUSTICE.

   Synonyms:
   blemish, damage, detriment, disadvantage, evil, harm, hurt, impairment, injury, injustice, mischief, outrage, prejudice, wrong

   Antonyms:
   advantage, amelioration, benefit, blessing, boon, help, improvement, remedy, service, utility

   Preposition:
   The injury of the cause; an injury to the structure; injury by fire; by or from collision, interference, etc.

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1. loss

   Synonyms:
   mislaying, dropping, forfeiture, missing, privation, waste, detriment, damage

   Antonyms:
   preservation, recovery, earning, satisfaction, restoration, economy, augmentation, advantage, gain

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1. lossnoun

   something that is lost

   "the car was a total loss"; "loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt"

   Synonyms:
   passing, red, exit, deprivation, release, red ink, going, personnel casualty, expiration, departure

   Antonyms:
   gain

2. lossnoun

   gradual decline in amount or activity

   "weight loss"; "a serious loss of business"

   Synonyms:
   passing, red, exit, deprivation, release, red ink, going, personnel casualty, expiration, departure

   Antonyms:
   gain

3. lossnoun

   the act of losing someone or something

   "everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock"

   Synonyms:
   passing, red, exit, deprivation, release, red ink, going, personnel casualty, expiration, departure

   Antonyms:
   gain

4. loss, deprivationnoun

   the disadvantage that results from losing something

   "his loss of credibility led to his resignation"; "losing him is no great deprivation"

   Synonyms:
   passing, red, exit, deprivation, release, red ink, going, personnel casualty, expiration, privation, neediness, departure, want

   Antonyms:
   gain

5. lossnoun

   the experience of losing a loved one

   "he sympathized on the loss of their grandfather"

   Synonyms:
   passing, red, exit, deprivation, release, red ink, going, personnel casualty, expiration, departure

   Antonyms:
   gain

6. loss, red ink, rednoun

   the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue

   "the company operated at a loss last year"; "the company operated in the red last year"

   Synonyms:
   passing, red, exit, deprivation, release, red ink, going, bolshy, personnel casualty, expiration, redness, departure, bolshie

   Antonyms:
   gain

7. personnel casualty, lossnoun

   military personnel lost by death or capture

   Synonyms:
   passing, red, exit, deprivation, release, red ink, going, personnel casualty, expiration, departure

   Antonyms:
   gain

8. passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, releasenoun

   euphemistic expressions for death

   "thousands mourned his passing"

   Synonyms:
   sledding, firing, overtaking, liberation, passage, dismissal, expiry, divergence, release, freeing, spill, difference, sacking, personnel casualty, vent, passing game, breathing out, sack, tone ending, deviation, passing play, acquittance, red, departure, press release, outlet, expiration, waiver, button, exhalation, handout, pass, exit, leaving, qualifying, dismission, way out, going, discharge, red ink, issue, going away, spillage, deprivation, termination, passing

   Antonyms:
   gain

Matched Categories

1. • Casualty
   • Death
   • Decline
   • Disadvantage
   • Experience
   • Failure
   • Military
   • Transferred Property

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1. lossnoun

   Synonyms:
   privation, deprivation, bereavement

2. lossnoun

   Synonyms:
   forfeiture, failure to win

3. lossnoun

   Synonyms:
   destruction, overthrow, damage, detriment, ruin

4. lossnoun

   Synonyms:
   waste, squandering

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1. lossnoun

   Synonyms:
   forfeiture

   Associated words:
   damnific, damnify, damnification

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1. List of paraphrases for "loss":

   losses, lost, losing, disappearance, damage, waste, depletion, wastage, casualties, prejudice, undoing, decline, lack, decrease, lose, defeat, leakage, forfeiture, doom, impoverishment

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How to use loss in a sentence?

1. Donald Trump:

   Honestly, a loss is not acceptable folks, mark Meadows, he called out two or three times.

2. Lopez Manjarrez:

   My mother was always happy and supporting her family. She didn't have issues with anybody, it's such a terrible loss ; I wish it wasn't true.

3. Lori Varnell:

   He ruthlessly stole from his clients who trusted him for almost a decade. He amassed $32 million in loss to all of his clients and exploited many elder individuals. He worked his way around churches preying on people who believed he was a Christian.

4. Deutsche Bank analyst Hanjoon Kim:

   We expect no loss in cultural identity. Nevertheless, we may need to monitor whether there is loss of focus amidst the management transition.

5. Christine Lagarde:

   Let me be clear: we are on alert, not alarm. There has been a loss of growth momentum, however, if policymakers can confront the challenges and act together, the positive effects on global confidence - and the global economy - will be substantial.