loser C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈluzɚ/ UK /ˈluːzə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a person who loses or who is regarded as a failure He hated being branded a loser after one mistake. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who loses or who... failurealso-ranunderdogflopdudwashout ↔ Opposites winnervictorchampionsuccess Word family Related forms loselosslost Appears in Proverbs (3) See all Every game has a winner Matching variant: Every game has a winner and a loser Second place is first loser Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser Etymology AI details From lose (from Old English losian 'to perish, be lost', from los 'destruction') + the agentive suffix -er. losian Old English los Old English View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # loser **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈluzɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈluːzə/ ## Meanings 1. a person who loses or who is regarded as a failure ## Examples - He hated being branded a loser after one mistake. ## Synonyms - failure - also-ran - underdog - flop - dud - washout ## Antonyms - winner - victor - champion - success ## Related Forms - lose - loss - lost ## Roots and Affixes - Root: losian - Root: los ## Etymology From lose (from Old English losian 'to perish, be lost', from los 'destruction') + the agentive suffix -er. ## AI Etymology Loser comes from lose (from Old English losian 'to perish, be lost', from los 'destruction') + the agentive suffix -er. The etymological trail includes Old English losian and Old English los. As a noun, loser means a person who loses or who is regarded as a failure. The same family is visible in related forms such as lose, loss, and lost. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown