loser

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈluzɚ/ UK /ˈluːzə/ See IPA manual

noun

Meanings

1

noun
a person who loses or who is regarded as a failure

He hated being branded a loser after one mistake.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person who loses or who... failurealso-ranunderdogflop dudwashout

Opposites

winner victor champion success

Word family

Related forms lose loss lost

Etymology

From lose (from Old English losian 'to perish, be lost', from los 'destruction') + the agentive suffix -er.

losian Old English los Old English

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People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

# 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

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