Loss
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
loss (noun)1.
- destruction ruin
2.
a) the act of losing possession - deprivation loss of sight
b) the harm or privation resulting from loss or separation
c) an instance of losing
3.
a person or thing or an amount that is lost as
a) killed, wounded, or captured soldiers
b) the power diminution of a circuit or circuit element corresponding to conversion of electrical energy into heat by resistance
4.
a) failure to gain, win, obtain, or utilize
b) an amount by which the cost of something exceeds its selling price
5.
decrease in amount, magnitude, or degree
6.
the amount of an insured's financial detriment by death or damage that the insurer is liable for
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
loss (noun)1.
the act or an instance of not having or being able to find
SYNONYMS:
mislaying, misplacementRELATED WORDS:
deprivation, dispossession, privation; forfeit, forfeiture, penalty; sacrifice; bereavement; absence, lack, need, wantNEAR ANTONYMS:
control, hands, having, keeping, possession2.
a person or thing harmed, lost, or destroyed
SYNONYMS:
fatality, loss, prey, victimRELATED WORDS:
loser, underdog; martyr, sacrifice; collateral damage; murdereeNEAR ANTONYMS:
gainer, victor, winner; harmer, injurer; assassin, killer, murderer3.
failure to win a contest
SYNONYMS:
beating, drubbing, licking, loss, lump, overthrow, plastering, rout, shellacking, trimming, trouncing, whippingRELATED WORDS:
collapse, debacle ( débâcle), failure, fiasco, fizzle, flop, nonsuccess, setback, upset; lurch, shutout, washout, whitewashNEAR ANTONYMS:
accomplishment, achievement; blowout, cakewalk, landslide, romp, runaway, sweep, walkaway, walkover4.
the amount by which something is lessened
SYNONYMS:
abatement, decline, decrement, dent, depletion, depression, diminishment, diminution, drop, drop-off, fall, falloff, loss, reduction, shrinkage, step-downRELATED WORDS:
deduction, subtraction; downturn, slip, slump; curtailment, cut, cutback, retrenchment, shorteningNEAR ANTONYMS:
accretion, accrual, accumulation, addition, supplement; continuation, extension; upswing, uptrend, upturn5.
the state of being robbed of something normally enjoyed
SYNONYMS:
deprivation, lossRELATED WORDS:
absence, dearth, lack, need, want; dispossession; denial, forfeit, forfeiture, penalty, sacrifice; bereavement; deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency, paucity, poverty, scarcity, shortageNEAR ANTONYMS:
control, ownership, possession; accumulation, acquiring, gain6.
the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless
SYNONYMS:
annihilation, decimation, demolishment, demolition, desolation, devastation, extermination, extinction, havoc, loss, mincemeat, obliteration, ruin, ruination, wastage, wreckageRELATED WORDS:
depredation, despoilment, despoliation; breakup, collapse, disintegration, dissolution; assassination, execution, killing, massacre, slaughter; dismantlement, effacement, eradicationNEAR ANTONYMS:
rescue, salvage, salvation, saving; conservation, preservation, protection; reclamation, reconstruction, re-creation, refurbishment, regeneracy, remodeling, renovation, restoration
