Dictionary Definition
loser
Noun
2 a person with a record of failing; someone who
loses consistently [syn: failure, nonstarter, unsuccessful
person] [ant: achiever]
3 a gambler who loses a bet [ant: winner]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -uːzə(r)
Noun
- A person who fails to
win.
- In a two-horse race there is always one winner and one loser.
- Someone who loses in a specified manner.
- He was always a good loser.
- Someone with bad luck
or poor skills who
consistently loses.
- I’m a constant loser in love.
- Something of poor quality.
- That dictionary is a loser!
- A person of unhappy
circumstances.
- That guy is a born loser!
- A contemptible or unfashionable person.
- That person is a loser!
- Someone that has lost weight. (a recent term, originally from
Kelloggs,
but now has come from NBC show "The
Biggest Loser")
- She is such a loser, she lost 15 kilos!
Derived terms
Translations
Someone who loses in a specified manner
Someone with bad luck or poor skills who
consistently loses
- Finnish: epäonnistuja, luuseri
- German: Verlierertyp
Something of poor quality
An insult
- Finnish: luuseri
- German: Verlierertyp
Someone that has lost weight
- Finnish: painonpudottaja
- German: Gewichtsverlierer
Norwegian
Noun
loser- indefinite plural of los
Extensive Definition
Loser is the antonym of winner, often used as an
insult, and may also refer to:
- "Loser" (Beck song), a 1993 song by Beck
- "Loser" (3 Doors Down song), a 2000 song by 3 Doors Down
- "Loser" (Ayreon song), a 2005 song by Ayreon
- Loser (film), a 2000 movie starring Jason Biggs and Mena Suvari
- Loser (novel), a novel by Jerry Spinelli
- Loser (band), an American rock band
- Loser (mountain), in Ausseerland, Styria, Austria
- The Losers (comics), published by DC Comics
loser in German: Loser (Begriffsklärung)
loser in Finnish: Luuseri
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
also-ran, bankrupt, bomb, booby, bummer, bust, clinker, con, defeatee, duck, dud, failure, fall guy, false alarm,
fiasco, flop, game loser, good loser, good
sport, hard-luck guy, hardcase, jailbird, lag, lemon, misfit, nebbish, poor unfortunate, sad
sack, schlemiel,
schlimazel, sport, stooge, sure loser, the
vanquished, underdog,
unfortunate,
victim, washout