loser
Plural: losers
Noun
- A person or thing that fails to win or succeed.
- a contestant who loses the contest
- a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
- a gambler who loses a bet
- A person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive.
- Something of poor quality.
- A person who is frequently unsuccessful in life.
- A contemptible or unfashionable person.
- One who or that which loses something, such as extra weight, car keys, etc.
- A losing proposition, one that is likely to lose or already has lost (such as a losing bet or, analogously, a predictably fruitless task or errand).
- A person convicted of a crime, especially more than once.
Examples
- Even a LOSER in Words With Friends can win bragging rights with a great word.
- He was always a good loser.
- He's a three-time loser doing twenty years.
- I'm a constant loser in love.
- In a two-horse race there is always one winner and one loser.
- That guy is a born loser!
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English loser, losere, equivalent to lose + -er. In the sense of contemptible or worthless individual, perhaps an alteration of losel, which see.
Synonyms
also-ran, failure, nonstarter, unsuccessful person, absolute zero, asswipe, badling, blatherskite, bugger, carrion, cipher, cockstain, crumb, custron, dandiprat, doink, fellow, fritlag, geek, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, hoon, lidderon, losel, loser, louse, maggot, ne'er-do-well, no-good, no-mark, nonce, nonentity, nowmun, pelf, pig dog, pile of shit, pissant, punk, puny, quat, ramp, rinky-dink, roly-poly, scullion, slubberdegullion, sparrow-fart, streak of piss, toerag, truant, twerp, underperson, unworthy, wankstain, waste of space
Scrabble Score: 5
loser: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordloser: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
loser: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary