VICTORY

Pronunciation (US):

• VICTORY (noun)
  The noun VICTORY has 1 sense:

1. a successful ending of a struggle or contest

  Familiarity information: VICTORY used as a noun is very rare.

• VICTORY (noun)

Meaning:

A successful ending of a struggle or contest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

triumph; victory

Context examples:

a narrow victory / the general always gets credit for his army's victory / clinched a victory / convincing victory / the agreement was a triumph for common sense

Hypernyms ("victory" is a kind of...):

conclusion; ending; finish (event whose occurrence ends something)

success (an event that accomplishes its intended purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "victory"):

win (a victory (as in a race or other competition))

service break (a tennis game won on the opponent's service)

blowout; laugher; romp; runaway; shoo-in; walkaway (an easy victory)

checkmate (complete victory)

slam; sweep (winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge)

Pyrrhic victory (a victory that is won by incurring terrible losses)

last laugh (ultimate success achieved after a near failure (inspired by the saying 'he laughs best who laughs last'))

landslide (an overwhelming electoral victory)

independence (the successful ending of the American Revolution)

fall; pin (when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat)

walk-in; waltz (an assured victory (especially in an election))

Antonym:

defeat (an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest)