win

1. 1.

   be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious

   “He won the Gold Medal in skating”

   “Our home team won”

   “Win the game”

   Antonymslose

   Narrowerrompcarrytakesweepprevailtake the cake
2. 2.

   win something through one's efforts

   “I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese”

   “Gain an understanding of international finance”

   “win someone's confidence and friendship”

   Synonymsacquiregain

   Antonymslose

   Broaderget

   Narrowercozen
3. 3.

   obtain advantages, such as points, etc.

   “The home team was gaining ground”

   “After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference”

   “win points”

   Synonymsgainadvancepull aheadmake headwayget aheadgain ground

   Narrowerstealscore
4. 4.

   attain success or reach a desired goal

   “The enterprise succeeded”

   “We succeeded in getting tickets to the show”

   “she struggled to overcome her handicap and won”

   Synonymssucceedcome throughbring home the bacondeliver the goods

   Narrowerhitpull offpassluck outnail downrunworkpan outachievearrive
5. 5.

   acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions

   “its beauty won Paris the name 'City of Lights'”

   Synonymsearngarner

   Broaderget

   Narrowerletter

1. 1.

   a victory (as in a race or other competition)

   “he was happy to get the win”

   Broadervictory

   Narrowerfirst-place finish
2. 2.

   something won (especially money)

   Synonymswinningsprofits

   Broaderfinancial gain

Other forms of win

plural

wins·

past tense or participle

won

present participle

winning

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about win

What does win mean?

win means "be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in win?

win has 1 syllable: win. In IPA it is /ˈwɪn/.

What is another word for win?

Close synonyms include acquire, gain, gain, advance, pull ahead. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of win?

The recorded antonyms are lose, lose.

Is win a common word?

win is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.