loser

English

The runner in black is the loser.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /luːzə(ɹ)/
• (GenAm) IPA: /luzɚ/
• Rhymes: -uːzə(ɹ)

Noun

loser (plural losers)

1. A person who fails to win.

   In a two-horse race there is always one winner and one loser.

2. Someone who loses in a specified manner.

   He was always a good loser.

3. Someone with bad luck or poor skills who consistently loses.

   I’m a constant loser in love.

4. Something of poor quality.

   That dictionary is a loser!

5. A person who is frequently unsuccessful in life.

   That guy is a born loser!

6. (derogatory) A contemptible or unfashionable person.

   That person is a loser!

7. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)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!

Synonyms

• (person who consistently loses): failure

Antonyms

• winner

Derived terms

• born loser
• sore loser
• three-time loser
• loser sign

Translations

person who fails to win

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 輸家 (cmn), 输家 (cmn) (shūjiā)

• Finnish: häviäjä (fi)
• French: perdant (fr) m
• German: Verlierer (de) m
• Hebrew: מַפְסִידָן (he) (mafsidán) m, לווּזֶר (he)

• Japanese: 敗者 (ja) (はいしゃ, haisha)
• Persian: بازنده (fa) (bâzande)
• Russian: проигравший (ru) (proigrávšij)
• Spanish: perdedor (es) m
• Swedish: förlorare (sv) c

someone who loses in a specified manner

• Finnish: häviäjä (fi)
• German: Verlierer (de) m

• Spanish: perdedor (es) m
• Swedish: förlorare (sv) c

someone with bad luck or poor skills who consistently loses

• Chechen: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: epäonnistuja (fi), luuseri (fi)
• German: Verlierertyp m, Versager (de) m

• Russian: неудачник (ru) (neudáčnik) m, неудачница (ru) (neudáčnica) f, (neologism) лузер (ru) (lúzɛr) m
• Spanish: perdedor (es) m, fracasado (es) m

something of poor quality

• Russian: барахло (ru) (baraxló) n, дрянь (ru) (drjan’) f

person who is frequently unsuccessful in life

• Chechen: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: luuseri (fi)
• German: Verlierer (de) m

• Russian: неудачник (ru) (neudáčnik) m, неудачница (ru) (neudáčnica) f, (neologism) лузер (ru) (lúzɛr) m
• Swedish: förlorare (sv) c

insult

• Arabic: فاشل (ar) (faashil) m
• Finnish: luuseri (fi)
• Georgian: გოიმი (ka) (goimi)

• German: Verlierertyp m, Versager (de) m
• Russian: ничтожество (ru) (ničtóžestvo) n, неудачник (ru) (neudáčnik) m

someone who has lost weight

• Finnish: painonpudottaja
• German: Gewichtsverlierer m

• Russian: похудевший (ru) (poxudévšij) m

Anagrams

• lo-res
• relos
• roles
• slore
• sorel

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈˈloːzɐ/

Adjective

loser

1. strong masculine singular nominative form of lose.
2. strong feminine singular genitive form of lose.
3. strong feminine singular dative form of lose.
4. strong plural genitive form of lose.
5. mixed masculine singular nominative form of lose.
6. predicative comparative form of lose.

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Norwegian

Noun

loser

1. indefinite plural of los