victor

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˈvɪktə/ 🇺🇸 /ˈvɪktɜr/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    A person who defeats an enemy or opponent in a battle, game, or other competition; a winner.; A person who overcomes or conquers a difficulty, obstacle, or challenge.
  2. adjective
    Victorious; having won or conquered.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: victors

Collocations

the victorvictor of the battlevictor in the contestto the victor go the spoilsemerge as victor

Derivatives

victoryvictoriousvictoriouslyvictoriousness

Synonyms

winnerchampionconquerortriumph

Antonyms

loserdefeatedvanquished

Commonly confused

victory
EN: 'Victory' is the abstract noun referring to the act or state of winning; 'victor' is the person who wins.
victorious
EN: 'Victorious' is the adjective form meaning having won; 'victor' is the noun for the person who won.

Spelling tips

EN: No common spelling issues. Note that 'victor' ends in '-or' (like 'conqueror'), not '-er'.

💬 Examples

  1. The victor of the boxing match raised his arms in triumph.

  2. She emerged as the victor over her long battle with illness.

  3. The victor army marched through the gates of the city.