Synonyms of routs

routs 1 of 3

noun (1)

plural of rout

as in throngs

a great number of persons or creatures massed together

a great rout of rubberneckers had gathered around the scene of the accident

Synonyms & Similar Words

• throngs
• swarms
• hordes
• flocks
• crowds
• masses
• multitudes
• armies
• legions
• crushes
• bikes
• mobs
• hosts
• masses
• millions
• crams
• presses
• herds
• droves
• rabbles
• rabblements
• riffraffs
• piles
• scrums
• mountains
• gaggles
• jams
• heaps
• logjams

routs

2 of 3

noun (2)

plural of rout

1

as in defeats

failure to win a contest

the championship game was a humiliating rout for the team that had been favored to win

Synonyms & Similar Words

• defeats
• losses
• beatings
• setbacks
• overthrows
• trimmings
• whippings
• lickings
• failures
• drubbings
• plasterings
• shellackings
• upsets
• collapses
• lumps
• shutouts
• flops
• debacles
• fiascoes
• washouts
• fizzles
• débâcles
• lurches
• nonsuccesses
• whitewashes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• victories
• wins
• successes
• triumphs
• achievements
• accomplishments
• sweeps
• landslides
• blowouts
• runaways
• romps
• cakewalks
• walkovers
• walkaways

2

as in escapes

the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement

in the mad rout from the school shooter, it was every person for himself

Synonyms & Similar Words

• escapes
• flights
• breaks
• slips
• getaways
• breakouts
• lams
• rescues
• bunks
• liberations
• redemptions
• releases
• deliverances
• salvations
• jailbreaks
• close calls
• near misses
• close shaves

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• imprisonments
• captivities
• incarcerations
• confinements
• internments
• holdings
• holds
• risks
• hazards
• custodies
• troubles
• detentions
• immurements
• perils
• jeopardies
• retentions
• endangerments
• imperilments

routs

3 of 3

verb

present tense third-person singular of rout

1

as in bombs

to defeat by a large margin

as expected, the professional team had no trouble routing the amateurs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bombs
• whips
• buries
• overcomes
• masters
• drubs
• upsets
• throws
• trounces
• wallops
• beats
• thrashes
• annihilates
• flattens
• clobbers
• tops
• smothers
• dusts
• pastes
• trims
• whomps
• whups
• conquers
• whaps
• overwhelms
• smokes
• takes
• skins
• tromps
• scores
• creams
• blows away
• dispatches
• surpasses
• shellacs
• sweeps
• whops
• skunks
• succeeds
• waxes
• exceeds
• destroys
• crushes
• subdues
• snows under
• beats the pants off
• bests
• runs rings around
• eats alive
• caps
• wipes the floor with
• vanquishes
• slaughters
• overthrows
• licks
• runs circles around
• wipes the ground with
• overpowers
• surmounts
• overtops
• overmatches
• finishes
• excels
• subjugates
• outdistances
• hurdles
• worsts
• overbears
• upends
• outdoes
• outstrips
• eclipses
• prevails (over)
• outshines
• transcends
• betters
• triumphs (over)
• wins (against)
• outfights
• knocks over
• edges (out)
• knocks off
• flourishes
• breaks
• noses out
• sinks
• pips
• aces (out)
• does in

2

as in outs

to drive or force out

the nation's ground and air forces quickly routed the would-be invaders

Synonyms & Similar Words

• outs
• chases
• ejects
• dismisses
• banishes
• expels
• ousts
• evicts
• boots (out)
• extrudes
• casts out
• removes
• bounces
• kicks out
• sacks
• turfs (out)
• fires
• turns out
• drums (out)
• runs off
• throws out
• exiles
• deports
• dispossesses
• ostracizes
• gives one the gate
• sends packing
• displaces
• axes
• reads out
• expatriates
• deforces
• shuts out
• terminates
• cans
• retires
• discharges
• releases
• musters out
• pink-slips
• cashiers
• defenestrates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• receives
• accepts
• takes
• admits
• welcomes
• takes in
• shelters
• houses
• harbors
• entertains
• lodges