victorynoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈvɪk.tər.i/us/ˈvɪk.tɚ.i/B2 an occasion when you win a game, competition, election, war, etc. or the fact that you have won:
The Redskins opened the season by scoring a resounding/stunning/impressive 25–3 victory against/over Detroit.
Grant won/achieved/gained a comfortable/easy victory against/over Cooper in yesterday's match.
This result is a triumphant victory for democracy.
See also
Pyrrhic victory
Opposite
defeat
victory lap US UK lap of honour
a run around a track or sports field that is made by a winner of a race or a team that has won a game
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Winning and defeating
- annihilate
- bank
- be one in the eye for sb idiom
- beat sb at their own game idiom
- beat sb hollow idiom
- outmanoeuvre
- outpace
- outperform
- outscore
- overpower
- pip
- reel
- sew
- sweep
- trouncing
- trump
- unassailable
- unbeaten
- undefeated
- wipe
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Parts & stages of competitions
Idiom(s)
be a victory for common sense