score

The word “score” has 1 syllable: score

It's pronounced as /skɔːr/


What is synonym and antonym for score?

In the thesaurus, “score” has 156 synonyms and 14 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for score along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for score

Antonyms for score

Meanings of score

  • noun
    1. The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
    2. The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.
    3. The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.
    4. Twenty, 20 (number).
    5. A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.
    6. A weight of twenty pounds.
    7. The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts below each other.
    8. The music of a movie or play.
    9. Subject.
    10. Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
    11. A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
    12. An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; debt.
    13. A criminal act, especially:.
    14. A sexual conquest.
  • verb
    1. To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.
    2. To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.
    3. To obtain something desired.
    4. To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.
  • interjection
    1. Acknowledgement of success.

Example Sentences

  • She got a perfect score on the math test.
  • The final score was tied at 2–2 after overtime.
  • He managed to score the winning goal in the last minute.
  • The critic gave the film a low score for its weak plot.
  • She checked her credit score before applying for the loan.

On this page you'll find 170 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to score, such as: abrade, abuse, achieve, acquire, admonish, animosity, antagonism.

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earful

  • account
  • admonishment
  • admonition
  • adumbration
  • advice
  • affliction
  • ammo
  • announcement
  • apocalypse
  • argument
  • avalanche
  • babble
  • back-fence talk
  • barrage
  • bawling-out
  • berating
  • betrayal
  • blame
  • blather
  • blether
  • blitz
  • blitzkrieg
  • blow-by-blow
  • bombardment
  • break
  • breeze
  • broadcasting
  • broadside
  • bruit
  • bulletin
  • burst
  • buzz
  • calumny
  • canard
  • cannonade
  • cannonball
  • castigation
  • cataclysm
  • cataract
  • censure
  • chapter and verse
  • chat
  • chatter
  • chewing-out
  • chiding
  • chitchat
  • chronicle
  • clothesline
  • clue
  • colloquy
  • comeuppance
  • comment
  • communication
  • conclave
  • condemnation
  • confabulation
  • conference
  • confidence
  • consultation
  • conversation
  • correction
  • counsel
  • cry
  • cue
  • current
  • data
  • defamation
  • deliberation
  • deluge
  • dialogue
  • directive
  • dirt
  • dirty laundry
  • dirty linen
  • dirty wash
  • disapproval
  • discharge
  • discovery
  • dispatch
  • display
  • divination
  • divulgement
  • dope
  • dossier
  • dressing-down
  • drumbeat
  • drumfire
  • encounter
  • engulfment
  • enlightenment
  • epiphany
  • epistle
  • erudition
  • excess
  • exhibition
  • exposition
  • expostulation
  • exposure
  • eye-opener
  • eyeball-to-eyeball
  • fabrication
  • falsehood
  • fame
  • fiction
  • flash
  • flood
  • flood tide
  • flurry
  • flush
  • foreshadowing
  • fusillade
  • glut
  • going-over
  • gossip
  • gossipry
  • grapevine
  • gush
  • hail
  • hard time
  • hash
  • hearsay
  • hoax
  • huddle
  • idle talk
  • illumination
  • info
  • information
  • injury
  • innuendo
  • inside story
  • inspiration
  • instruction
  • intelligence
  • interlocution
  • interview
  • intimation
  • inundation
  • invention
  • kick in the teeth
  • knowledge
  • leak
  • learning
  • lecture
  • lesson
  • letter
  • lie
  • lightning bolt
  • lore
  • lowdown
  • malicious talk
  • manifestation
  • material
  • meddling
  • meeting
  • memo
  • memorandum
  • message
  • missive
  • murmur
  • negotiation
  • network
  • news
  • note
  • notice
  • notification
  • notoriety
  • objurgation
  • oracle
  • orientation
  • ostracism
  • outburst
  • outflow
  • outpouring
  • overabundance
  • overage
  • overflow
  • overkill
  • overmuch
  • oversupply
  • palaver
  • paper
  • parlance
  • parley
  • prate
  • prating
  • prattle
  • proclamation
  • propaganda
  • prophecy
  • publication
  • punishment
  • put down
  • rap
  • rash
  • rating
  • rebuff
  • refusal
  • remonstrance
  • report
  • reprehension
  • reproach
  • reproof
  • reproval
  • repulse
  • repute
  • river
  • row
  • rumble
  • rumor
  • salvo
  • scandal
  • science
  • scolding
  • scoop
  • score
  • scuttlebutt
  • seminar
  • shower
  • showing
  • sign
  • slander
  • slap in the face
  • small talk
  • snub
  • spate
  • speech
  • spiel
  • storm
  • story
  • straight talk
  • stream
  • suggestion
  • superabundance
  • superfluity
  • supposition
  • surfeit
  • surge
  • surplus
  • symposium
  • tale
  • talk
  • talking-to
  • tattle
  • telling-off
  • the latest
  • tide
  • tidings
  • tip
  • tittle-tattle
  • tongue-lashing
  • torrent
  • uncovering
  • unearthing
  • unveiling
  • upbraiding
  • ventilation
  • vision
  • visit
  • volley
  • whisper
  • whispering
  • whispering campaign
  • whole story
  • wire
  • wisdom
  • word

earn

eat alive

  • annihilate
  • beat
  • beat the pants off
  • best
  • better
  • blow away
  • bomb
  • break
  • bury
  • cap
  • clobber
  • conquer
  • cream
  • crush
  • destroy
  • dispatch
  • do in
  • drub
  • dust
  • eclipse
  • exceed
  • excel
  • finish
  • flatten
  • flourish
  • hurdle
  • knock off
  • knock over
  • lick
  • master
  • nose out
  • outdistance
  • outdo
  • outfight
  • outshine
  • outstrip
  • overbear
  • overcome
  • overmatch
  • overpower
  • overthrow
  • overtop
  • overwhelm
  • paste
  • pip
  • rout
  • run circles around
  • run rings around
  • score
  • shellac
  • sink
  • skin
  • skunk
  • slaughter
  • smoke
  • smother
  • snow under
  • subdue
  • subjugate
  • succeed
  • surmount
  • surpass
  • sweep
  • take
  • thrash
  • throw
  • top
  • transcend
  • trim
  • tromp
  • trounce
  • upend
  • upset
  • vanquish
  • wallop
  • wax
  • whap
  • whip
  • whomp
  • whop
  • whup
  • wipe the floor with
  • wipe the ground with
  • worst

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