BEATER Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

beater

noun

ˈbē-tər

Definition of beater

as in crate

a dilapidated old automobile he drives a beater that just barely runs

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as in winner

one that defeats an enemy or opponent no one likes to see the beater of our team in the play-offs

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Recent Examples of beater In a large bowl, beat egg yolks with an electric mixer until thickened and lightened in color, and when lifted, the beaters leave a ribbon on the surface. — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Aug. 2026 Also, Indiana has won three of its last five games since playing New York last month, but those two losses were to the first-place Minnesota Lynx and the reigning WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces on a buzzer-beater in overtime. — Geoff Clark Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026 This time Edmund Conyers answered the door wearing a pair of Ban-Lon slacks, a wife-beater T-shirt, no shirt or tie. — Literary Hub, 24 July 2026 Game after game, with every buzzer-beater and highlight reel of assists, his legend grew. — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 24 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for beater

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Noun

The family member had retrieved Molano’s vehicle and found the five large crates of cinnamon rolls inside.

— Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
Also onboard is a new third mate named Angie (Annabelle Wallis), a last-minute substitute with a bouncy ponytail, and my least favorite plot device, a crate of human trafficking victims.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of crate

Noun

Excelling with Reichard, paired with his punting upside as the former Ray Guy Award winner at Georgia, pushed him over the hump.

— Alec Lewis, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
The winners of the competition received passes to attend the Worldcon and spent some time at the IEEE booth.

— Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of winner

Noun

The plot of the original YouTube series began to follow the Skibidi Toilets, a conqueror race armed with futuristic weaponry and an intention to colonize the galaxy.

— Kyle MacNeill, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2026
One stronghold after another has fallen to the ruthless conqueror Nobunaga Oda—often celebrated as the first great unifier of Japan but here cast as a largely offscreen mega-villain.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 July 2026

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