Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun waterloo

3 senses of waterloo

Sense 1
Waterloo -- (a town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat)
       INSTANCE OF=> town -- (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work")

Sense 2
waterloo -- (a final crushing defeat; "he met his waterloo")
       => defeat, licking -- (an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking")

Sense 3
Waterloo, Battle of Waterloo -- (the battle on 18 June 1815 in which Prussian and British forces under Blucher and the Duke of Wellington routed the French forces under Napoleon)
       INSTANCE OF=> pitched battle -- (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)