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

1 sense of lost cause

Sense 1
lost cause -- (a defeated cause or a cause for which defeat is inevitable)
       => campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort -- (a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort")