Bout
Bout noun - A competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize.
Usage example: undoubtedly the team's best wrestler, he hasn't lost a bout yet
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Synonyms for Bout
Match
Match noun - A competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize.
Usage example: a chess match
Bout is a synonym for match in contest topic. You can use "Bout" instead a noun "Match", if it concerns topics such as game, fight, competition, athletic event. popular alternative
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How words are described
| good | good bout | good match |
| special | special bout | special match |
| long | long bout | long match |
| normal | normal bout | normal match |
| Other adjectives: typical, friendly, fair, single, actual, entire, big, intense, bad, quick, famous, major, mixed, legendary, epic, next, last, said, impromptu, earlier, upcoming, semi-final. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Off the Rails: Any non-competition match or event was capable of turning into this at a moment's notice (such as this bout in the Seventh Wars All-Stars sideshow tournament).
Source: Series / Robot Wars - It's not known whether it was the planned ending (the bout is labelled as a "death match," whatever it means, in some records) or it turned somehow into a real fight.
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The first battle is a one-round fight and he's not too strong but in the second bout, the gloves come off and you take him to the full length of the match.
Source: Mini-Boss aka: Mid Boss
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Match and Bout. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bout/match
Bout & Match. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bout/match>.
Match or Bout. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bout/match.
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