Basic Details
Word: Victorious
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Having won a battle, game or competition.
Synonyms: triumphant, winning, successful, conquering
Antonyms: defeated, beaten, losing
How to Spell Victorious
Syllables: vic - to - ri - ous
Tricky part: Victory changes its y to i before -ous, so the end is -rious. Students write victorous, dropping the i, or victoreous.
Watch out for: victorous, victorius, victoreous
Memory tip: Victory + ous: the y bends into an i, just as glory becomes glorious.
Usage Examples
Example 1: The victorious team carried their captain around the ground.
Example 2: Ashoka was victorious at Kalinga, but the bloodshed changed him.
Example 3: After three rounds, Priya emerged victorious in the inter-school debate.
Fun Fact
The Greeks had a goddess of victory called Nike. The Romans worshipped her too, under the name Victoria.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Only one of these words takes the suffix -ious to make a real word. Choose it:
-ious
a) victory
b) defeat
c) triumph
d) success
Show answer
a) victory. Drop the y of victory and add -ious, as glory gives glorious; success, defeat and triumph take other endings, such as successful and triumphant.
Mingle-Mangle
Rearrange the jumbled letters in the sentence to form the right word:
The roicstiuov army marched back into the capital to loud cheers from the crowd.
a) victorious
b) victories
c) vicarious
d) notorious
Show answer
a) victorious. Notorious needs an n and vicarious an a, while victories has an e; the jumble holds two o's and a u.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word victorious as used in the sentence:
Our school was victorious in the relay, but we finished last in the long jump by a few centimetres.
a) defeated
b) triumphant
c) winning
d) successful
Show answer
a) defeated. Winning the relay is the reverse of being defeated in it.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which headline is about a victorious team?
a) Captain injured during morning training
b) Match called off because of heavy rain
c) India lifts the trophy after a thrilling final
d) Team knocked out in the first round
Show answer
c) India lifts the trophy after a thrilling final
2. A victorious general is one who has ____.
a) lost the war
b) run out of food
c) left the army
d) won the battle
Show answer
d) won the battle
