showdown

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈʃoʊˌdaʊn/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    A final confrontation or decisive contest between opposing parties, especially one that resolves a long-standing dispute.; In poker, the revealing of cards at the end of a hand to determine the winner.; A forced confrontation in which one party demands that another reveal their true position or intentions.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: showdowns 3rd sing.: showdowns Past: showdowned Past part.: showdowned Pres part.: showdowning

Collocations

final showdownshowdown withshowdown betweenhead-to-head showdownshowdown over

Synonyms

confrontationclashface-offduelbattlecontest

Antonyms

reconciliationagreement

Commonly confused

shutdown
EN: 'Shutdown' means a cessation of operations or closing down; 'showdown' means a decisive confrontation or final contest.
show-off
EN: 'Show-off' refers to a person who boasts or displays ostentatiously; 'showdown' is a decisive confrontation between opposing parties.

Spelling tips

EN: Write as one word ('showdown'), not two ('show down'), when used as a noun meaning a final confrontation.

💬 Examples

  1. The election was seen as a showdown between the two political ideologies.

  2. At the showdown, he revealed a full house and won the pot.

  3. The union called for a showdown with management over wages.