threepeats
Hat tricks, sports-style
Threepeat is winning a championship three years in a row.
The word blends three and repeat, coined during the Chicago Bulls' basketball dynasty of the 1990s.
It appears as both noun and verb: The Lakers threepeated in 2002.
The plural threepeats refers to multiple instances of such achievements: Only a handful of NBA teams have managed threepeats.
Competition for top rank
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- back-to-back-to-backThree successive occurrences
- playoffsChampionship elimination series
- finalsConcluding tests or matches
consecutive · series · tournament · sweep · clinch · decider · pennant · Lakers
Three successes consecutively
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
- featRemarkable act of skill
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
- accomplishmentSuccessful completion of aim
success · breakthrough · masterstroke · coup · completion · fruition · trifecta · record-setting
Successive family rulers
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- supremacyHighest rank or power
- ascendancyDominant power or influence
- predominanceSuperior influence or control
mastery · preeminence · stranglehold · juggernaut · powerhouse · reign · unbeatable · unstoppable
Successive family rulers
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- prestigeReputation commanding admiration
reputation · hallmark · benchmark · iconic · timeless · monumental · epic · classic
Seldom occurring or found
- infrequentHappening only occasionally
- seldomOn few occasions
- extraordinaryBeyond what's typical
- exceptionalNotably above the norm
singular · anomalous · elusive · unprecedented · improbable · remarkable · historic
championship
Competition for top rank
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- back-to-back-to-backThree successive occurrences
- playoffsChampionship elimination series
finals · consecutive · series · tournament · sweep · clinch · decider · pennant · Lakers · Bulls
hat-trick
Three successes consecutively
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
- featRemarkable act of skill
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
accomplishment · success · breakthrough · masterstroke · coup · completion · fruition · trifecta · record-setting · historic
dynasty
Successive family rulers
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- supremacyHighest rank or power
- ascendancyDominant power or influence
predominance · mastery · preeminence · stranglehold · juggernaut · powerhouse · reign · unbeatable · unstoppable · untouchable
dynasty
Successive family rulers
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- lineageDescent from progenitors
prestige · reputation · hallmark · benchmark · iconic · timeless · monumental · epic · classic · legendary
uncommon
Seldom occurring or found
- infrequentHappening only occasionally
- seldomOn few occasions
- extraordinaryBeyond what's typical
exceptional · singular · anomalous · elusive · unprecedented · improbable · remarkable · historic
threepeatsone-and-done
Occurring just once
dethroned · upset · back-to-back · repeats · losing streak
threepeatscellar dweller
Perennial last-place finisher
winless · titleless · championship drought · futility · also-ran