Antonyms for surpass
sərˈpæs, -ˈpɑssur·pass

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1. surpass

   Strike is the word for a single blow; to beat is to strike repeatedly, as a bird beats the air with its wings. Others of the above words describe the manner of beating, as bastinado, to beat on the soles of the feet; belabor, to inflict a comprehensive and exhaustive beating; cudgel, to beat with a stick; thrash, as wheat was beaten out with the old hand-flail; to pound (akin to Latin pondus, a weight) is to beat with a heavy, and pommel with a blunt, instrument. To batter and to bruise refer to the results of beating; that is battered which is broken or defaced by repeated blows on the surface (compare synonyms for SHATTER); that is bruised which has suffered even one severe contusion. The metaphorical sense of beat, however, so far preponderates that one may be very badly bruised and battered, and yet not be said to be beaten, unless he has got the worst of the beating. To beat a combatant is to disable or dishearten him for further fighting. Hence beat becomes the synonym for every word which implies getting the advantage of another. Compare CONQUER.

   Almost all antonyms in this class are passive, and can be formed indefinitely from the conquering words by the use of the auxiliary be; as, be beaten, be defeated, be conquered, etc.

   Antonyms:
   fail, fall, get the worst of, go down, go under, surrender

   Synonyms:
   bastinado, batter, beat, belabor, bruise, castigate, chastise, conquer, cudgel, defeat, flog, overcome, pommel, pound, scourge, smite, spank, strike, switch, thrash, vanquish, whip, worst

   Preposition:
   Beat with a stick over the head; beat by a trick; out of town; beat to the ground; into submission.

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1. surpass

   Antonyms:
   fail, foil, equal

   Synonyms:
   eclipse, outvie, excel, outstrip, exceed, outdo, outstep, surmount, transcend

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1. • Beat
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1. excel, stand out, surpassverb

   distinguish oneself

   "She excelled in math"

   Synonyms:
   surmount, outmatch, exceed, outgo, go past, outperform, travel by, leap out, stick out, pass, excel, stand out, jump out, outstrip, transcend, go by, pass by, outdo, jump

2. surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperformverb

   be or do something to a greater degree

   "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"

   Synonyms:
   go past, surmount, outstrip, outmatch, master, outflank, exceed, overcome, scoop, outgo, go by, get over, distance, outperform, travel by, overstep, top, excel, stand out, best, transcend, pass, scale, outdistance, trump, pass by, outdo, subdue

3. travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, passverb

   move past

   "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other"

   Synonyms:
   run, perish, elapse, go past, make pass, lead, top, put across, go by, draw, evanesce, occur, die, outmatch, snuff it, excrete, turn over, pass away, outstrip, spend, slide by, go, hand, outperform, legislate, happen, egest, exceed, return, slip away, drop dead, overstep, surmount, transcend, make it, authorize, pop off, fleet, outdo, stand out, devolve, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, give, fall out, hap, slip by, go on, sink, eliminate, croak, lapse, fade, pass off, give-up the ghost, blow over, take place, expire, overhaul, go through, reach, communicate, go under, come about, choke, pass by, go across, overtake, glide by, extend, decease, excel, fall, pass, clear, exit, conk, travel by, buy the farm, pass along, authorise, go along, guide, outgo, pass on

4. exceed, transcend, surpassverb

   be greater in scope or size than some standard

   "Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds"

   Synonyms:
   surmount, outstrip, outmatch, exceed, outgo, go by, travel by, outperform, stand out, overstep, top, excel, go past, transcend, pass, pass by, outdo

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1. surpassverb

   Synonyms:
   excel, exceed, outdo, outstrip, transcend

How to use surpass in a sentence?

1. Shah Asad Rizvi:

   Transcend the terrestrial, surpass the celestial, from nature’s hands when you receive the sublime pleasures of dance

2. Mg:

   I'm a human and I placed my trust! Yet all I receive from you is bloody, money lust! Maybe you think you creeped and cheated, Yet, you just lost the one who supported. I maybe agonising for trusting you! Trust me, I shall see more gruesome pain in you. Money is a bitch which you're holding now! But, I have enjoyed it so much, you'd should take bow! Not one day, it takes a moment to for me to surpass you! I'd enjoy it, while I see you in the streets of blue!

3. State John Kerry:

   I think everybody understands that we're not going to be able to do enough under any circumstances that if Russia decides to match it and surpass it they're going to be able to do that, everybody knows that including [Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko].

4. Eliud Kipchoge:

   This would really surpass everything because this will go in the history as far as the human family is concerned, it is not about recognition or ratification but to make history and to pass on a message that no human is limited. Running the fastest-ever marathon of 2:00.25 was the proudest moment of my career.

5. Border Patrol:

   We are geared up to surpass last year's heat-related deaths and the summer is just beginning, the demographics of the illegal aliens we are apprehending, the family units, the unaccompanied children, they're a lot more vulnerable.

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