What are some alternative words for outsmart?
Synonyms for outsmart
ˌaʊtˈsmɑrt
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Princeton's WordNet
outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent(verb)
beat through cleverness and wit
"I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"
Synonyms:
baffle, exhaust, stupefy, elude, circumvent, stick, perplex, vanquish, get, mystify, outfox, fudge, flummox, beat, surround, outwit, tick, sidestep, hem in, nonplus, trounce, besiege, pulsate, drum, parry, beat up, bunk, dumbfound, tucker out, flap, duck, beat out, dodge, gravel, thump, evade, ticktack, put off, thrum, hedge, outmaneuver, ticktock, amaze, quiver, outmanoeuvre, pound, work over, puzzle, overreach, bewilder, crush, tucker, vex, beleaguer, wash up, skirt, pose, scramble, shelloutmaneuver, outmanoeuvre, outsmart(verb)
defeat by more skillful maneuvering
"The English troops outmaneuvered the Germans"; "My new supervisor knows how to outmaneuver the boss in most situations"
Synonyms:
overreach, outmanoeuvre, outmaneuver, circumvent, outfox, outwit, beat
Wiktionary
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#77 | get | |
#2851 | beat | |
#3387 | stick | |
#3616 | shell | |
#4626 | dodge | |
#4785 | puzzle | |
#4807 | drum | |
#4910 | pound | |
#6185 | skirt | |
#7123 | duck | |
#7393 | exhaust | |
#8297 | surround | |
#9747 | pose | |
#10852 | tick | |
#11033 | tucker | |
#11515 | hedge | |
#12398 | crush | |
#13072 | gravel | |
#14613 | flap | |
#17688 | fudge | |
#19709 | bunk | |
#21866 | parry | |
#24832 | scramble | |
#30103 | amaze | |
#33891 | circumvent | |
#35107 | sidestep | |
#35306 | evade | |
#36264 | thwart | |
#41205 | baffle | |
#41588 | thump | |
#43658 | quiver | |
#54523 | vex | |
#57646 | vanquish | |
#64306 | elude | |
#77925 | outwit | |
#94911 | outsmart | |
#95211 | perplex | |
#112496 | mystify | |
#141616 | besiege | |
#144808 | trounce | |
#158476 | overreach | |
#177091 | pulsate | |
#211488 | thrum | |
#224053 | bewilder | |
#246065 | outguess | |
#250539 | outmaneuver |
How to use outsmart in a sentence?
I think President Donald Trump is President Donald Trump and President Donald Trump was able to outsmart the smartest person ever to run for president, president Donald Trump figured out how to win by losing the election. How did that happen ? Historians are going to deal with this for years to come.
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