outsmarts

VERB

get the better of; figure out before another

Synonyms

WEAK

baffle bamboozle beat bewilder cap cheat circumvent con confuse deceive defeat defraud dupe end-run fake out finagle fox goose gull have hoax hoodwink lead astray make a fool of make a monkey of mislead outdo outfox outgeneral outguess outjockey outmaneuver outthink overreach pull a fast one on put one over on run circles around swindle take in top trick worst

VERB

outwit

Synonyms

STRONGEST

baffle bamboozle circumvent deceive outdo outfox outmaneuver

STRONG

beat bewilder cap cheat con confuse defeat defraud dupe finagle fox goose gull have hoax hoodwink mislead outgeneral outguess overreach swindle top trick worst

WEAK

end run fake out figure out juke lead astray outjockey outthink take in

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aid assist be honest help

STRONG

clear up explain give guard lose protect surrender

Example Sentences

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If like the sun each star of heaven outshining, She conquers and outsoars our soaring thought, This bids thee rate her worth at its real price.

From Sonnets by Symonds, John Addington

Love's religion comprehends each creed and sect, Love flies straight to God, and outsoars intellect.

From Mystics and Saints of Islam by Field, Claud

It outsoars in vital force, in elegance of form, the dome of the Pantheon and the dome of Brunelleschi, upon which it was actually modelled.

From The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti by Symonds, John Addington

He outsoars them all and includes them all.

From Mysticism in English Literature by Spurgeon, Caroline F. E.

He now had to learn the bitter knowledge of the trials which beset a President whose vision outsoars that of the practical rulers of his party.

From Theodore Roosevelt; an Intimate Biography by Thayer, William Roscoe