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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage |
| Synonyms: | ace in the hole, aid, ascendancy, asset, assistance, authority, avail, blessing, boon, break*, choice, comfort, convenience, dominance, edge, eminence, expediency, favor, gain, good, gratification, help, hold, improvement, influence, interest, lead, leeway, leg-up, leverage, luck, mastery, odds, position, power, pre-eminence, precedence, preference, prestige, prevalence, profit, protection, recognition, resources, return, sanction, starting, superiority, support, supremacy, trump card, upper hand, utility, wealth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | outdo a performance |
| Synonyms: | beat, best, better, button down, button up, can*, clinch, cob, complete, cover, crest, crown, do to a T, eclipse, exceed, excel, finish, outshine, outstrip, pass, put the lid on, surmount, surpass, top, top it off, transcend, trump, wrap up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discomfit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat, frustrate; confuse |
| Synonyms: | abash, annoy, baffle, balk, beat, bother, checkmate, confound, demoralize, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, disturb, embarrass, faze, fluster, foil, irk, outwit, overcome, perplex, perturb, prevent, rattle, ruffle, take aback, thwart, trump, unsettle, upset, vex, worry, worst |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yield |
| Main Entry: | fanfare |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cheering |
| Synonyms: | alarum, array, ballyhoo, demonstration, display, flourish, hullabaloo*, panoply, parade, pomp, shine, show, trump, trumpet call |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | precious stone; treasure |
| Synonyms: | bauble, glass*, hardware, jewel, jewelry, masterpiece, nonpareil, ornament, paragon, pearl, pick, prize, rock*, sparkler, stone, trump* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | paragon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outstanding example |
| Synonyms: | apotheosis, archetype, beau ideal, beauty, best, champ, champion, crackerjack*, cream*, criterion, cynosure, epitome, essence, exemplar, gem, ideal, jewel*, love, lovely, model, nonesuch, nonpareil, original, paradigm, pattern, peach, perfection, pick, prototype, quintessence, standard, sublimation, tops, trump*, ultimate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | surpass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | outdo something or someone |
| Synonyms: | beat, best, better, cap, eclipse, exceed, excel, go beyond, go one better, improve upon, outdistance, outgo, outmatch, outpace, outperform, outrank, outrival, outrun, outshine, outstep, outstrip, outweigh, override, overshadow, overstep, pass, put to shame, rank*, surmount, top, tower, tower above, transcend, trump* |
| Antonyms: | fail, fall behind, lose |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trump card |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | key advantage |
| Synonyms: | ace in the hole, ace up one's sleeve, card up one's sleeve, key resource, leg up, secret weapon, trump, upper hand, whip hand |
| Main Entry: | outmatch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surpass |
| Synonyms: | beat*, best, better, cap, eclipse, exceed, excel, go beyond, go one better, improve upon, outdistance, outdo, outgo, outpace, outperform, outrank, outrival, outrun, outshine, outstep, outstrip, outweigh, override, overshadow, overstep, pass, put to shame, rank*, surmount, top, tower, tower above, transcend, trump* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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