Word Study
outsmart
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb outsmart has 2 senses
- outsmart(v = verb.competition) beat, circumvent, outfox, outwit, overreach - beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors" is one way to exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass
- outsmart(v = verb.competition) outmaneuver, outmanoeuvre - defeat by more skillful maneuvering; "The English troops outmaneuvered the Germans"; "My new supervisor knows how to outmaneuver the boss in most situations" is one way to best, outdo, outflank, scoop, trump
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot outsmart Sue
Sample sentence:
The fighter managed to outsmart his opponent
THESAURUS
outsmart
bamboozle, beguile, betray, bluff, cajole, cheat, cheat on, circumvent, con, conjure, cozen, deceive, defraud, delude, diddle, double-cross, dupe, elude, evade, foil, fool, forestall, frustrate, gammon, get around, get round, give the runaround, give the slip, go one better, gull, hoax, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, hornswaggle, humbug, juggle, let down, mock, outfigure, outflank, outfox, outgeneral, outguess, outmaneuver, outplay, outreach, outwit, overreach, pass the buck, pigeon, play one false, put something over, snow, stonewall, string along, swindle, take in, trick, two-time, undo, victimize
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