Outsmarting

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An instance of somebody being outsmarted.

    "If I am five years old I perceive Bugs as a funny bunny with a unique voice and I appreciate his slapstick pie-in-the-face humor, especially his manipulations and outsmartings of Elmer Fudd, his arch nemesis."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of outsmart form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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outwitoutfoxoutfoxoutmaneuveroutwitbaffle

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"You may think that you are outsmarting the competition authorities but, in reality, you are doing harm to the consumer."

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