Tom didn't expect that Mary would outsmart him.
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Outsmart
//aʊtˈsmɑː(ɹ)t//
Synonyms for "outsmart" (88 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (44)
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Translations
30 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- надхитря́ verb (beat in a competition of wits)
- надхитря́вам verb (beat in a competition of wits)
Catalan
1 entries- ser més llest que algú verb (beat in a competition of wits)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 智勝 /智胜 verb (beat in a competition of wits)
- 智取 verb (beat in a competition of wits)
Czech
1 entries- přechytračit verb (beat in a competition of wits)
Dutch
1 entries- slimmer zijn dan verb (beat in a competition of wits)
Esperanto
1 entries- superruzi verb (beat in a competition of wits)
Finnish
2 entries- olla ovelampi verb (beat in a competition of wits)
- päihittää oveluudessa verb (beat in a competition of wits)
French
2 entries- se montrer plus malin que verb (beat in a competition of wits)
- être plus malin que verb (beat in a competition of wits)
Georgian
2 entries- ჭკუაში მოტყუება verb (beat in a competition of wits)
- ხერხში ჯობნა verb (beat in a competition of wits)
German
1 entries- überlisten verb (beat in a competition of wits)
Greek
1 entries- ξεγελώ verb (beat in a competition of wits)
Hungarian
1 entries- túljár az eszén verb (beat in a competition of wits)
Māori
2 entries- rorerau verb (beat in a competition of wits)
- whakawareware verb (beat in a competition of wits)
Polish
1 entries- przechytrzyć verb (beat in a competition of wits)
Portuguese
1 entries- ser mais esperto que verb (beat in a competition of wits)
Russian
1 entries- перехитри́ть verb (beat in a competition of wits)
Spanish
3 entries- burlar verb (beat in a competition of wits)
- ser más listo que verb (beat in a competition of wits)
- superar en inteligencia verb (beat in a competition of wits)
Swedish
1 entries- överlista verb (beat in a competition of wits)
Turkish
1 entries- hakkından gelmek verb (beat in a competition of wits)
Ukrainian
3 entries- перехитри́ти verb (beat in a competition of wits)
- перехитро́вувати verb (beat in a competition of wits)
- перехитрува́ти verb (beat in a competition of wits)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
You cannot outsmart destiny.
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I didn't expect Tom to outsmart me.
Source: tatoeba (6246470)
Sami thought he could outsmart the police.
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