Surpass

/sɚˈpæs/

Synonyms for "surpass" (234 found)

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Closest matches (47)

Verb(21 words)

exceed outdo outperform outstrip beat beaten best bested bettered broke conquered defied defies dominates exceeded exceeds excel excelled excelling excels

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Noun(12 words)

aces beating besting bests bettering bettersbreak throughcracking ceilingdefying edge exceeding gain

bang beat best better cap cob ding distance eclipse exceed excelget ahead ofgo beyondgo one better

Strong matches (70)

Verb(38 words)

go pastlapped leapfrogged outbalance outbalanced outbalances outbids outclassed outclasses outcompete outdid outdistanced outdistances outdoes outdone outflank outflanked outgo outgrew outgrow

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outgrown outgrows outlasts outmaneuvers outmarch outmatch outnumber outnumbered outnumbers outpaced outperformed outperforms outplayed outplays outran outranked outranks outreached

hold the fieldimproveimprove onleadleave behindoutclass outdistance outdo outgo outmatch outpace outperform outpoint outrange outrank outrival outrun

Noun(15 words)

lead leapfrog leapfrogsmore recordmost beatoutbidding outclassing outdistancing outfields outgrowing outnumbering outperforming outplay outplaying outranking

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Noun(29 words)

outrunning outruns outs outshining outsizes outstretches outstripping overachieving overpasses overrides overrunning overshooting overshoots overshot overtakes overtakingrecord verbrose above waterthanttop figure

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top total gradetopping tops towers trounces trouncing trumping trumps upstage

Verb(48 words)

outscore outsell outselling outsells outshined outshines outshone outstripped outstrips outstript outvoted outwears outweighed outweighs outwit outwitted overachieve overachieved overachieves overextends

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overperform overran overstepped overtake overtaken overtook overwhelm passpass bypassed preponderates preponderatingrise above watershatter smashedstand outsurmount surmountstake overtranscend transcended transcending transcends transgress transgressed transgressestravel bytrumped

outshine outstep outstrip outtop outvie outweigh overbalance overbear overcome overpass overreach overrun overshadow overshootovershoot the markoverstep overtop pass perfect predominate

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preponderate prevailprevail overput to shamerank shade shame shineshoot aheadshoot ahead ofsteal a marchstrain toptower abovetower overtranscend trump worst

Adjective(2 words)

shatteredtop exemplar label

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22 entries

agree check comparison competition correspond defeat differ exceed fitget the better ofgibe gogo beyondjibe locomote match

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6 entries

beat best excel outdo outperform outstrip

Collocations

5 entries

surpass expectationssurpass forecastssurpass limitssurpass recordssurpass rivals

Inflections

3 entries

surpassed surpasses surpassing

Derivations

8 entries

surpassability surpassablesurpassable?surpassed?surpassersurpassing?surpassingly surpassment

Sample sentences

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If Spenser doesn't keep adding and translating sentences, the other contributors will surely surpass him.

Source: tatoeba (1950)

Nobody can surpass him.

Source: tatoeba (276656)

Christopher Columbus's secret love letters to Queen Isabella - undiscovered for centuries - have been rumored to rival, if not surpass, the Kama Sutra.

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The reason the Northern and Southern Dynasties had failed in their rule was that they allowed literary splendor to surpass real substance.

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