outmatch

1. 1.

   be or do something to a greater degree

   “her performance surpasses that of any other student I know”

   “She outdoes all other athletes”

   “This exceeds all my expectations”

   “This car outperforms all others in its class”

   Synonymssurpassoutstripoutgoexceedoutdosurmountoutperform

   Broaderbeat

   Narroweroutwitoutgrowoutshoutoutroaroutsailoutdrawoutselloutpacebetteroutshine

Other forms of outmatch

past tense

outmatched·

present participle

outmatching·

third person

outmatches·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about outmatch

What does outmatch mean?

outmatch means "be or do something to a greater degree".

How many syllables are in outmatch?

outmatch has 2 syllables: out-match. The stress falls on "match".

What is another word for outmatch?

Close synonyms include surpass, outstrip, outgo, exceed, outdo. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is outmatch a common word?

outmatch is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.