outwit

Questions about outwit

What does outwit mean?

outwit means "beat through cleverness and wit".

How many syllables are in outwit?

outwit has 2 syllables: ou-twit. The stress falls on "ou". In IPA it is /ˈaʊˌtwɪt/.

What is another word for outwit?

Close synonyms include overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent. 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 outwit a common word?

outwit is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.