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Definition of Outmatch
1. Verb. Be or do something to a greater degree. "Sam cannot outmatch Sue "; "This car outperforms all others in its class"
Generic synonyms: Beat, Beat Out, Crush, Shell, Trounce, Vanquish
Specialized synonyms: Beat, Circumvent, Outfox, Outsmart, Outwit, Overreach, Outgrow, Outcry, Outshout, Outroar, Outsail, Outdraw, Outsell, Outsell, Outpace, Better, Break, Outshine, Outrange, Outweigh, Outbrave, Out-herod, Outfox, Shame, Outmarch, Outwear
Derivative terms: Excessive
Definition of Outmatch
1. Verb. (transitive) to surpass or be better than something or someone else ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outmatch
1. to outdo [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: outdo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outmatch
Literary usage of Outmatch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cloud by Sartell Prentice (1918)
"... such a consecration of life to all for which that flag stands as shall produce
a devotion and loyalty that shall outmatch the best that Germany can do. ..."
2. My Farm of Edgewood: A Country Book by Donald Grant Mitchell (1884)
"... if a shrewd observer, outmatch him in a corn crop, — outmatch him in pork, —
outmatch him in everything, if the year's balance were struck and shown. ..."
3. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1895)
"And I have chosen as the lion robbed Chooses to turn upon the ravisher. If love
were slack, the Prior's imperious will Would move it to outmatch him. ..."
4. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1912)
"The hero shows himself a man, capable of courage in peril and crisis, able to
outwit and outmatch a Russian prince At the end—well, the story ends as all ..."
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