Thesaurus:exceed
English
[edit]Verb
[edit](transitive)
Sense: to be better than
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- bear away the bell (idiomatic, obsolete)
- best [⇒ thesaurus]
- better
- dwarf
- eclipse (figuratively)
- exceed
- excel [⇒ thesaurus]
- hold the cards (idiomatic)
- outclass
- outdo
- outmatch
- outperform
- outrival
- outrun
- outshadow
- outshine
- outstrip
- outvie
- overmatch
- overshadow
- pass (obsolete)
- prevail
- put to shame
- run away with (idiomatic)
- surpass
- top
- transcend [⇒ thesaurus]
- trump
- upstage
Antonyms
[edit]Hypernyms
[edit]- be unequal [⇒ thesaurus]
Further reading
[edit]- “33. superiority” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “exceed” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.