outdumb

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verb

To surpass in dumbness; to be dumber than.

Opposite
outsmart
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Meanings

verboutdumb (third-person singular simple present outdumbs, present participle outdumbing, simple past and past participle outdumbed)

present singular third person outdumbs · participle present outdumbing · participle past outdumbed · past outdumbed

  1. transitiveTo surpass in dumbness; to be dumber than.

    Borowitz grabs readers by the ear and walks them through the stages of ignorance, […] to celebration (starring Donald J. Trump and, as Borowitz puts it, “wannabes like Ted Cruz and Ron DeSantis — who, despite being graduates of our nation’s finest universities, strenuously try to outdumb him).”

    2022 October 6, Elisabeth Egan, “Ignoramuses Are Gaining Ground, Andy Borowitz Warns”, in The New York Times

    Antonyms: outsmart

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo surpass in dumbness; to be dumber than.

Opposite
outsmart

Origin

From out- + dumb, by analogy with outsmart.

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APA

outdumb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outdumb

MLA

“outdumb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outdumb. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outdumb,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outdumb.

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