outmatch

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UK/ˌaʊtˈmætʃ/Australia/ˌæɔtˈmætʃ/US/ˌaʊtˈmæt͡ʃ/

verb

To surpass or be better than something or someone else.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

verboutmatch (third-person singular simple present outmatches, present participle outmatching, simple past and past participle outmatched)

present singular third person outmatches · participle present outmatching · participle past outmatched · past outmatched

  1. transitiveTo surpass or be better than something or someone else.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbbe or do something to a greater degree

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úd
  2. Proto-Germanic*ūt
  3. Proto-Germanic*ūt-
  4. Old Englishūt-
  5. Middle Englishut-
  6. Englishout-
  7. Englishmatch
  8. Englishoutmatch

From out- + match.

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Translations

Finnish päihittää, voittaa
  • päihittääsurpass
  • voittaasurpass
French surpasser
  • surpassersurpass
Polish przewyższać, przewyższyć
  • przewyższaćsurpass
  • przewyższyćsurpass
Spanish sobrepujar, sobreexceder
  • sobrepujarsurpass
  • sobreexcedersurpass
  • tener la superioridadsurpass
  • aventajarsurpass
  • llevar la ventajasurpass
  • ser mejor quesurpass
  • desempatarsurpass
  • llevar en la balastrasurpass

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with outmatch

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Cite this entry
APA

outmatch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outmatch

MLA

“outmatch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outmatch. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outmatch,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outmatch.

Source: outmatch on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.