outrival

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verb

To outperform; to outdo.

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outvie
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Meanings

verboutrival (third-person singular simple present outrivals, present participle (US) outrivaling or (UK) outrivalling, simple past and past participle (US) outrivaled or (UK) outrivalled)

present singular third person outrivals · US participle present outrivaling · UK participle present outrivalling · US participle past outrivaled · US past outrivaled · UK participle past outrivalled · UK past outrivalled

  1. transitiveTo outperform; to outdo.

    I learned the first two tenses of the verb Être, and sketched my first cottage (whose walls, by-the-by, outrivalled in slope those of the leaning tower of Pisa) on the same day.

    1847, Charlotte Brontë, chapter VIII, in Jane Eyre

Synonyms & antonyms

verbbe more of a rival than

Similar
outvie
Broader
rival
Also see
exceedexceloutvietop

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From out- + rival.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with outrival

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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