Meanings
verboutsmart (third-person singular simple present outsmarts, present participle outsmarting, simple past and past participle outsmarted)
present singular third person outsmarts · participle present outsmarting · participle past outsmarted · past outsmarted
- transitiveTo beat in a competition of wits.
Maldonado, who is in only his second season in Formula 1, won the Spanish Grand Prix after his team outsmarted Ferrari with pit-stop timing.
2012 May 13, Andrew Benson, “Williams's Pastor Maldonado takes landmark Spanish Grand Prix win”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 17 Feb 2021
Synonyms & antonyms
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verbbeat through cleverness and wit
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úd
- Proto-Germanic*ūt
- Proto-Germanic*ūt-
- Old Englishūt-
- Middle Englishut-
- Englishout-
- Englishsmart
- Englishoutsmart
Translations
Bulgarian надхитря́вам, надхитря́
- надхитря́вам (nadhitrjávam)beat in a competition of wits
- надхитря́ (nadhitrjá)beat in a competition of wits
Catalan ser més llest que algú
- ser més llest que algúbeat in a competition of wits
Chinese Mandarin 智勝 /智胜, 智取
- 智勝 /智胜 (zhìshèng)beat in a competition of wits
- 智取 (zhìqǔ)beat in a competition of wits
Czech přechytračit
- přechytračitbeat in a competition of wits
Dutch slimmer zijn dan
- slimmer zijn danbeat in a competition of wits
Esperanto superruzi
- superruzibeat in a competition of wits
Finnish olla ovelampi, päihittää oveluudessa
- olla ovelampibeat in a competition of wits
- päihittää oveluudessabeat in a competition of wits
French être plus malin que, se montrer plus malin que
- être plus malin quebeat in a competition of wits
- se montrer plus malin quebeat in a competition of wits
German überlisten
- überlistenbeat in a competition of wits
Greek ξεγελώ
- ξεγελώ (xegeló)beat in a competition of wits
Hungarian túljár az eszén
- túljár az eszénbeat in a competition of wits
Māori rorerau, whakawareware
- roreraubeat in a competition of wits
- whakawarewarebeat in a competition of wits
Polish przechytrzać, przechytrzyć
- przechytrzaćbeat in a competition of wits
- przechytrzyćbeat in a competition of wits
Portuguese ser mais esperto que
- ser mais esperto quebeat in a competition of wits
Russian перехитри́ть
- перехитри́ть (perexitrítʹ)beat in a competition of wits
Spanish burlar, ser más listo que
- burlarbeat in a competition of wits
- ser más listo quebeat in a competition of wits
- superar en inteligenciabeat in a competition of wits
Swedish överlista
- överlistabeat in a competition of wits
Turkish hakkından gelmek
- hakkından gelmekbeat in a competition of wits
Ukrainian перехитро́вувати, перехитрува́ти
- перехитро́вувати (perexytróvuvaty)beat in a competition of wits
- перехитрува́ти (perexytruváty)beat in a competition of wits
- перехитри́ти (perexytrýty)beat in a competition of wits
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with outsmart
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APA
outsmart. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outsmart
MLA
“outsmart.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outsmart. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outsmart,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outsmart.
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