Thesaurus:exceed

Thesaurus

exceed

English

Verb

(transitive)

Sense: to be better than

Synonyms

• bear away the bell (idiomatic, obsolete)
• best    [⇒ thesaurus]
• better
• dwarf
• eclipse (figuratively)
• exceed
• excel
• 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

• come short    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• be unequal    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “33. superiority” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “exceed” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.