outwit
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Outwit \Out*wit"\, v. t.
1. To surpass in wisdom, esp. in cunning.
[1913 Webster]
2. To defeat or gain an advantage over by superior craft or
cunning stratagems; as, the thief outwitted his pursuers
and left the country undetected.
[PJC]
They did so much outwit and outwealth us ! --Gauden.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
79 Moby Thesaurus words for "outwit":
bamboozle, befool, beguile, betray, bluff, cajole, cheat on,
circumvent, conjure, deceive, delude, diddle, double-cross, dupe,
elude, evade, foil, forestall, frustrate, gammon, get around,
get round, give the runaround, give the slip, go one better, gull,
have, hoax, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, hornswaggle, humbug, juggle,
let down, mock, outclass, outdo, outfigure, outflank, outfox,
outgeneral, outgo, outguess, outjump, outleap, outmaneuver,
outmarch, outpace, outperform, outplay, outpoint, outrange,
outreach, outride, outrival, outrun, outshine, outsmart, outstep,
outstrip, outvie, overjump, overleap, overmatch, overplay,
overreach, override, pass the buck, pigeon, play one false,
put something over, snow, stonewall, string along, take in, trick,
two-time, undo, victimize
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