surpassing
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Surpass \Sur*pass"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surpassed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Surpassing}.] [F. surpasser; sur over + passer to
pass. See {Sur-}, and {Pass}.]
To go beyond in anything good or bad; to perform (an
activity) better than; to exceed; to excel.
[1913 Webster]
This would surpass
Common revenge and interrupt his joy. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: To exceed; excel; outdo; outstrip.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
108 Moby Thesaurus words for "surpassing":
a cut above, above, absolute, ahead, arrant, ascendant, best,
better, capping, champion, choice, chosen, classical, complete,
consummate, crass, decided, definitive, distinguished, downright,
eclipsing, egregious, elect, elite, eminent, enormous, exceeding,
excellent, excelling, excessive, extraordinary, finer, flagrant,
for the best, glaring, great, greater, greatest, gross, handpicked,
higher, in ascendancy, in the ascendant, incomparable, intolerable,
major, marked, matchless, of choice, one up on, optimal, optimum,
out-and-out, outright, outstanding, over, paramount, peerless,
perfect, picked, positive, precious, preeminent, prime, prize,
profound, pronounced, proper, quintessential, rank, rare, regular,
rivaling, select, shattering, shocking, stark, stark-staring,
super, superior, superlative, supreme, the veriest, thorough,
thoroughgoing, topping, total, towering, transcendent,
transcendental, transcending, ultimate, unbearable, unconscionable,
undeniable, unequivocal, unmatchable, unmatched, unmitigated,
unparalleled, unqualified, unrelieved, unspoiled, unsurpassable,
unsurpassed, upper, utter, very best
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