outsmart
v 1: beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She
outfoxed her competitors" [syn: outwit, overreach, outfox,
beat, circumvent]
2: defeat by more skillful maneuvering; "The English troops
putmaneuvered the Germans"; "My new superviser knows how
to outmaneuver the boss in most situations" [syn: outmaneuver,
outmanoeuvre]
WordNet (r) 2.0
61 Moby Thesaurus words for "outsmart":
bamboozle, beguile, betray, bluff, cajole, cheat, cheat on,
circumvent, con, conjure, cozen, deceive, defraud, delude, diddle,
double-cross, dupe, elude, evade, foil, fool, forestall, frustrate,
gammon, get around, get round, give the runaround, give the slip,
go one better, gull, hoax, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, hornswaggle,
humbug, juggle, let down, mock, outfigure, outflank, outfox,
outgeneral, outguess, outmaneuver, outplay, outreach, outwit,
overreach, pass the buck, pigeon, play one false,
put something over, snow, stonewall, string along, swindle,
take in, trick, two-time, undo, victimize
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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