Synonyms of bested

bested

verb

past tense of best

as in defeated

to achieve a victory over

at last she's bested her card-playing mother at the game of hearts

Synonyms & Similar Words

• defeated
• mastered
• overcame
• beat
• took
• conquered
• got
• dispatched
• stopped
• surmounted
• subdued
• succeeded
• overmatched
• won (against)
• licked
• prevailed (over)
• worsted
• got the better of
• upended
• trimmed
• triumphed (over)
• surpassed
• finished
• got around
• overwhelmed
• skunked
• swept
• excelled
• trounced
• exceeded
• buried
• did down
• scored
• topped
• crushed
• overbore
• slaughtered
• upset
• clobbered
• annihilated
• bettered
• whipped
• routed
• thrashed
• outstripped
• outdid
• vanquished
• pipped
• knocked for a loop
• outdistanced
• flattened
• eclipsed
• bombed
• flourished
• walloped
• overpowered
• capped
• outshone
• unseated
• shellacked
• blew out
• transcended
• creamed
• broke
• smoked
• skinned
• subjugated
• edged (out)
• blew away
• drubbed
• outshined
• overthrew
• waxed
• snowed under
• outfought
• knocked over
• nosed out
• overtopped
• knocked off
• aced (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lost (to)
• fell
• failed
• went down
• gave up
• collapsed
• folded
• went under
• washed out
• flopped
• flunked