Synonyms of besting

besting

verb

present participle of best

as in defeating

to achieve a victory over

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• defeating
• overcoming
• mastering
• beating
• taking
• conquering
• dispatching
• getting
• stopping
• surmounting
• subduing
• worsting
• prevailing (over)
• upending
• licking
• succeeding
• winning (against)
• overmatching
• surpassing
• overbearing
• getting the better of
• trimming
• triumphing (over)
• getting around
• doing down
• finishing
• skunking
• overwhelming
• exceeding
• burying
• crushing
• excelling
• trouncing
• sweeping
• slaughtering
• topping
• scoring
• clobbering
• outdoing
• upsetting
• annihilating
• knocking for a loop
• eclipsing
• outdistancing
• vanquishing
• outstripping
• whipping
• flattening
• unseating
• bettering
• outshining
• capping
• pipping
• blowing out
• routing
• thrashing
• edging (out)
• subjugating
• creaming
• walloping
• blowing away
• bombing
• shellacking
• transcending
• breaking
• overthrowing
• nosing out
• drubbing
• skinning
• overpowering
• flourishing
• waxing
• smoking
• knocking over
• outfighting
• knocking off
• snowing under
• overtopping
• acing (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losing (to)
• falling
• going down
• failing
• giving up
• collapsing
• going under
• folding
• flopping
• flunking
• washing out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of besting

Miami hit 96 Thursday afternoon, besting the previous 95 degree record set in 2015. — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026

Banks scored from seven of the shooting zones during the two rounds, besting six from Delle Donne and four from Shakira Austin. — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 28 July 2026

And by exceeding expectations so spectacularly on nomination morning, Widow’s Bay seized the thrust in the comedy category despite Hacks’s superior nomination count (24 nominations, besting its previous high of 17 nominations in 2022). — Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 July 2026

Financial markets have noticed, and CPU incumbents AMD and Intel are among the two best-performing chip stocks so far in 2026, up 128% and 149% respectively, besting Nvidia’s rise of 8%. — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 21 July 2026

This was a record turnaround among SpaceX launches from Space Coast launch pads at 2 hours and 54 minutes besting October’s double launch that saw a Falcon 9 launch at CCSFS just eight hours, 42 minutes after a Falcon Heavy launch at KSC. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 July 2026

Trump ripped up that deal in 2018 and has been obsessed with besting it with his own. — Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026

Beaten by Evert in the 1975 Wimbledon semifinals, Navratilova turned the tide, besting Evert in the tournament in '78 and '79. — Eileen Finan, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026

The three-game series had a season-high attendance of 105,214, besting the three-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers in May that drew 82,799. — Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 25 June 2026