ONE-UPS Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

one-ups

verb

present tense third-person singular of one-up

as in outpaces

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Relevance

Dissimilar Words

loses (to)

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Verb

The alternative is capability spend that outpaces its own dependencies.

— Hiren Dhaduk, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Further, as inflation outpaces wage growth, workers lose purchasing power and have less financial breathing room.

— Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of outpaces

Verb

Ultimately, the viability of AI compute as an asset class hinges on the specific contractual terms, ensuring cash flow outruns the hardware's working life before new generations emerge.

— Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
The possibility of uncertain thought, where the speed of the pen outruns the fine control in the effort to write as fast as one thinks, and one gains a productive illegibility.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 May 2026

Definition of outruns

Verb

Pro outdoes its already impressive predecessor in picture quality and performance while sticking with a very wallet-friendly price.

— Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026
As this report explained, this is largely thanks to its uncompromising quality standards and its insistence that each of its attractions outdoes its predecessors.

— Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of outdoes

Verb

Dolan really excels here, as do the actors who play the survivors.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 16 Oct. 2026
While uptight Elinor excels at hiding her feelings for the similarly taciturn Edward, Marianne goes wild (nearly feral, really) when new neighbor Willoughby saves her from physical injury (literally sweeping her off her feet and a wincing ankle).

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of excels

Verb

McNeely’s portrait of a laboring mother, swathed in glowing fields of chartreuse, outshines (again, literally) art history’s greats.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Florida spends $14,000 per student, less than half of New York’s level, yet outshines New York in fourth-grade mathematics and reading.

— Zilvinas "Z" Silenas, New York Daily News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of outshines

Verb

While debates about building AI that surpasses human intelligence, flashy new gadgets and AI spending tend to dominate tech events, tech talks at last week’s Oakland Tech Week often had a different vibe.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Its best parts have a grandeur that surpasses its industrial settings and gets at something eerie and transcendent.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of surpasses

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