outguessing

Definition of outguessingnext
present participle of outguess

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for outguessing
Verb
  • Invite critiques to maintain humility Nicholas likes to tell his team that loyalty in retail is just the absence of something better, and he is driven by a fear of rivals like Costco outsmarting his business.
    Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Because some of them act like complete idiots, but Wendy is constantly outsmarting everyone.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Strategic Powerhouses These names are inspired by women who lead with their minds, outmaneuvering everyone in the room.
    Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Ian Terry won Big Brother season 14 at just 21 years old, becoming the show’s youngest champion after outmaneuvering veteran players with a quiet — but highly calculated — game.
    Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Folktales are filled with people fighting to survive in forests, steppes, and deserts, and evading and outwitting the wild beasts that dwell within them.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The characters here, though, are nowhere near so smart as those conniving pagans and can only dream of outwitting the sophisticated folk from the mainland, coming there with their talk of cake, and comfy chairs, and their lies.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The ceiling thwarting her exceptional talent originated from the constraints of tradition.
    Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Revolution is developing drugs that target a molecular driver of cancers known as RAS and its experimental drugs seek to block the driver, thereby thwarting common cancers including lung, pancreatic, and colon that have proven difficult to treat.
    Ed Silverman, STAT, 26 Jan. 2026
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“Outguessing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outguessing. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.

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