Synonyms of outshines

outshines

verb

present tense third-person singular of outshine

as in surpasses

to be greater, better, or stronger than

the trumpeter outshines all of his fellow band members

Synonyms & Similar Words

• surpasses
• exceeds
• eclipses
• tops
• excels
• outdoes
• outclasses
• transcends
• outstrips
• beats
• outdistances
• outmatches
• overshadows
• overcomes
• overtops
• outguns
• towers (over)
• betters
• goes one better
• masters
• outpaces
• outperforms
• outweighs
• defeats
• outruns
• runs circles around
• surmounts
• conquers
• subdues
• bests
• shames
• trumps
• prevails (over)
• wins (against)
• trounces
• one-ups
• outcompetes
• clobbers
• outraces
• triumphs (over)
• crushes
• thrashes
• licks
• routs
• wallops
• trims
• whips
• overpasses
• overmatches
• overbears
• outbalances
• worsts
• drubs
• skunks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loses (to)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of outshines

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

But Brooks’ boundless enthusiasm – passion that’s too big for his body to contain – outshines all of that. — Heather Bushman, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

At those temperatures, the photosphere outshines the corona only because the plasma in the corona is so sparsely distributed. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 7 July 2026

With read/write speeds of up to 14,800/13,400MB per second, this SSD outshines the competition. — George Yang, PC Magazine, 25 June 2026

The central region of Messier 77 is dominated by an extremely compact and energetic source that outshines the rest of the galaxy combined, even challenging the sensitivity of the James Webb Space Telescope itself. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 10 May 2026

Like the Battle of the Alamo for Texans, this bloody spectacle is for regime-loyal Shia the defeat that outshines in glory any possible subsequent victory. — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2026

Even though Earth and Jupiter are moving farther and farther away from each other in their respective orbits around the sun, Jupiter still outshines all the stars in Orion’s gang. — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026