Synonyms of outshining

outshining

verb

present participle of outshine

as in surpassing

to be greater, better, or stronger than

the trumpeter outshines all of his fellow band members

Synonyms & Similar Words

• surpassing
• exceeding
• eclipsing
• topping
• excelling
• outdoing
• beating
• outclassing
• transcending
• outstripping
• outdistancing
• bettering
• overshadowing
• outmatching
• overcoming
• towering (over)
• outgunning
• defeating
• overtopping
• mastering
• outpacing
• outrunning
• outperforming
• outweighing
• going one better
• running circles around
• conquering
• outracing
• besting
• subduing
• surmounting
• trouncing
• trumping
• overpassing
• clobbering
• crushing
• outcompeting
• one-upping
• winning (against)
• overmatching
• shaming
• prevailing (over)
• licking
• trimming
• whipping
• triumphing (over)
• routing
• thrashing
• walloping
• overbearing
• drubbing
• worsting
• outbalancing
• skunking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losing (to)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of outshining

In a World Cup boasting a galaxy of stars, a lunch-bucket team of blue-collar everymen may wind up outshining them all. — Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

That's good news for stargazers, as the moon will still be visible without outshining the planets nearby. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 July 2026

Yet that is what Marco Palestra did, outshining Inter’s Federico Dimarco, who was officially Serie A’s MVP in 2025-26. — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 27 June 2026

That's because the waning gibbous moon will appear in the sky at the same time, most likely outshining many of the fainter shooting stars. — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 4 May 2026

The quiet ethic often called Minnesota Nice is outshining the intimidation meant to silence dissent. — Valeng Cha, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2026

Google-parent Alphabet was the most magnificent of the Magnificent Seven; Colombia’s stock market was the surprise leader of the MSCI All Country World Index; silver surged over 141%, outshining its sibling gold, which itself had a phenomenal year. — Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2026

Sure, maybe country’s shutout in best new artist was due in part to overcrowding between Ella Langley, Zach Top and Megan Moroney, with no one of those country candidates obviously outshining the other two. — Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 11 Nov. 2025

Inconveniently for skywatchers, the full moon will also occur on November 5, with its brightness potentially outshining meteors. — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2025