Thesaurus results for OUTWITTING

outwitting

verb

present participle of outwit

as in outsmarting

to get the better of through cleverness a plan to outwit their opponents at their own game

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Recent Examples of outwitting Similar storm-clouds are now gathering around Sánchez, a canny politician known for outwitting his opponents. — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 21 June 2026 Bob Markle was good at outwitting violators. — Dave Duffey, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2026 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, 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 Time and Numbers—there’s no outwitting them. — Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025 Ben Shapiro, Pete Buttigieg, Michael Knowles, Alex O’Connor—these are professional debaters capable of outwitting and outreasoning almost any audience member unfamiliar with traditional debate techniques, regardless of the topic or claim being considered. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025

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The problem, according to Hinton, is that humans will no longer be able to rely on outsmarting super-intelligent AI models.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
The Fan, the season-long unsub obsessed with one-upping and outsmarting his idol.

— Joyce Eng, Entertainment Weekly, 23 July 2026

Definition of outsmarting

Verb

Blashill brushed off the notion of his lineups thwarting team flow on Wednesday.

— Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
There is no reasonable way to put in restrictions to prevent the use of tools to build bioweapons without thwarting progress in the next generation of therapies.

— Ashish K. Jha, STAT, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of thwarting

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Pitinan Packable Rain Jacket With Hood, $27 Packing for a short weekend getaway is deceiving.

— Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 24 Sep. 2026
Six years later, over 2,000 colleges and universities are still test-optional – although the categorization may be deceiving, as some scholarships may depend on SAT scores.

— Beth Kania-Gosche, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of deceiving

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In the highlight, Marshall retrieves the ball and oddly fires it back to the infield, fooling no one.

— Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Anybody hoping that a Netanyahu defeat in October and the emergence of a less controversial successor will reset the table is likely fooling themselves.

— Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of fooling

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