Synonyms of ran circles around

ran circles around

phrase

variants or ran rings around

past tense of run circles around

1

as in excelled

to be greater, better, or stronger than

When it came to cooking, he ran circles around the rest of his family.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• excelled
• exceeded
• towered (over)
• topped
• surpassed
• went one better
• beat
• transcended
• eclipsed
• overshadowed
• outshone
• overcame
• outstripped
• outdid
• outclassed
• outshined
• outdistanced
• overtopped
• licked
• outmatched
• outgunned
• bettered
• won (against)
• triumphed (over)
• defeated
• trimmed
• subdued
• conquered
• prevailed (over)
• mastered
• outpaced
• outraced
• outran
• whipped
• outperformed
• routed
• shamed
• surmounted
• clobbered
• crushed
• overpassed
• trumped
• trounced
• walloped
• thrashed
• outcompeted
• outweighed
• overmatched
• bested
• drubbed
• overbore
• one-upped
• worsted
• outbalanced
• skunked

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lost (to)

2

as in buried

to defeat by a large margin

The young girl ran circles around her chess opponent.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• buried
• blew away
• threw
• licked
• snowed under
• whipped
• upset
• wiped the floor with
• overcame
• bombed
• flattened
• beat the pants off
• wiped the ground with
• subdued
• beat
• pasted
• took
• dusted
• trimmed
• routed
• ate alive
• skinned
• smothered
• clobbered
• annihilated
• succeeded
• smoked
• scored
• shellacked
• thrashed
• walloped
• trounced
• finished
• mastered
• dispatched
• creamed
• waxed
• whapped
• conquered
• won (against)
• triumphed (over)
• tromped
• overwhelmed
• surmounted
• excelled
• knocked over
• whopped
• prevailed (over)
• knocked off
• whupped
• crushed
• drubbed
• nosed out
• edged (out)
• topped
• swept
• whomped
• destroyed
• skunked
• slaughtered
• surpassed
• exceeded
• hurdled
• aced (out)
• subjugated
• vanquished
• did in
• transcended
• overmatched
• capped
• eclipsed
• sunk
• sank
• bested
• outshone
• overthrew
• outstripped
• worsted
• overpowered
• overbore
• outdid
• upended
• outdistanced
• overtopped
• bettered
• flourished
• broke
• outshined
• outfought
• pipped