Thesaurus
Synonyms and Antonyms of ran circles around
- When it came to cooking, he ran circles around the rest of his family.
one-upped, outpaced, outraced, outran, overpassed
bested, clobbered, conquered, crushed, defeated, drubbed, licked, mastered, outcompeted, outperformed, overcame, overmatched, prevailed (over), routed, shamed, skunked, subdued, surmounted, thrashed, trimmed, triumphed (over), trounced, walloped, whipped, won (against), worsted
- The young girl ran circles around her chess opponent.
beat, bested, conquered, dispatched, hurdled, licked, mastered, overbore, overcame, overmatched, prevailed (over), subdued, surmounted, threw, took, triumphed (over), won (against), worsted
crushed, knocked off, knocked over, overpowered, overthrew, overwhelmed, subjugated, upended, vanquished
aced (out), bettered, eclipsed, exceeded, outdid, outdistanced, outfought, outshone (or outshined), outstripped, overtopped, surpassed, topped, transcended
edged (out), nosed out, pipped [British]
capped, excelled, flourished, scored, succeeded
broke, destroyed, did in, finished, sank (or sunk), slaughtered
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