Synonyms of running circles around

running circles around

phrase

variants or running rings around

present participle of run circles around

1

as in excelling

to be greater, better, or stronger than

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losing (to)

2

as in blowing away

to defeat by a large margin

The young girl ran circles around her chess opponent.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blowing away
• throwing
• burying
• overcoming
• licking
• bombing
• whipping
• wiping the floor with
• eating alive
• beating the pants off
• wiping the ground with
• routing
• snowing under
• flattening
• trimming
• upsetting
• dusting
• taking
• pasting
• whopping
• smoking
• succeeding
• winning (against)
• prevailing (over)
• subduing
• beating
• skinning
• thrashing
• annihilating
• mastering
• smothering
• trouncing
• clobbering
• drubbing
• scoring
• triumphing (over)
• waxing
• creaming
• shellacking
• walloping
• finishing
• conquering
• surmounting
• knocking over
• overwhelming
• dispatching
• excelling
• whapping
• crushing
• tromping
• edging (out)
• knocking off
• topping
• whupping
• sweeping
• acing (out)
• whomping
• destroying
• slaughtering
• skunking
• exceeding
• surpassing
• doing in
• nosing out
• overbearing
• sinking
• overpowering
• worsting
• overthrowing
• transcending
• subjugating
• hurdling
• vanquishing
• besting
• outstripping
• eclipsing
• bettering
• capping
• overtopping
• upending
• outshining
• overmatching
• outdistancing
• flourishing
• outdoing
• breaking
• pipping
• outfighting