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present participle of surpass
Synonyms & Antonyms of surpassing
1
to be greater, better, or stronger than
- she always tried to surpass her older brother at anything he did
Synonyms for surpassing
Words Related to surpassing
- besting,
- clobbering,
- conquering,
- crushing,
- defeating,
- drubbing,
- licking,
- mastering,
- outcompeting,
- outperforming,
- overcoming,
- overmatching,
- prevailing (over),
- routing,
- shaming,
- skunking,
- subduing,
- surmounting,
- thrashing,
- trimming,
- triumphing (over),
- trouncing,
- walloping,
- whipping,
- winning (against),
- worsting
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2
to go beyond the limit of
- the sales of the band's newest CD have surpassed the combined sales of its last two albums
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The first known use of surpassing was in 1566
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