TRUMPED Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

trumped

verb

past tense of trump

as in outweighed

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lost (to)

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Verb

Safe haven demand temporarily outweighed inflation fears, prompting capital to exit risk assets and flow into the Treasury market, thereby pulling yields lower.

— , CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
In each case, deep consumer-brand experience—understanding how a national retailer or a hospitality company thinks about customer experience, loyalty and service delivery—outweighed the necessity of a banking background.

— Paul Davis, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of outweighed

Verb

Those who wanted to build a new society have been overshadowed by those who preferred to destroy it.

— Ollivier Pourriol, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026
Often overshadowed by Mandarin-language productions promoted under Nationalist rule, these films offer a window onto Taiwanese society and identity long before the emergence of the New Wave.

— Lise Pedersen, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of overshadowed

Verb

French defeated Republican incumbent Jim Wright in a May Republican primary runoff.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2026
That’ll be particularly important after Paxton defeated Cornyn in a brutal primary where Senate Republicans and other Cornyn allies spent more than $90 million in his defense and attacked Paxton as unfit for office.

— Matthew Choi, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of defeated

Verb

Though the Hoosiers bested the Buckeyes in last year’s Big Ten Championship and won the title, Ohio State remains the Big Ten standard.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
Now it’s bested itself, unveiling a sub-1 nm chip that roughly doubles that density using NanoStack technology, which stacks transistors vertically, building up rather than out.

— Micheline Maynard, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of bested

Verb

This year’s show was trounced by the first Monday Night Football game of the year between the Kansas City Chiefs and Denver Broncos on ESPN.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
Shares of the drone manufacturer jumped 10% after first-quarter results trounced estimates.

— Michelle Fox,Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of trounced

Verb

Kaprizov and Hartman scored in the third period as Minnesota overcame a 3-1 deficit to force overtime.

— CBS News, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Craig overcame being sacked four times and the run game producing just 33 yards to lead TCU to the massive victory, as the Horned Frogs scored multiple touchdowns against a Power Four conference opponent for the first time this season.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of overcame

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