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

Over time, that vision eventually outweighed the appeal of holding onto an enviable mortgage rate.

— Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026
That outweighed an operating loss in its mobile, TV and home appliances division, partly due to higher component costs.

— Kim Tong-Hyung, Fortune, 30 July 2026

Definition of outweighed

Verb

The race present a test of Martinez’s popularity as mounts a bid for another term in a campaign that has been overshadowed by an ongoing dispute with the district attorney’s office.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026
The election campaign was overshadowed by weeks of protests led by the JAAC, which in recent weeks has been urging residents not to vote.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of overshadowed

Verb

Fishlock, Wales’s all-time leading scorer, scored the winner in the 85th minute as the Reign defeated Bay FC 3-2 Saturday night at PayPal Park, handing Bay another frustrating home loss.

— Harold Gutmann, Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2026
In an intense and emotional main event, Oba Femi defeated Brock Lesnar in Brock’s hometown of Minneapolis, Minnesota in their third match inside Hell in a Cell.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of defeated

Verb

Her 872 votes bested Medina Diaz’s 302, according to uncertified totals from Tuesday evening.

— Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026
The Golden State Valkyries entered the break with the second-best record in the W, but are bested by the Las Vegas Aces (+350) and New York Liberty (+700) on the futures board.

— Katie Richcreek, New York Times, 27 July 2026

Definition of bested

Verb

Yet Milwaukee had the best record in baseball last year, and they still got trounced by the Dodgers in the National League Championship Series.

— Andy McCullough, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
The situation remains unresolved, and Reddit’s shares fell more than 20 percent after the earnings report, even though the company’s quarter trounced investors’ expectations on most of the basic financials.

— Samuel Axon, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of trounced

Verb

After two weeks, the zoo called off its rescue efforts, and the city (and some birders) cheered for the bird hero that overcame the odds.

— Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026
Against all odds, Flamengo overcame the multiple avian invasions to win the match 1-0.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of overcame

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