TRUMPING Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

trumping

verb

present participle of trump

as in outweighing

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losing (to)

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Verb

The weaker economic data is a sign that sluggish consumption at home is outweighing recent strength in Chinese exports, and the nation is not immune from the economic turmoil caused by the war in Iran.

— Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
Brands are hiring cautiously after layoffs and restructurings; rising graduate numbers are vastly outweighing entry-level job openings; and AI is rapidly reshaping hiring across industries.

— Cami Fateh, Vogue, 15 July 2026

Definition of outweighing

Verb

To be sure, the surge in the size and number of monster deals could be overshadowing other money-raising efforts from smaller companies and investment by smaller funds, industry experts said.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Meanwhile, Will’s brother Joseph (Hunter Doohan) and his girlfriend Thya (Luciane Buchanan) struggle to keep the tension from completely overshadowing the funeral.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 8 July 2026

Definition of overshadowing

Verb

Mbappe leads a strong French attack France reached the semi-finals after defeating Morocco 2-0, recording another clean sheet and reinforcing their status as the tournament favourites.

— Abdul Rehman, New York Times, 14 July 2026
In November, Bill Clinton was elected, defeating Bush by almost six million votes, and the temperature around the arts dropped.

— Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 July 2026

Definition of defeating

Verb

England had seen off Italy on the Tuesday, with Spain overcoming Germany on the Wednesday.

— Michael Cox, New York Times, 14 July 2026
Exhibited for the first time outside of Sarajevo, the churning Socialist Realist homage invokes Eugène Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People in figuring partisans heroically overcoming their would-be Nazi aggressors.

— Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of overcoming

Verb

Shares of Reddit have risen 43% over the past three months, vastly outperforming the overall market.

— Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 10 July 2026
YouTube has emerged as the dominant platform, with 40% of listeners discovering their favorite podcasts there and 40% using it as their primary listening destination, outperforming Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

— Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of outperforming

Verb

This was a record turnaround among SpaceX launches from Space Coast launch pads at 2 hours and 54 minutes besting October’s double launch that saw a Falcon 9 launch at CCSFS just eight hours, 42 minutes after a Falcon Heavy launch at KSC.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 July 2026
Trump ripped up that deal in 2018 and has been obsessed with besting it with his own.

— Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026

Definition of besting

Verb

But in general the US military proved incapable of quickly trouncing a much weaker adversary, and left the citizens and residents of Gulf allies under fire in the meantime.

— Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 16 June 2026
At a celebratory exhibition match last week in the capital, under the watchful eye of the supreme leader, Naegohyang faced off against the under-17s team, who just added an Asian Cup to their impressive array of silverware, trouncing Japan 5-1 in the final.

— Andrew McNicol, CNN Money, 7 June 2026

Definition of trouncing

Verb

Where most conversations are half-silent, important figures in Rimbaud’s life are embodied by musical instruments, ranging from overbearing tubas to melodic strings, depending on who’s speaking and their place in the story.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 2 June 2026
His commentary during challenges has gone from nonexistent to essential to overbearing.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2026

Definition of overbearing

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