TRUMPING Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

trumping

verb

present participle of trump

as in outweighing

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Dissimilar Words

losing (to)

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Verb

Ultimately, Earth's tilt, day length, and sun angle are the primary determinants of seasons, far outweighing orbital distance.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
Supply is still outweighing the demand for condos in the county.

— Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 18 June 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

The girls posted a 6-2 record at the state tournament in a field of 50 of Southern California’s top 12U teams with several extra-inning and walk-off wins, defeating multiple district champions, including San Juan Capistrano and Oxnard.

— News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2026
Another democratic socialist, 29-year-old Melat Kiros, won a congressional primary in Colorado on June 30, defeating a longtime Democratic incumbent.

— Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 5 July 2026

Definition of defeating

Verb

Norway reached the quarterfinal with a 2-1 win over Brazil on Sunday and England advanced with a thrilling 3-2 victory over host Mexico after overcoming a weather delay, red card, altitude and a raucous crowd at 80,000-seat Estadio Azteca.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026
Lionel Messi and Argentina avoided one of the biggest ever World Cup knockout shocks by overcoming Cape Verde 3-2 in extra time of a jaw-dropping game.

— James Horncastle, New York Times, 4 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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