outsmart

1 beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors" [syn: outwit, overreach, outfox, beat, circumvent]

2 defeat by more skillful maneuvering; "The English troops putmaneuvered the Germans"; "My new superviser knows how to outmaneuver the boss in most situations" [syn: outmaneuver, outmanoeuvre]

English

Transitive verb

1. to beat in a competition of wits

Synonyms

• outfox, outguess, outwit

Translations

bamboozle, beguile, betray, bluff, cajole, cheat, cheat on, circumvent, con, conjure, cozen, deceive, defraud, delude, diddle, double-cross, dupe, elude, evade, foil, fool, forestall, frustrate, gammon, get around, get round, give the runaround, give the slip, go one better, gull, hoax, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, hornswaggle, humbug, juggle, let down, mock, outfigure, outflank, outfox, outgeneral, outguess, outmaneuver, outplay, outreach, outwit, overreach, pass the buck, pigeon, play one false, put something over, snow, stonewall, string along, swindle, take in, trick, two-time, undo, victimize