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be above

VERB

scorn

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abhor defy deride despise disdain disregard flout hate ignore mock refute reject repudiate ridicule shun spurn taunt

STRONG

avoid cold-shoulder confute contemn gibe refuse renounce slight sneer trash

WEAK

consider beneath one make fun of put down run down scoff at turn back on turn nose up at

Antonyms

STRONGEST

accept admire approve cherish compliment esteem flatter like love note pay attention praise ratify regard respect sanction

STRONG

allow

VERB

tower

Synonyms

STRONG

ascend dominate exceed loom mount overlook overtop rear soar surmount surpass top transcend

WEAK

extend above look down look over

Antonyms

STRONG

decline descend drop fail fall fall behind follow lose lower surrender yield

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The club was not punishing them; they had to reset the order of priorities and no player would be above the team.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

The Spotify executives added they believe operating margin will be above 20% through 2030 with “strong growth” in free cash flow.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Temperatures in California are expected to be above average through mid-May, according to the Climate Prediction Center.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

And a consumer-confidence gauge, from the not-for-profit research group Signal49, suggested that 50% of Canadians believe inflation will be above 3% over the next three years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Nor is it a new thing for man to invent an existence that he imagines to be above the rest of life; this has been his most consistent intellectual exertion down the millennia.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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