Thesaurus / outwits
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synonyms for outwits
- baffle
- bamboozle
- beat
- bewilder
- cap
- cheat
- circumvent
- con
- confuse
- deceive
- defeat
- defraud
- dupe
- end-run
- fake out
- finagle
- fox
- goose
- gull
- have
- hoax
- hoodwink
- lead astray
- make a fool of
- make a monkey of
- mislead
- outdo
- outfox
- outgeneral
- outguess
- outjockey
- outmaneuver
- outthink
- overreach
- pull a fast one on
- put one over on
- run circles around
- swindle
- take in
- top
- trick
- worst
- deceive
- outfox
- outmaneuver
- cheat
- gull
- confuse
- hoax
- have
- circumvent
- defraud
- trick
- bewilder
- outsmart
- top
- finagle
- bamboozle
- beat
- baffle
- overreach
- worst
- gyp
- hoodwink
- swindle
- dupe
- cap
- mislead
- defeat
- outdo
- con
- take in
- outthink
- outgeneral
- goose
- fox
- outguess
- end run
- fake out
- figure out
- jip
- juke
- lead astray
- outjockey
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By dint of imposture, he outwits them; yet, in consequence of his miracles and illusions, he at length discovers himself.
LETTERS TO EUGENIAPAUL HENRI THIRY HOLBACHNothing it can do to us, nothing that can happen to it, outwits us—at least more than a few hundred years at a time.
THE VOICE OF THE MACHINESGERALD STANLEY LEEThe expedient by which Ulysses outwits Polyphemus in the Odyssey by calling himself ουτις is clearly of the same order.
MORE ENGLISH FAIRY TALESVARIOUSProverbially such acts belong to a policy that outwits itself.
SIR WILLIAM WALLACEA. F. MURISONThe examples in which the husband, on the other hand, outwits the wife are few.
A HISTORY OF CARICATURE AND GROTESQUETHOMAS WRIGHTIn the game of diplomacy he outwits his opponents at every stage.
EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE: EZRA, NEHEMIAH, AND ESTHERWALTER ADENEYHe outwits and overreaches his foes with surpassing cunning.
POPULAR SCIENTIFIC LECTURESERNST MACHHe easily outwits here men around him; most are politicians as he; but he never can outwit the statesmen of Europe.
DIARY FROM MARCH 4, 1861, TO NOVEMBER 12, 1862ADAM GUROWSKIAnd the former outwits the latter, who show themselves children in comparison with him.
A WORD ONLY A WORD, COMPLETEGEORG EBERSHe outwits the most carefully trained setters, and only the old dogs after years of experience can take him unawares.
TRAILS AND TRAMPS IN ALASKA AND NEWFOUNDLANDWILLIAM S. THOMAS