Word Meanings - OUTDO - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To go beyond in performance; to excel; to surpass. An imposture outdoes the original. L' Estrange. I grieve to be outdone by Gay. Swift.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of OUTDO)

• Eclipse Obscure
• outdo
• outshine
• overshadow
• outvie
• outrival
• darken
• shade
• overcast
• dim
• cloud
• Surpass
• Eclipse
• excel
• outstrip
• exceed
• outstep
• surmount
• transcend

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of OUTDO)

• Recommend
• brighten
• illustrate
• enhance
• heighten

Related words: (words related to OUTDO)

• EXCEEDING
  More than usual; extraordinary; more than sufficient; measureless. "The exceeding riches of his grace." Eph. ii. 7. -- Ex*ceed"ing*ness, n. Sir P. Sidney.
• DARKEN
  Etym: 1. To make dark or black; to deprite of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room. They covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened. Ex. x. 15. So spake the Sovran Voice; and clouds began To darken all the hill. Milton.
• EXCEPT
  1. To take or leave out from a number or a whole as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit. Who never touched The excepted tree. Milton. Wherein all other things concurred. Bp. Stillingfleet. 2. To object to; to protest against. Shak.
• CLOUD
  arising from the frequent resemblance of clouds to rocks or hillocks 1. A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, susponded in the upper atmosphere. I do set my bow in the cloud. Gen. ix. 13. Note: A classification of clouds according
• OBSCURENESS
  Obscurity. Bp. Hall.
• SURPASS
  To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel. This would surpass Common revenge and interrupt his joy. Milton. Syn. -- To exceed; excel; outdo; outstrip.
• OBSCURER
  One who, or that which, obscures.
• CLOUDINESS
  The state of being cloudy.
• SURPASSING
  Eminently excellent; exceeding others. "With surpassing glory crowned." Milton. -- Sur*pass"ing*ly, adv. -- Sur*pass"ing*ness, n.
• EXCEPTIONER
  One who takes exceptions or makes objections. Milton.
• SHADELESS
  Being without shade; not shaded.
• SHADEFUL
  Full of shade; shady.
• CLOUDLAND
  Dreamland.
• CLOUD-BURST
  A sudden copious rainfall, as the whole cloud had been precipitated at once.
• ENHANCEMENT
  The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime.
• EXCEDENT
  Excess.
• TRANSCEND
  1. To rise above; to surmount; as, lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds. Howell. 2. To pass over; to go beyond; to exceed. Such popes as shall transcend their limits. Bacon. 8. To surpass; to outgo; to excel; to exceed. How
• DARKENING
  Twilight; gloaming. Wright.
• OVERSHADOW
  1. To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure. There was a cloud that overshadowed them. Mark ix. 7. 2. Fig.: To cover with a superior influence. Milton.
• EXCEPTIONAL
  Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare; hence, better than the average; superior. Lyell. This particular spot had exceptional advantages. Jowett -- Ex*cep"tion*al*ly , adv.
• INSURMOUNTABILITY
  The state or quality of being insurmountable.
• DOUBLE-SHADE
  To double the natural darkness of . Milton.
• SUBOBSCURELY
  Somewhat obscurely or darkly. Donne.
• OVERSHADE
  To cover with shade; to render dark or gloomy; to overshadow. Shak.