outwit
/aʊtˈwɪt/
outwit verb: to get the better of; to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits.
Verb
outwit (third-person singular simple present outwits, present participle outwitting, simple past and past participle outwitted)
- To get the better of; to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits.
- But my dear Lady Teazle 'tis your own fault if you suffer it—when a Husband entertains a groundless suspicion of his Wife and withdraws his confidence from her—the original compact is broke and she owes it to the Honour of her sex to endeavour to outwit him—1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, IV.iii
- Synonyms:
- outfox, outguess, outsmart, overreach, circumvent
outwit meaning in Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
outwit in Urdu
- کان کاٹنا
outwit in Malayalam
- ചെണ്ടകൊട്ടിക്കുക, യുക്തികൊണ്ട് കാര്യം സാധിപ്പിക്കുക, കളിപ്പിക്കുക, വഞ്ചിക്കുക
outwit in Kannada
- ಸೋಲಿಸು, ಕಯ್ಮೆಮೀರು
Examples of outwit in a sentence
- Irene's whole gimmick is that she's the one woman in the world who can outwit Holmes.
- Yet somehow the capuchins manage to either outwit or outrun the forest’s legions of parasites.
- Or sometimes they used humor combatively to outwit the white characters.
Synonyms of outwit
Forms of outwit
| third-person singular present | outwits |
|---|---|
| present participle | outwitting |
| past participle | outwitted |
| past | outwitted |
Origin of outwit
From out- + wit.
Words formed from outwit
Words that rhyme with outwit
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Questions about outwit
- What does outwit mean?
- Outwit means to get the better of; to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits.
- What is outwit in Urdu?
- Outwit in Urdu is کان کاٹنا. See Outwit meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is outwit?
- Outwit is a verb.
- How do you pronounce outwit?
- Outwit is pronounced /aʊtˈwɪt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of outwit?
- The past tense of outwit is outwitted.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: outwit (page history and authors); outwit (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); outwit (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); outwit (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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