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Outweigh

To exceed in weight or value.

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Dominate 76% connected

To predominate over; to rule; to govern.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Exceed 76% connected

To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good and a bad sense; as, one man…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Outdo 76% connected

To go beyond in performance; to excel; to surpass.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Outgo 76% connected

To go beyond; to exceed in swiftness; to surpass; to outdo.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Outstrip 76% connected

To go faster than; to outrun; to advance beyond; to leave behing.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Predominate 76% connected

To be superior in number, strength, influence, or authority; to have controlling power or influence; to prevail; to rule; to have the mastery; as, lo…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Prevail 76% connected

To overcome; to gain the victory or superiority; to gain the advantage; to have the upper hand, or the mastery; to succeed; -- sometimes with over or…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reign 76% connected

Royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty; rule; dominion.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rule 76% connected

That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a r…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Surmount 76% connected

To rise above; to be higher than; to overtop.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Surpass 76% connected

To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Outbalance 92% connected

To outweight; to exceed in weight or effect.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Overbalance 92% connected

To exceed equality with; to outweigh.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Preponderate 92% connected

To outweigh; to overpower by weight; to exceed in weight; to overbalance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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