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Surpass

/sɚˈpæs/

To go beyond, especially in a metaphoric or technical manner; to exceed.

📖 Definitions of "Surpass"

verb

1
To go beyond, especially in a metaphoric or technical manner; to exceed.
"The former problem student surpassed his instructor's expectations and scored top marks on his examination."

14 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
passverb	To change place.
surmountverb	(transitive) To get or be over without touching or resting on; to overcome.
transcendverb	(transitive) To pass beyond the limits of something.
exceedverb	(transitive) To go beyond (some limit); to surpass; to be longer than.
outgonoun	(uncountable) The act or process of going out; (countable) an instance of this; an outgoing.
stand outverb	(intransitive) To be obvious or conspicuous, in contrast to the surroundings.
outstripverb	To move more quickly than (someone or something) so as to outrun or leave it behind.
outdoverb	(transitive) To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.
pass byverb	(intransitive) To travel past without stopping.
outmatchverb	(transitive) to surpass or be better than something or someone else
go byverb	To pass or go past without much interaction.
go pastverb	To surpass a boundary; to go by a limit.
travel byverb	pass by
excelnoun	(intransitive) To be much better than others.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
excelverb	(intransitive) To be much better than others.
transcendverb	(transitive) To pass beyond the limits of something.
exceedverb	(transitive) To go beyond (some limit); to surpass; to be longer than.
outmatchverb	(transitive) to surpass or be better than something or someone else
outdoverb	(transitive) To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.
outstripverb	To move more quickly than (someone or something) so as to outrun or leave it behind.
surmountverb	(transitive) To get or be over without touching or resting on; to overcome.
go pastverb	To surpass a boundary; to go by a limit.
stand outverb	(intransitive) To be obvious or conspicuous, in contrast to the surroundings.
pass byverb	(intransitive) To travel past without stopping.
go byverb	To pass or go past without much interaction.
passverb	To change place.
outgoverb	(transitive) (archaic) To go further than (someone or something); to exceed, to go beyond, to surpass.
travel byverb	pass by
outweighverb	(transitive) To exceed in importance or value.
outnumberverb	(transitive, stative) To be more in number than somebody or something.
outperformverb	(transitive) To perform better than something or someone.
overstepverb	(transitive) To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
outpaceverb	(transitive) To go faster than; to exceed the pace of.
outrunverb	(transitive) To run faster than.