ONE-UPPED Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

one-upped

verb

past tense of one-up

as in outpaced

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

lost (to)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for one-upped

Verb

Third graders even outpaced progress made across all grade levels, with an increase of nearly four percentage points.

— Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026
Inflation eased slightly last month, but price hikes still outpaced wage growth.

— Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of outpaced

Verb

Only the 27 productions running during the week ending August 16, only Hamilton‘s box office outdid Ragtime, with the former taking in $2,123,135.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026
Last December, Berman outdid himself, landing $867 million in financing from a group of lenders that include Apollo Global and JPMorgan Chase to convert a 1960s-era office building at 111 Wall Street.

— Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026

Definition of outdid

Verb

The average two-bedroom rent in the city has now surpassed New York City, traditionally the nation’s most expensive city for rents.

— Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
The government has spent nearly all of its full-year allocation for fuel subsidies already, after oil prices surpassed the $85 benchmark that the estimate was based on.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of surpassed

Verb

Only three topped 40 catches, and Jaden Greathouse and Beaux Collins required a 16-game season to get there two years ago.

— Pete Sampson, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Digging for compliments Shares in mining giant BHP are trading higher in Australia, hitting a two-month high, after the company topped earnings expectations and unveiled plans to pay its highest dividend in four years.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of topped

Verb

With a length of almost 1,100 feet and displacing more than 100,000 tons, Nimitz-class carriers are among the world’s largest warships, eclipsed only by the US Navy’s Ford-class carriers, of which only one is in service to date.

— Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
From the perspective of our health systems, this work is nice-to-have but eclipsed by the gritty realities of clinical care.

— Kyle Vanelli, STAT, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of eclipsed

Verb

Worthy outran Kader Kohou for a score that got a rise from the fans in attendance.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
In the $200,000 San Clemente Handicap 35-1 longshot Somerset West (Armando Ayuso) outran nine other 3-year-old fillies, including three formidable challengers who shipped in from the east.

— Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026

Definition of outran

Verb

On his 2017 tax return, Krneta reported $321,000 in net income, even though his total income, which included about $4,000 derived from criminal activity, exceeded $400,000, the plea stated.

— Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
Soil samples from the two elementary school campuses, City Terrace and Christopher Dena, exceeded the applicable regulatory screening levels of lead, which were flagged for further evaluation.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of exceeded

Verb

Cothiere, a Haitian-American public school educator, excelled in precincts located in North Miami and North Miami Beach, where there are significant Haitian communities.

— Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026
Collectively, a chunk of players who excelled in June and early July are slumping in August.

— Dan Hayes, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of excelled

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

one-up

one-upped

one-upping

See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

Style

“One-upped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/one-upped. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.

Copy Citation

Synonyms of one-upped

verb

Example Sentences

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

rigmarole

Popular in Grammar & Usage

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

How to Pronounce the Trickiest Menu Items

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Do you 'say your piece' or 'say your peace'?

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

Popular in Wordplay

Words from the 'Odyssey'

The Longest Long Words List

Even More Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World

Why do we 'bury the lede?'

Popular

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

Words from the 'Odyssey'

The Longest Long Words List

Games & Quizzes