Definition of OUTSHINE

outshine

Verb

Verb Forms: outshone, outshined, outshining, outshines

  • To shine more brightly; to surpass in brilliance or excellence.
  • shine brighter than
    • "What star outshines the sun?"
  • attract more attention and praise than others
  • To shine brighter than something else
  • To exceed something or someone else, especially in an obvious or flamboyant manner
  • To shine forth, to give out light.

Examples

  • His strategically placed ’QUIZZED’ managed to OUTSHINE every other word played in the Scrabble game.

Origin / Etymology

From out- + shine.

Scrabble Score: 11

outshine: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
outshine: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
outshine: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

outshine: valid Words With Friends Word