Competition
Synonyms for beat
Synonyms for beat: crush, outsmart, outstrip and rhythm. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 4 synonyms for beat
Interchangeable with beat, one per sense
Audited under beat's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one beat carries in that sense.
- crushverb, in the sense "come out better in a competition, race, or conflict"
- outsmartverb, in the sense "beat through cleverness and wit"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name beat as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
two of these come from beat's own entries in the bank, and two were audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
We beat the competition.
beat in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The young sprinter beat every seasoned runner on the street that afternoon.
- In her letter she explained how their small bakery beat the national chain for the catering contract.
How it behaves: In this sense beat is transitive and normally takes a person, team, or rival as its direct object, appearing often in sports reporting and competitive business writing.
The true synonym
crush
Same sentence, swapped: We crush the competition.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot beat is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- stick
- drum
- outweigh
beat through cleverness and wit
She beat her rivals by anticipating every move.
The true synonym
outsmart
Same sentence, swapped: She outsmart her rivals by anticipating every move.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- stick
- pound
- break
Where beat turns up in the game
beat is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in eight other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 8 puzzles where beat is the trap
- causeverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is make, in the sense "give rise to", so beat is there to be ruled out.
- troubleverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is bother, in the sense "take the trouble to do something", so beat is there to be ruled out.
- deadadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is numb, in the sense "not showing human feeling or sensitivity", and beat is one of the three tiles that lose.
- lamnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is getaway, in the sense "a rapid escape (as by criminals)", and beat is one of the three tiles that lose.
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The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so beat reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from competition at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. beat carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.