outfoxing
Beating through cunning
Outfoxing is outsmarting or outwitting someone through cunning or cleverness.
The fox is proverbially sly, so to outfox is to be even slyer: She outfoxed the competition by filing her patent early.
The word suggests strategic thinking rather than brute force—winning by being craftier than your opponent.
Deliberate deception or fraud
- deceitDeliberate misleading of others
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
- feintDeceptive mock attack
- ruseDeliberate act of deception
bluff · misdirection · dupery · bamboozle · swindle · hoax · con · hoodwink
Cleverly deceptive
- wilySkilled at deception
- craftyCleverly deceptive
- shrewdPractically clever, perceptive
- astuteMentally sharp, discerning
canny · artful · devious · slick · clever · scheming · calculating · subtle
Defeating through superior tactics
- outwittingDefeating by cleverness
- outsmartingDefeating through superior intelligence
- gambitRisky opening for advantage
- ployCalculated deceptive tactic
stratagem · countermove · flanking · ambush · trap · evasion · diversion · anticipation
trickery
Deliberate deception or fraud
- deceitDeliberate misleading of others
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
- feintDeceptive mock attack
ruse · bluff · misdirection · dupery · bamboozle · swindle · hoax · con · hoodwink · outsmart
sly
Cleverly deceptive
astute · canny · artful · devious · slick · clever · scheming · calculating · subtle · ingenious
outmaneuvering
Defeating through superior tactics
- outwittingDefeating by cleverness
- outsmartingDefeating through superior intelligence
- gambitRisky opening for advantage
ploy · stratagem · countermove · flanking · ambush · trap · evasion · diversion · anticipation · checkmate
- cunningcunning, craftiness, crafty, guile, slyness
- outperformingsurpassing, exceeding, excelling, outperforming, outdoing
outfoxingoverpowering
Too intense to withstand
brute-forcing · strong-arming · bulldozing · steamrolling · crushing
fox, foxy, outfox, foxiness, foxed, foxhole, foxhound, outfoxed, outfoxes