outnumber

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To outnumber is to exceed in quantity: The protesters outnumbered the police three to one.

The word typically appears in contexts of competition or conflict, where numerical advantage matters: We were badly outnumbered but held our ground.

numerical

exceed

Go past a limit

plurality · preponderance · ratio · disparity · imbalance · proportion · deficit · margin · differential · statistics

competition

outperform

Achieve superior results

prevail · triumph · eclipse · outdo · outclass · outshine · best · top · defeat · overcome

military

overwhelm

Defeat by excess

troops · forces · battalion · regiment · army · defenders · attackers · garrison · siege · invasion

swarm

overwhelm

Defeat by excess

deluge · engulf · overrun · teeming · infest · avalanche · torrent · horde · throng · multitude

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Opposites
numerical superiority

outnumberpale in comparison

Seem inferior when contrasted

trail · lag behind · underrepresent

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outnumbered, outnumbers, outnumbering

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G