outweigh
Tip the balance
To outweigh something is to exceed it in weight, value, or importance.
The word appears most often in figurative comparisons: The benefits outweigh the risks.
Her experience outweighs her lack of formal credentials.
When making decisions, people weigh factors against each other—what outweighs tips the balance.
Exceed in achievement
- eclipseCelestial body blocks another
- overshadowDominate by comparison
- outstripSurpass or overtake
- transcendGo beyond limits
outdo · outclass · exceed · override · trump · tip the scales · overbalance · predominate
Superior influence or control
- superiorityHigher rank or quality
- ascendancyDominant power or influence
- supremacyHighest rank or power
- hegemonyDominant group's control
paramount · commanding · overpower · dominate · prevail · sovereignty · preeminence · mastery
Quality of mattering
- priorityStatus of greater importance
- gravityMutual mass attraction
- consequenceResult of an action
- weightinessState of being consequential
substance · materiality · relevance · criticality · momentousness · preponderance · paramountcy · primacy
surpass
Exceed in achievement
- eclipseCelestial body blocks another
- overshadowDominate by comparison
- outstripSurpass or overtake
transcend · outdo · outclass · exceed · override · trump · tip the scales · overbalance · predominate · surmount
predominance
Superior influence or control
- superiorityHigher rank or quality
- ascendancyDominant power or influence
- supremacyHighest rank or power
hegemony · paramount · commanding · overpower · dominate · prevail · sovereignty · preeminence · mastery · control
significance
Quality of mattering
- priorityStatus of greater importance
- gravityMutual mass attraction
- consequenceResult of an action
weightiness · substance · materiality · relevance · criticality · momentousness · preponderance · paramountcy · primacy · urgency
sway
Rock back and forth
- affectProduce change upon
- impactForceful contact or consequence
- determineEstablish through investigation
govern · shape · tip · decide · settle · clinch · resolve · factor · consideration · bearing
- comparisonscomparison, compare, comparative, analogy, metaphor
- outoutside, outdoor, outdoors, outsider, outward
- comparison verbscompare, contrast, differentiate, distinguish, juxtapose
outweighpale in comparison
Seem inferior when contrasted
underweigh · equal · match · balance