outsmarter

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

outsmart +‎ -er

Noun[edit]

outsmarter (plural outsmarters)

  1. One who outsmarts; the victor in a battle of wits.
    • 1994, Graham Dawson, Soldier Heroes, page 249:
      [] not just brave and clever, but the beater of Egyptians and the outsmarter of Italians.
    • 2003, Jack Shadoian, Dreams and Dead Ends: The American Gangster Film, page 301:
      He is, after all, having no body left to speak of and confined indoors, now all brain, a manipulator, an outsmarter.