exceed

The word “exceed” has 2 syllables: ex-ceed

It's pronounced as /ɪkˈsiːd/


What is synonym and antonym for exceed?

In the thesaurus, “exceed” has 67 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for exceed along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for exceed

  • beat
  • best
  • better
  • break
  • clobber
  • conquer
  • crush
  • defeat
  • drub
  • eclipse
  • encroach
  • entrench
  • excel
  • go one better
  • infringe
  • intrench
  • invade
  • lick
  • master
  • one-up
  • outbalance
  • outclass
  • outcompete
  • outdistance
  • outdo
  • outgun
  • outmatch
  • outpace
  • outperform
  • outrace
  • outreach
  • outrun
  • outshine
  • outstrip
  • outweigh
  • overbear
  • overcome
  • overdo
  • overmatch
  • overpass
  • overreach
  • overrun
  • overshadow
  • overshoot
  • overstep
  • overtop
  • overuse
  • overutilize
  • overwork
  • rout
  • run circles around
  • run rings around
  • shame
  • skunk
  • subdue
  • surmount
  • surpass
  • thrash
  • top
  • transcend
  • trespass
  • trim
  • trounce
  • trump
  • wallop
  • whip
  • worst

Meanings of exceed

  • verb
    1. To be larger, greater than (something).
    2. To be better than (something).
    3. To go beyond (some limit); to surpass; to be longer than.
    4. To predominate.
    5. To go too far; to be excessive.

Example Sentences

  • The company’s profits exceed expectations this quarter.
  • Students who exceed the minimum requirements are awarded certificates.
  • The rainfall this year exceeded the historical average.
  • His generosity exceedes that of anyone I know.
  • The speed of the car exceeded the legal limit.

On this page you'll find 67 synonyms or another words to exceed, such as: beat, best, better, break, clobber, conquer, crush.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

eat alive

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  • wipe the floor with
  • wipe the ground with
  • worst

eclipse

fake out

  • aberration
  • abstain
  • act
  • affect
  • allege
  • alteration
  • assume
  • avert
  • baffle
  • bamboozle
  • bash
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  • bury
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  • chisel
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  • claim
  • claim falsely
  • clobber
  • cold-shoulder
  • con
  • confuse
  • cook
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  • cozen
  • cream
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  • defraud
  • deke
  • delude
  • departure
  • desist
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  • diddle
  • digression
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  • ditch
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  • do a number on
  • do in
  • dodge
  • double-cross
  • down
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  • eclipse
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  • figure out
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  • fleece
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  • fool
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  • frame
  • fudge
  • gaff
  • gammon
  • give the slip
  • go beyond
  • go one better
  • gull
  • have
  • have on
  • hide
  • hoax
  • hold off
  • hoodwink
  • hornswoggle
  • humbug
  • hustle
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  • impersonate
  • jazz
  • jive
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  • juke
  • jump
  • keep clear
  • kid
  • lay claim
  • lay low
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  • lead one up the garden path
  • leave behind
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  • lie
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  • make a monkey of
  • make believe
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  • malinger
  • masquerade
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  • mulct
  • murphy
  • obviate
  • outclass
  • outdistance
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  • outfox
  • outgeneral
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  • outjockey
  • outmaneuver
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  • outshine
  • outsmart
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  • outthink
  • overreach
  • overrun
  • pass off
  • pass oneself off as
  • play a trick on
  • play games with
  • play-act
  • pretend
  • profess
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  • pull a fast one
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  • pump-fake
  • purport
  • put on
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  • put up a front
  • recoil
  • red herring
  • rook
  • run a game on
  • run circles around
  • run for cover
  • scam
  • set up
  • shake
  • shake and bake
  • shake off
  • sham
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  • shoot ahead
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  • shut out
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  • simulate
  • skin
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  • skip out on
  • skip town
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  • step aside
  • stick
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  • stonewall
  • string along
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  • suck in
  • sucker
  • surpass
  • swindle
  • take for a ride
  • take in
  • tease
  • top
  • total
  • transcend
  • trash
  • trick
  • trifle
  • turn aside
  • turning
  • variation
  • ward off
  • weave
  • whitewash
  • withdraw
  • worst

take

take care of

  • KO
  • TCB
  • abet
  • accommodate
  • accomplish
  • achieve
  • act
  • adapt
  • adjust
  • administer
  • administrate
  • advance
  • advocate
  • aid
  • allow
  • alter
  • answer
  • ante up
  • apply oneself to
  • approach
  • arrange
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  • atone
  • atone for
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  • baby
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  • back
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  • bail out
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  • bang
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  • be equal to
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  • be in saddle
  • be in the saddle
  • be in the service of
  • be on alert
  • be on duty
  • be on the lookout
  • be responsible for
  • be solicitous of
  • be up to
  • be vigilant
  • be wary
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  • bear down
  • bear the cost
  • bear the expense
  • beat
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  • behave
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  • bequeath
  • bestow
  • better
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  • bludgeon
  • boost
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  • bring
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  • bring to fruition
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  • bulldoze
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  • bury
  • button down
  • button up
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  • call a day
  • call the play
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  • cherish
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  • coddle
  • codify
  • collaborate
  • combine
  • come
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  • command
  • commit
  • comp
  • compass
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  • complete
  • compose
  • conceal
  • concentrate on
  • concern
  • concert
  • conclude
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  • conduct
  • conduct oneself
  • confer
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  • conserve
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  • continue
  • contribute
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  • corrupt
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  • cough up
  • counsel
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  • cover
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  • crack the whip
  • cradle
  • cream
  • create
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  • deal with
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  • delight
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  • distribute
  • do
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  • floor
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  • foot
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  • form
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  • forward
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  • frame
  • fulfill
  • fund
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  • further
  • gain
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  • get a handle on something
  • get at
  • get going
  • get it together
  • get ready
  • get someplace
  • get the better of
  • get there
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  • get-together
  • give
  • give a boost
  • give a boost to
  • give a leg up
  • give a lift
  • give in
  • give rein to
  • give satisfaction
  • go along
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  • go down the line for
  • go easy on
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  • govern
  • grant
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  • grease
  • grease palm
  • grease the wheels
  • group
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  • guide
  • hack it
  • halt
  • hammer away
  • hand over
  • handle
  • handle roughly
  • harbor
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  • have it made
  • have to do with
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  • head
  • head up
  • heal
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  • hide
  • hit
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  • honor
  • house
  • humor
  • hurt
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  • implement
  • indemnify
  • indulge
  • influence
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  • inspect
  • instigate
  • instruct
  • irradiate
  • jell
  • keep
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  • keep an eye on
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  • kick in
  • kill
  • knock about
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  • lacerate
  • lambaste
  • lash
  • lay one out
  • lead
  • lean on
  • lend a hand
  • let have it
  • lick
  • lick into shape
  • line up
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  • live with
  • lodge
  • look after
  • look out
  • look out for
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  • lubricate
  • lure
  • maintain
  • make
  • make a deal
  • make a go of it
  • make a pitch for
  • make amends
  • make good
  • make hay
  • make it
  • make out
  • make payment
  • make ready
  • make the grade
  • make up for
  • maltreat
  • manage
  • manipulate
  • marshal
  • master
  • may
  • medicate
  • meet
  • methodize
  • mind
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  • minister to
  • mold
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  • mollycoddle
  • mop up
  • mother
  • move
  • mug
  • murder
  • muscle
  • nail it
  • negotiate
  • nourish
  • nuke
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  • off
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  • oil palm
  • open doors
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  • overcompensate
  • overlook
  • oversee
  • overthrow
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  • own
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  • paste
  • patrol
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  • pay
  • pay for
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  • pay up
  • peg away
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  • percolate
  • perfect
  • perform
  • perpetuate
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  • pick up on
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  • play
  • please
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  • plug away at
  • plunk down
  • ply
  • police
  • polish off
  • pony up
  • pound
  • prepare
  • prepay
  • present
  • preserve
  • preside
  • preside over
  • prevail
  • produce
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  • prolong
  • promote
  • propagate
  • propitiate
  • prosecute
  • prostrate
  • protect
  • provide
  • provision
  • puff
  • pull off
  • pull the strings
  • pummel
  • push
  • put away
  • put finishing touch on
  • put in order
  • put in the hospital
  • put into effect
  • put it over
  • put lid on
  • put on the map
  • put out
  • put over
  • put through
  • put to bed
  • put together
  • put up
  • quarterback
  • quell
  • rack up
  • raise
  • range
  • ration
  • reach
  • ready
  • realize
  • rear
  • reciprocate
  • recompense
  • recoup
  • recover
  • redress
  • reduce
  • refine
  • refund
  • regale
  • regulate
  • reimburse
  • reinforce
  • relieve
  • remedy
  • remit
  • remunerate
  • render
  • renew
  • repair
  • repay
  • replenish
  • request
  • requite
  • retain
  • retaliate
  • retrieve
  • return
  • review
  • reward
  • rid
  • ride herd on
  • ride shotgun
  • ride shotgun for
  • roll over
  • roof
  • root for
  • rough up
  • rout
  • rule
  • run
  • run interference for
  • run the show
  • run things
  • run with the ball
  • safeguard
  • sail through
  • satiate
  • satisfy
  • save
  • score
  • scrape up
  • screen
  • scrimp
  • secure
  • seduce
  • see after
  • see to
  • sell
  • serve
  • set up
  • settle
  • sew up
  • shape
  • shell out
  • shellack
  • shelter
  • shepherd
  • shield
  • shoot down
  • shut down
  • shut off
  • sign
  • sit
  • sit on top of
  • skimp
  • skin
  • smash
  • snuff
  • snuff out
  • soap
  • sock away
  • speed
  • spoil
  • spoil rotten
  • sponsor
  • spring for
  • square
  • squirrel
  • squirrel away
  • stake
  • stand up for
  • standardize
  • stash
  • steer
  • steward
  • stock
  • stock up
  • store up
  • straighten
  • straighten out
  • stretch out
  • stump
  • subdue
  • subjugate
  • suborn
  • succor
  • sugar
  • superintend
  • supervise
  • supply
  • support
  • surpass
  • surround
  • survey
  • sustain
  • swamp
  • sweeten the pot
  • swing for
  • tabulate
  • tailor
  • take
  • take care of business
  • take charge of
  • take down
  • take heed
  • take in
  • take out
  • take over
  • take the helm
  • take under wing
  • take up
  • tamper
  • tan
  • tempt
  • tend
  • terminate
  • thrash
  • throw oneself into
  • thump
  • tickle
  • tickle the palm
  • tip
  • top
  • top it off
  • torpedo
  • total
  • train
  • trample
  • transact
  • transcend
  • transform
  • trash
  • treat
  • triumph
  • triumph over
  • trounce
  • try
  • turn
  • turn out
  • turn to
  • ultimate
  • unburden
  • undertake
  • underwrite
  • uphold
  • use
  • use sparingly
  • vaccinate
  • vanquish
  • wait
  • wait on
  • wait upon
  • wallop
  • ward
  • waste
  • watch
  • watch out for
  • watch over
  • wax
  • whack
  • whelm
  • whip
  • whip into shape
  • whomp
  • whop
  • wield
  • win
  • wind up
  • wipe
  • wipe out
  • wipe the floor with
  • work for
  • work out a deal
  • work over
  • work with
  • wrap
  • wrap up
  • yield
  • zap

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