OUTGO (outgone, outwent)

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does outgo mean? 

• OUTGO (noun)
  The noun OUTGO has 1 sense:

1. money paid out

  Familiarity information: OUTGO used as a noun is very rare.

• OUTGO (verb)
  The verb OUTGO has 1 sense:

1. be or do something to a greater degree

  Familiarity information: OUTGO used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OUTGO (noun)

Meaning:

Money paid out

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

expenditure; outgo; outlay

Hypernyms ("outgo" is a kind of...):

financial loss (loss of money or decrease in financial value)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "outgo"):

cost (the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor)

expense (money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer)

transfer payment (a public expenditure (as for unemployment compensation or veteran's benefits) that is not for goods and services)

Antonym:

income (the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time)

• OUTGO (verb)

Meaning:

Be or do something to a greater degree

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

outstrip; outperform; outmatch; outgo; outdo; surpass; exceed; surmount

Context examples:

her performance surpasses that of any other student I know / She outdoes all other athletes / This exceeds all my expectations / This car outperforms all others in its class

Hypernyms (to "outgo" is one way to...):

beat; beat out; crush; shell; trounce; vanquish (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "outgo"):

outshine (attract more attention and praise than others)

outrange (have a greater range than (another gun))

outweigh (be heavier than)

outbrave (be braver than)

out-herod (surpass someone in cruelty or evil)

outfox (outdo someone in trickery)

shame (surpass or beat by a wide margin)

outmarch (march longer distances and for a longer time than)

better; break (surpass in excellence)

outpace (surpass in speed)

beat; circumvent; outfox; outsmart; outwit; overreach (beat through cleverness and wit)

outgrow (grow faster than)

outcry; outshout (shout louder than)

outroar (roar louder than)

outsail (sail faster or better than)

outdraw (draw a gun faster, or best someone in a gunfight)

outsell (sell more than others)

outsell (be sold more often than other, similar products)

outwear (last longer than others)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something