Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb outgo

1 sense of outgo

Sense 1
surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform -- (be or do something to a greater degree; "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")
       => beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish -- (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game")

Antonyms of adj outgoing

3 senses of outgoing

Sense 1
outgoing (vs. incoming) -- (leaving a place or a position; "an outgoing steamship")

incoming (vs. outgoing) -- (arriving at a place or position; "incoming class"; "incoming mail")
        => inbound, inward -- (directed or moving inward or toward a center; "the inbound train"; "inward flood of capital")
        => designate (postnominal) -- (appointed but not yet installed in office)
        => elect (postnominal) -- (elected but not yet installed in office; "the president elect")
        => future (prenominal), next, succeeding (prenominal) -- ((of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next president")
        => in (prenominal) -- (directed or bound inward; "took the in bus"; "the in basket")
        => inflowing, influent -- (flowing inward)
        => inpouring -- (pouring inward; "inpouring throngs of immigrants")

Sense 2
outgoing (vs. incoming) -- (retiring from a position or office; "the outgoing president")

incoming (vs. outgoing) -- (entering upon a position of office vacated by another; "the incoming president")

Sense 3
extroverted, forthcoming, outgoing -- (at ease in talking to others)

INDIRECT (VIA sociable) -> unsociable -- (not inclined to society or companionship; "an unsociable nature...shy and reserved"; "generally unsociable except with intimate friends"; "unsociable behavior"; "an unsociable neighborhood")

Similarity of adj outgoing

3 senses of outgoing

Sense 1
outgoing (vs. incoming) -- (leaving a place or a position; "an outgoing steamship")
       => outbound, outward, outward-bound -- (that is going out or leaving; "the departing train"; "an outward journey"; "outward-bound ships")
       => effluent, outflowing -- (that is flowing outward)
       => out (prenominal) -- (directed outward or serving to direct something outward; "the out doorway"; "the out basket")
       => past (prenominal), preceding (prenominal), retiring (prenominal) -- (of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board")
          Also See-> past#1

Sense 2
outgoing (vs. incoming) -- (retiring from a position or office; "the outgoing president")

Sense 3
extroverted, forthcoming, outgoing -- (at ease in talking to others)
       => sociable (vs. unsociable) -- (inclined to or conducive to companionship with others; "a sociable occasion"; "enjoyed a sociable chat"; "a sociable conversation"; "Americans are sociable and gregarious")

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