Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb outshine
2 senses of outshine
Sense 1
outshine -- (shine brighter than; "What star outshines the sun?")
=> shine, beam -- (emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light; "The sun shone bright that day"; "The fire beamed on their faces")
Sense 2
outshine -- (attract more attention and praise than others; "This film outshone all the others in quality")
=> 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")