Ahead
Ahead adjective - Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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He admits with some regret that pawns are chumps and get killed fast, but his youthful audience has faith that "smart-ass" pawns can get ahead.
Source: Chess Motifs - Cox, if you're so smart, maybe you should just... go ahead and be the... you're the kind of... [elevator door closes] Oh, dammit!
Source: Lame Comeback -
Eventually the Sheriff gets smart about this and insists that Trigger walk ahead of him when he's carrying the crossbow.
Source: Disney / Robin Hood
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Smart and Ahead. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ahead/smart
Ahead & Smart. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ahead/smart>.
Smart or Ahead. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ahead/smart.
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