Discourage and Outwit

Discourage

Discourage verb - To lessen the courage or confidence of.

Outwit and discourage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Outwit" instead a verb "Discourage".

Nearby Words: discouragement, discouraging

Outwit

Outwit verb - To get the better of through cleverness.

Discourage and outwit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Discourage" instead a verb "Outwit".

Nearby Words: outwitted, outwitting

Common collocations

people discourage people outwit people
someone discourage someone outwit someone
player discourage player outwit player
humans discourage humans outwit humans
Other words: opponents, enemies.
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