outface

out·face

verb \ˌau̇t-ˈfās\

Definition of OUTFACE

transitive verb

1

: to cause to waver or submit by or as if by staring

2

: to confront unflinchingly : defy

Examples of OUTFACE

1. <rescue workers who outface the daily threat of catastrophe>

First Known Use of OUTFACE

circa 1529

Related to OUTFACE

Synonyms: beard, brave, brazen, breast, confront, dare, defy, outbrave, face

Antonyms: dodge, duck, funk, shirk, sidestep

Related Words: face up (to), front; affront; challenge; encounter, meet; accost, approach, corner; repel, resist, stand, withstand; battle, combat, contend (with), fight, oppose, square (off)

Near Antonyms: avoid, eschew, shun; elude, escape, evade, shake

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Rhymes with OUTFACE

abase, airspace, Alsace, ambsace, apace, backspace, best-case, biface, birthplace, blackface, boldface, bookcase, bootlace, braincase, briefcase, clubface, crankcase, cyclase, debase, deface, disgrace, displace, dogface, doughface, efface, embrace, emplace, encase, enchase, enlace, erase, euclase, firebase, fireplace, footpace, footrace, foreface, freebase, gyrase, half-space, hard case, headspace, hydrase, Jerez, kinase, lactase, lightface, lipase, lyase, maltase, manes, millrace, milreis, misplace, mutase, notecase, null-space, nutcase, outpace, outrace, paleface, postface, Quilmes, replace, scapegrace, shoelace, showcase, showplace, slipcase, smearcase, someplace, staircase, subbase, subspace, suitcase, tailrace, tenace, typeface, ukase, unbrace, unlace, watchcase, wheelbase, whey-face, whiteface, workplace, worst-case