| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | beat | do better than |
| 2. | becloud | make unclear or obscure |
| 3. | better | surpass in quality or result |
| 4. | black out | block from view completely |
| 5. | blot out | hide by covering completely |
| 6. | blow away | greatly impress more than |
| 7. | cast a pall over | make seem gloomy or lesser |
| 8. | cast into shadow | make less noticeable |
| 9. | cloak | hide or disguise |
| 10. | cloud | make less clear or visible |
| 11. | conceal | prevent from being seen |
| 12. | cover | spread over and hide |
| 13. | crowd out | leave little room for |
| 14. | dim | make less bright or noticeable |
| 15. | diminish | make seem smaller or weaker |
| 16. | dominate | be more prominent than |
| 17. | downplay | make seem less important |
| 18. | draw attention from | pull notice away from |
| 19. | dwarf | make seem small or unimportant |
| 20. | eclipse | outshine or block from view |
| 21. | edge out | surpass by a small margin |
| 22. | efface | erase or make inconspicuous |
| 23. | engulf | cover or overwhelm completely |
| 24. | enshadow | cast into shadow |
| 25. | enshroud | cover or hide completely |
| 26. | fade beside | seem weaker next to |
| 27. | gray out | to make less visible |
| 28. | hide | keep from being seen |
| 29. | hog the limelight | to take all attention |
| 30. | hog the spotlight | to take all attention |
| 31. | humble | to make seem less important |
| 32. | jostle aside | to push out of notice |
| 33. | keep in the background | to make less prominent |
| 34. | leave behind | surpass and move ahead of |
| 35. | leave in the dust | surpass by a wide margin |
| 36. | leave standing | surpass completely |
| 37. | loom over | appear threateningly larger than |
| 38. | make insignificant | render unimportant |
| 39. | make look small | make seem insignificant |
| 40. | make secondary | push into second place |
| 41. | mask | conceal or cover up |
| 42. | minimize | reduce apparent importance |
| 43. | mute | soften or reduce effect |
| 44. | obscure | make less visible or clear |
| 45. | occlude | block from sight |
| 46. | outbalance | weigh more heavily than |
| 47. | outclass | surpass clearly in quality |
| 48. | outdo | do better than |
| 49. | outmatch | be superior to |
| 50. | outshine | be more impressive than |
| 51. | outstrip | go beyond or exceed |
| 52. | outweigh | be more important than |
| 53. | overpower | defeat or dominate completely |
| 54. | overshine | shine more brightly than |
| 55. | overtop | rise above or exceed |
| 56. | overwhelm | overpower in effect or importance |
| 57. | pale beside | seem inferior next to |
| 58. | pale next to | seem less impressive than |
| 59. | prevail over | be stronger or more influential |
| 60. | push aside | move into lesser importance |
| 61. | push back | force into the background |
| 62. | put in the shade | make seem inferior |
| 63. | put to shame | make look inferior |
| 64. | recede behind | become less prominent than |
| 65. | relegate | put into a lower place |
| 66. | run rings around | easily outperform |
| 67. | shade | darken or partially cover |
| 68. | shadow | cast darkness over |
| 69. | smother | cover thickly or suppress |
| 70. | steal the show | draw all the attention |
| 71. | steal the spotlight | take the attention away |
| 72. | submerge | cover or overwhelm completely |
| 73. | surpass | be better or greater than |
| 74. | swamp | overwhelm completely |
| 75. | take the spotlight from | draw attention away from |
| 76. | throw into shade | make less prominent |
| 77. | top | be better than |
| 78. | tower over | seem much greater than |
| 79. | transcend | go beyond in importance |
| 80. | trump | outdo or outrank |
| 81. | undercut | weaken the effect or importance |
| 82. | undermine | weaken gradually or indirectly |
| 83. | underplay | present as less important |
| 84. | understate | make seem less important |
| 85. | underwhelm | make seem less impressive |
| 86. | upend | displace from a leading position |
| 87. | upstage | draw attention away from |
| 88. | usurp | take another’s place or role |
| 89. | vanquish | defeat completely or decisively |
| 90. | vault over | surpass decisively |
| 91. | veil | hide behind a covering |
| 92. | wane beside | seem weaker in comparison |
| 93. | weaken | make less strong or striking |
| 94. | white out | obliterate from sight |
| 95. | wipe out | remove from notice or effect |
| 96. | withdraw attention from | divert notice away from |
| 97. | withhold prominence from | deny notable attention to |
| 98. | worsen by comparison | make seem poorer beside another |
| 99. | yield the spotlight to | let another get attention |
| 100. | yield to | give way in importance |