Outshouts

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To vocalize more loudly than another person in order to be heard or express dominance
2. To raise one's voice above others while speaking or shouting to gain attention or assert oneself
3. To produce a louder shout than someone else, overpowering their vocal expression

Etymology: "Outshouts" is the third-person singular present form of "outshout," meaning to shout louder than someone else. The verb is formed from "out" plus "shout," so it is a plain compound rather than a word with a dramatic backstory. The "out" element goes back to Proto-Germanic "ūt," which came into Old English as "ūt" and by Middle English had become "ut." It carried the sense of movement or extension outward, and that sense survives in the verb: to outshout is to push your voice past someone else's. "Shout" has its own Germanic roots, so the compound is an English-built word from native materials.

Synonyms: shouts louder, vociferates, yells, calls out, exclaims

Antonyms: whispers, mumbles, quietens, silences, hushes