outlast

verb

out·​last ˌau̇t-ˈlast 

outlasted; outlasting; outlasts

transitive verb

: to last longer than : to continue to exist, be active, etc., longer than (someone or something)

BookCourt … withstood the 1999 opening of a Barnes & Noble store just a few blocks away and even outlasted the owners' marriage.

—Eli Rosenberg

Synonyms

• survive
• outlive

Examples of outlast in a Sentence

I truly hope this car will outlast our previous one

your work will probably outlast you

Recent Examples on the Web

Bezos pointed to the large-scale investment in fiber-optic cable that came out of the dotcom bubble as an example of a benefit that outlasted some of the companies from that era. —Jordan Blum, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025

The 23-year-old Cup prospect earned his 10th victory of the season, outlasting the field in overtime Friday afternoon in the series’ inaugural race at the Charlotte Roval on Friday afternoon. —Shane Connuck october 3, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2025

The 2024 championship came down to the waning seconds of Game 5, and the New York Liberty outlasted the Minnesota Lynx in overtime. —Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025

Bin Laden outlasted Bellevue, too, before succumbing. —Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1570, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for outlast

• aghast
• amassed
• biassed
• broadcast
• bypassed
• downcast
• forecast
• foremast
• harassed
• holdfast
• mainmast
• newscast

Kids Definition

outlast

verb

out·​last

(ˈ)au̇t-ˈlast

: to last longer than : survive