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 of outlast

• 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

But Connaughton outlasted Dinwiddie, who was waived in the preseason, and beat the odds stacked against him — something Hornets president of basketball operations Jeff Peterson even admitted during a team meeting as seen on an episode of the franchise’s reel access series. —Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 14 Nov. 2025

For some people, this will mean creating something to outlast them, such as writing a novel or building a grand temple. —Big Think, 14 Nov. 2025

As a result, Richter has outlasted a staggering number of contenders who know how to move including Fifth Harmony’s Lauren Jauregui, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ Jen Affleck, and the polarizing (but no less talented) Hilaria Baldwin. —Lynette Rice, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025

But her work is about building infrastructure that outlasts political cycles and social media backlash. —Essence, 10 Nov. 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