Synonyms of outpaced

outpaced

verb

past tense of outpace

as in overtook

to go or grow faster than (something)

Population growth has continued to outpace job growth for the last several decades.

The demand for the product has outpaced the company's ability to produce it.

Related Words

• overtook
• drove
• surpassed
• outstripped
• accelerated
• outran
• sped
• chased
• jumped
• raced
• stepped
• caught up
• rushed
• hurried
• rocketed
• hastened
• traveled
• trotted
• scooted
• cracked (on)
• scurried
• scuttled
• hurled
• hustled
• ripped
• hurtled
• blazed
• bundled
• bustled
• bolted
• buzzed
• humped
• flew
• tore
• rammed
• barreled
• motored
• blew
• blasted
• zoomed
• breezed
• dashed
• bowled
• careened
• nipped
• darted
• whisked
• pelted
• coursed
• scampered
• whirled
• zipped
• rustled
• flitted
• belted
• hied
• galloped
• shot
• streaked
• jetted
• fast-forwarded
• bombed
• highballed
• ran
• cannonballed
• hared
• whizzed
• careered
• stampeded
• sprinted
• jogged
• scuffled
• hotfooted (it)
• scudded
• quickened
• beetled
• stepped out
• arrowed
• beelined

Dissimilar Words

• lagged
• dragged
• lingered
• hung (around or out)
• poked
• loitered
• strolled
• shuffled
• sauntered
• tarried
• ambled
• dallied
• dawdled
• slowed (down or up)
• plodded
• decelerated
• lumbered
• dillydallied
• crept
• crawled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of outpaced

Demand for hard disk drives has recently outpaced supply, the analyst said. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026

Of course, with more power draw available to them, the RTX 50-series laptops outpaced the Spark system handily. — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2026

But affordability hasn’t recovered, because rents have outpaced renters’ incomes for two decades. — Heather Occhino, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

Degradation from wildfires, logging and drought affects about 40% of the Amazon and has outpaced clear-cutting in recent years. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

In the last several decades, women’s matriculation rates and early career outcomes have caught up to — and in some cases, outpaced — those of men, thus reshaping the calculus underlying many partnerships. — Grace Kelleher, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

The growth outpaced that of the student population, undoing years of work by advocacy groups and policymakers to end the school-to-prison pipeline. — Kristian Hernández, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Oct. 2026

During the trial, the prosecution presented evidence of Capone’s extravagant lifestyle, while the defense argued that Capone’s expenses and gambling losses outpaced his income. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Oct. 2026

O’Hare’s consulting and solicitation budget of $47,000 outpaced Simmons’s $34,000. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026