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

The lifting and installation operation took two days to complete and has already outpaced the construction of Unit 1, which began a year earlier. —Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026

Blume takes that view, noting that Bitcoin has outpaced inflation across multi-year stretches. —Sharon Wu, USA Today, 2 June 2026

In many cities and counties, those rolls have outpaced population growth and inflation. —Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 2 June 2026

Consider what the internet did the last time transport outpaced verification. —Michael Quoc, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026

Even after huge moves in ServiceNow, Salesforce and Oracle on Friday, call option volumes in each stock outpaced puts by a factor of 5, according to data from ThinkOrSwim. —Oliver Renick, CNBC, 29 May 2026

The Sacramento Fire Department responded to 98,157 calls during that period as service demand outpaced staffing growth. —Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026

Spikes in gas prices as well as higher food costs have worsened inflation, which has outpaced the growth in average paychecks, reducing most Americans’ purchasing power. —Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 26 May 2026

Researchers and athletes both say that the public conversation has outpaced — and frequently misrepresented — the science, leaving athletes such as Browne to carry the weight of a question far more complex than a hot take. —Starre Vartan, CNN Money, 20 May 2026