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

As Hirsch points out, a similar spike in energy prices surfaced around the 1979 Iranian Revolution, especially in the Los Angeles region—where inflation outpaced the national average by about two percentage points. —Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026

Full-year profit of $272 million outpaced the $109 million from fiscal year 2024. —Mike Snider, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026

Fulton agreed that rising labor costs, equipment prices, inflation and other unforeseen costs have outpaced the agreements -- potentially leaving Denver taxpayers to make up the difference. —Brian Maass, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2026

The findings, published in the medical journal The Lancet Psychiatry, underscore the extent to which the public's embrace of cannabis has outpaced the scientific research. —Will Stone, NPR, 17 Mar. 2026

Leading up to 2025, income growth outpaced rising housing costs after the opposite occurred in 2022 and 2023. —Sasha Richie, Dallas Morning News, 16 Mar. 2026

Rapid population growth — including an influx of high-earning tech workers — have driven up housing costs, which have far outpaced local wages and transformed what was once one of Texas’ most accessible big cities into its most expensive. —Alex Driggars, Austin American Statesman, 16 Mar. 2026

Lusti outpaced Illinois’ JaCieonna Gero-Holt in the 800 meters by one spot to hold off her fellow freshman. —ABC News, 13 Mar. 2026

For anyone tracking every dollar spent eating out, those numbers reflect a real tension between wanting to do the right thing and feeling like tipping expectations have outpaced the service being provided. —Ryan Brennan march 12, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026