Synonyms of outpaces

outpaces

verb

present tense third-person singular of outpace

as in overtakes

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

• overtakes
• surpasses
• drives
• outstrips
• accelerates
• outruns
• chases
• speeds
• rushes
• jumps
• races
• hastens
• hurries
• cracks (on)
• barrels
• scuttles
• hurls
• rips
• scurries
• travels
• scoots
• hurtles
• buzzes
• catches up
• careens
• tears
• courses
• motors
• blows
• careers
• belts
• bustles
• zooms
• whisks
• trots
• hustles
• flies
• blazes
• rustles
• gallops
• hies
• rockets
• steps
• jets
• scampers
• rams
• bowls
• blasts
• shoots
• flits
• bundles
• dashes
• humps
• zips
• whirls
• fast-forwards
• hares
• nips
• breezes
• pelts
• bombs
• darts
• bolts
• runs
• whizzes
• beetles
• jogs
• hotfoots (it)
• stampedes
• highballs
• scuds
• quickens
• cannonballs
• streaks
• sprints
• scuffles
• steps out
• arrows
• beelines

Dissimilar Words

• lags
• lingers
• drags
• hangs (around or out)
• loiters
• pokes
• dawdles
• tarries
• shuffles
• slows (down or up)
• saunters
• ambles
• decelerates
• strolls
• dallies
• plods
• lumbers
• dillydallies
• crawls
• creeps

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of outpaces

Companies there are using AI at a scale that far outpaces that of the US. — Jennifer Pak, NPR, 13 Aug. 2026

Danielsen Lie was cast as Philip, who outpaces his best friend in the pursuit of literary success only to unravel with equal pizzazz. — Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026

Today, Digit v4 already outpaces the washer’s ability to ingest parts. — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

The fast-food chain is a household name in the Philippines, where Jollibee often outpaces McDonald's in popularity. — Molly Riehl, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

Any Chinese threat to hurt Taiwan therefore outpaces what Taiwan could threaten in response. — Eugene Gholz, Foreign Affairs, 4 Aug. 2026

The aircraft, nicknamed Phantom Twist, rotates up to 25 times per second, a rate that outpaces how quickly our visual system can process sharp detail. — New Atlas, 17 July 2026

Those placements are increasingly valuable as demand in certain healthcare fields outpaces the supply of available medical personnel. — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026

Public health departments can decide to confront the toll of alcohol, which outpaces that of opioids in most places, and develop marketing campaigns to oppose the overwhelming messaging from the alcohol industry. — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 14 July 2026