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

With 15 cases documented so far this year, public health staff said the number of people infected with West Nile virus, half of whom live in the San Fernando Valley, outpaces the five-year average for this time period. — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

Similarly, Kansas City outpaces other similar markets because the Chiefs are Super Bowl contenders every year, thanks to Patrick Mahomes. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Grande outpaces Wallen on the Billboard 200 more than three times over. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

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

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