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

But finding that money could be difficult as state government spending outpaces tax revenue and cooling housing and tourism markets squeeze clean water funding sources. — Jonathan Mingle, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2026

As for the entire state, the Minnesota Secretary of State's Office says as of Friday, more than 419,000 ballots had been accepted for this year's election — a number that far outpaces data from the 2022 midterms. — Cole Premo, CBS News, 29 Oct. 2026

Carey said the marketing narrative sometimes outpaces the innovation itself. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026

Experts on the global fuel market have doubted that the deal will substantially lower prices, given the worldwide diesel shortage far outpaces the quantity Russia will supply. — Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026

The alternative is capability spend that outpaces its own dependencies. — Hiren Dhaduk, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Further, as inflation outpaces wage growth, workers lose purchasing power and have less financial breathing room. — Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026

Here’s what the research says, where the hype outpaces the evidence and what to ask your vet before buying luxury dog products like this. — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026

This means that the state’s count of homeless students far outpaces numbers of youths accessing emergency services. — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 19 Sep. 2026