Synonyms of outpacing

outpacing

verb

present participle of outpace

as in overtaking

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

• overtaking
• surpassing
• driving
• outstripping
• accelerating
• chasing
• outrunning
• speeding
• rushing
• jumping
• racing
• rocketing
• traveling
• tearing
• blazing
• stepping
• catching up
• hastening
• barreling
• hurrying
• ripping
• bustling
• hurtling
• cracking (on)
• scuttling
• galloping
• flying
• hurling
• blasting
• trotting
• scurrying
• buzzing
• hustling
• blowing
• bundling
• scooting
• motoring
• zooming
• nipping
• whisking
• ramming
• zipping
• bowling
• careening
• humping
• careering
• pelting
• bolting
• dashing
• coursing
• darting
• breezing
• rustling
• flitting
• scampering
• shooting
• belting
• scuffling
• whirling
• jetting
• highballing
• running
• fast-forwarding
• stampeding
• bombing
• haring
• cannonballing
• scudding
• streaking
• whizzing
• hying
• sprinting
• jogging
• hotfooting (it)
• beetling
• quickening
• stepping out
• beelining
• arrowing

Dissimilar Words

• lagging
• dragging
• hanging (around or out)
• lingering
• poking
• dawdling
• loitering
• shuffling
• strolling
• tarrying
• sauntering
• plodding
• decelerating
• ambling
• lumbering
• slowing (down or up)
• dallying
• creeping
• dillydallying
• crawling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of outpacing

Super Micro earned 69 cents per share on an adjusted basis, outpacing the consensus estimate of 49 cents per share, per LSEG. —Liz Napolitano,darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026

Meanwhile, silver’s price has jumped sharply, trading at nearly $90 per ounce today, a nearly 182% increase from about $32 a year earlier—far outpacing its historical sluggish price increases. —Preston Fore, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026

During McMillon’s run, Walmart’s share price has shot up 392 percent, easily outpacing the S&P 500’s growth of 298 percent. —Evan Clark, Footwear News, 3 Feb. 2026

Over the past five years, the price has soared 96%, outpacing an 80% gain in the S&P 500 over that period. —Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2026

The stock is climbing because revenue growth is currently outpacing the large expenditure. —Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026

The precious metal surged dramatically in 2025, shattering the $4,000-per-ounce barrier for the first time and significantly outpacing traditional stock market returns. —Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026

Still, renewables now provide nearly half of EU power, with wind and solar outpacing all fossil sources in more than half of member countries. —Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 22 Jan. 2026

Electricity costs have been steadily rising for years now, outpacing inflation. —Simmone Shah, Time, 21 Jan. 2026