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

Cost burden – spending more than 30% of income on housing – is common among lower-income renters in Hazelwood, part of a national pattern of rising housing costs outpacing incomes. — Ira Goldstein, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026

The value of those holdings grew ninefold over the past year, outpacing tokenized funds and ETFs. — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026

In Healthcare Workflows AI use is already outpacing the policies meant to guide it. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Here's that exact dynamic played out in the Cinebench test, with the M6 model notably outpacing the M5 Pro in single-core speed. — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

Investors pummeled the drugmaker’s stock, underwhelmed by growth targets that matched industry averages rather than outpacing them. — Annika Kim Constantino,elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026

At the same time, celebrity testimonials are outpacing the evidence. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Republicans’ ad reservations are outpacing Democrats in eight of nine close Senate races, according to AdImpact data. — Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Meanwhile, as of June, the cryptocurrency industry had doled out $189 million to influence the 2026 midterms, which is outpacing its contributions in the previous election cycle, shows a study by Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy group. — Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026