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

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

Texas women are outpacing men in higher education enrollment and academic achievement, yet the wage gap widens as women achieve advanced degrees, according to the report. —Alison Saldanha, Dallas Morning News, 20 Jan. 2026

While the dialogue in boardrooms has moved from theoretical ‘AI pilots’ to large-scale capital deployment, the speed of technology is currently outpacing traditional governance frameworks. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2026

The ChiNext board has surged nearly 50% over the past six months, far outpacing the more modest gains in the Shanghai Composite Index. —Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 19 Jan. 2026

The plans are the result of an insatiable energy appetite fast outpacing the state’s capacity. —Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 18 Jan. 2026

The numbers of low-income, first-gen, and underrepresented minority (URM) applicants are outpacing their peers. —Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026

Now, Guggina will oversee the region that generates hundreds of billions of dollars in sales and work to keep up the company’s recent momentum, with Walmart’s share appreciation last year outpacing the S&P 500 Index. —Bloomberg, Oc Register, 16 Jan. 2026