Synonyms of outweighed

outweighed

verb

past tense of outweigh

as in overshadowed

to be greater in importance than

in most elections the state of the economy outweighs all other issues

Synonyms & Similar Words

• overshadowed
• exceeded
• meant
• outranked
• mattered
• dwarfed
• overweighed
• overbalanced
• signified
• weighed
• transcended
• imported
• surpassed
• outstripped
• counted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of outweighed

Then the Center for Biological Diversity sued, and one judge decided her view outweighed that consensus. — Shannon Welch, Oc Register, 12 July 2026

That growing realization ultimately outweighed everything alcohol had once represented. — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026

Ultimately, the board determined that the long-term community benefits of the Sunrise project outweighed the short-term pain of displacing Silverado residents. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

Ultimately, voters decided that any potential shame associated with a Black president was more than outweighed by a desire to not have another Democrat in the White House. — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026

Most of us, for instance, are not the oil company executives who were told about the effects of CO2 emissions back in the 1970s and decided that the threat to their business outweighed the threat to the planet. — Gabriel Winslow-Yost, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026

However, the positives have increasingly outweighed the negatives throughout 2026, to the point where, at the time of writing, the game has a 74% positive score for reviews written in the past 30 days (of which there have been 951). — Barry Collins, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

Brokers say that while some buyers were initially spooked by the tax, the flood of liquidity from recent initial public offerings and soaring wealth from asset prices has outweighed their fears. — Robert Frank, CNBC, 3 July 2026

However, galaxies are so large that these black holes occupy only a small part, and they’re outweighed by gas, dust and stars. — Mary Ogborn, The Conversation, 25 June 2026