Synonyms of overtaken

overtaken

verb

past participle of overtake

as in caught

to move fast enough to get even with

she had to hurry to overtake her friends, who had forgotten their umbrellas

the thunderstorm overtook them suddenly

Synonyms & Similar Words

• caught
• chased
• reached
• pursued
• overhauled
• caught up (with)
• surpassed
• passed
• gained

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fallen short

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of overtaken

For the first time, the continent has overtaken Asia as the region with the largest number of hungry people, and nearly 60% of the world’s chronically undernourished people could live there by 2030. — ABC News, 21 July 2026

By late Thursday afternoon, Chicago had overtaken Detroit, Minneapolis and Toronto as the most polluted major city in the world, according to Swiss air quality company IQAir. — Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026

Even Nvidia hasn’t been spared and was overtaken by Apple on Friday as the world’s most valuable company. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 July 2026

Most of the dead, many believed to be foreign residents, were overtaken while fleeing despite shelter-in-place orders, as more than 1,400 people were evacuated. — Sergio Rodrigo, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026

As for buyer worries, mortgage rates and prices have overtaken the economy as the biggest concerns reported by agents during the second quarter. — Diana Olick, CNBC, 7 July 2026

Those plans were later overtaken by corporate infighting, lawsuits among family members and executives, and declining finances that ultimately led the gallery to shutter after nearly 80 years. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 6 July 2026

Keeping his promise, Gaetjens began coaching them on a field in La Saline, a neighborhood that has since been overtaken by present-day armed gangs. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026

The data also pushes back against the idea that short-form video has overtaken longer content. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 June 2026