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

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

While the pastel was trending earlier this year, it’s officially been overtaken by its more summery sister. — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 24 June 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 crew was overtaken by a fast-moving blaze with no viable escape route or safety zone, the US Wildland Fire Service said. — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 30 June 2026

Today, the once-massive grandstand has been reduced to just a few sections of seats; the rest has been overtaken by the Resorts World Casino, which opened in 2011 with electronic games. — Henry Kornaros, Curbed, 26 June 2026

Microsoft and Alphabet have also overtaken BCG and McKinsey as the most common pipeline for founders. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 30 June 2026

Both fires have been overtaken by the Jones and Snyder Mesa blazes that started on the western side of the Colorado-Utah border Saturday and burned their way into Colorado. — Logan Smith, CBS News, 28 June 2026

And, as of June, the Party’s leader, Pauline Hanson, has overtaken Albanese as the preferred Prime Minister in national polls. — Oscar Schwartz, New Yorker, 29 June 2026