Synonyms of outpaces

outpaces

verb

present tense third-person singular of outpace

as in overtakes

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

• overtakes
• surpasses
• drives
• outstrips
• accelerates
• outruns
• chases
• speeds
• rushes
• jumps
• races
• hastens
• hurries
• cracks (on)
• barrels
• scuttles
• hurls
• rips
• scurries
• travels
• scoots
• hurtles
• buzzes
• catches up
• careens
• tears
• courses
• motors
• blows
• careers
• belts
• bustles
• zooms
• whisks
• trots
• hustles
• flies
• blazes
• rustles
• gallops
• hies
• rockets
• steps
• jets
• scampers
• rams
• bowls
• blasts
• shoots
• flits
• bundles
• dashes
• humps
• zips
• whirls
• fast-forwards
• hares
• nips
• breezes
• pelts
• bombs
• darts
• bolts
• runs
• whizzes
• beetles
• jogs
• hotfoots (it)
• stampedes
• highballs
• scuds
• quickens
• cannonballs
• streaks
• sprints
• scuffles
• steps out
• arrows
• beelines

Dissimilar Words

• lags
• lingers
• drags
• hangs (around or out)
• loiters
• pokes
• dawdles
• tarries
• shuffles
• slows (down or up)
• saunters
• ambles
• decelerates
• strolls
• dallies
• plods
• lumbers
• dillydallies
• crawls
• creeps

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of outpaces

Today, beef inflation rapidly outpaces regular food inflation due, in part, to severe drought conditions starting in 2022 that raised feed prices and discouraged farmers from breeding cattle. —Tristan Bove, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026

Illinois has been playing catch-up as technology outpaces the law. —The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026

When this expansion outpaces an economy’s productive capacity, the value of the currency declines, setting the stage for a rapid rise in prices. —Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Apr. 2026

Meanwhile, airlines have been leaning into premium offerings and making their basic fares more restrictive as the growth from higher-end options outpaces sales from regular economy. —Michele Luhn, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2026

Usually, when a destination starts to see significant population growth, the cost of living begins to rise—often quickly—as demand outpaces available housing and resources. —Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 2 Apr. 2026

But growth that outpaces a system’s ability to absorb it is a form of pathology. —Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026

This late evening wave of storms will have the potential to be strong to severe, but overall trends should favor weakening as the cold front outpaces it. —Trey Fulbright, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026

Unemployment in the euro area unexpectedly dropped to a record low as economic expansion outpaces forecasts. —Andrew Langley, Bloomberg, 4 Mar. 2026