to outpace

Examples

• All

• In recent years, online shopping has outpaced brick-and-mortar sales significantly.

• In fact, solid investments are the only way to outpace inflation.

• However, the stock market does outpace inflation.

• When you make the money, then you need to understand that you have to outpace inflation.

  Bedros Keuilian

• Some people's spending habits outpace their movement through the class system.

  Chris Williamson

• So in Europe, in America, in Latin America, even in India, women are outpacing men in education.

  Adam Conover

• But its growth rate has been strong and steady, far outpacing other sectors of the economy.

  Academic text (1994)

• In this region, the population driver has outpaced the provision of water and sanitation services.

  Academic text (2000)

• Recent urban sprawl has far outpaced the rate of population increase.

  Academic text (2004)

• Technological evolution has outpaced our emotional and spiritual evolution.

Synonyms

O

to outrun

vsto outpace

65 3.0

Run faster than someone or something

is broader, applying to speed or progress beyond just running

O

to outstrip

vsto outpace

7 6.8

To become faster, better, or larger than another

is about progressing faster in speed or rate, not necessarily a large lead

D

to distance

vsto outpace

3 6.2

To move ahead of others in a race or competition

is focused on speed or rate rather than the competitive movement forward

O

to outdistance

vsto outpace

2 6.7

Get much farther ahead of other people in a race or competition

is simply about being faster or progressing at a higher rate

O

to outrace

vsto outpace

1 5.9

To get ahead of others in progress or achievement

covers faster movement or rate in any context including physical races

O

to outpass

vsto outpace

8.1

To move past another person or thing and go ahead of them

focuses on faster development or rate rather than the passing act

O

to outsprint

vsto outpace

4.8

Move or act faster than other people to gain an advantage

is the general idea of moving faster over time or at a higher rate

Antonyms

F

to fall behind

70 2.8

To not keep up with others or a schedule

L

to lag

24 3.0

To move or develop more slowly than others

How Fast

to outstrip

7 6.8

to outpace

20 4.9

to overtake

45 3.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology