outgrow

Verb

Meaning

To surpass in growing; to grow more than.

To grow out of or away from; to grow too large, or too aged, for; as, to outgrow clothing; to outgrow usefulness; to outgrow an infirmity.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

grow out of increase develop grow expand beat mature exceed gather wax thrive surpass swell enlarge outweigh
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Antonyms

lower fall reduce track contract decline
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Hypernyms

develop grow exceed surpass outdo surmount

Derivatives

outgrew outgrown outgrowing

Examples

Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. Theodore Roosevelt

If youth is a defect, it is one we outgrow too soon. Robert Lowell

Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at times before they're worn out and times - and this is the worst of all - before we have new ones. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

We outgrow love like other things and put it in a drawer, till it an antique fashion shows like costumes grandsires wore. Emily Dickinson

The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter. Norman Cousins

The mocked may grow up to dignity, but the mocker will never outgrow his juvenile behaviour. Finnish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

outgroup outgrouper outgrouping outgrower outgrowing outgrown