Weeds will soon outgrow the flowers.
Source: tatoeba (244958)
Outgrow
//ˌɑʊtˈɡɹoʊ//
Synonyms for "outgrow" (32 found)
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Related words (16)
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22 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- надраствам verb (to become too big or mature for some object, practice, condition, belief, etc)
Dutch
3 entries- ontgroeien verb (to become too big or mature for some object, practice, condition, belief, etc)
- ontgroeien verb (to grow faster or taller than someone or something else)
- ontwassen verb (to become too big or mature for some object, practice, condition, belief, etc)
Finnish
4 entries- kasvaa isommaksi verb (to grow faster or taller than someone or something else)
- kasvaa nopeammin verb (to grow faster or taller than someone or something else)
- kasvaa pois verb (to become too big or mature for some object, practice, condition, belief, etc)
- kasvaa ulos verb (to become too big or mature for some object, practice, condition, belief, etc)
French
1 entries- dépasser verb (to become too big or mature for some object, practice, condition, belief, etc)
Hungarian
1 entries- kinő verb (to become too big or mature for some object, practice, condition, belief, etc)
Italian
2 entries- superare verb (to become too big or mature for some object, practice, condition, belief, etc)
- superare verb (to grow faster or taller than someone or something else)
Polish
4 entries- przerastać verb (to grow faster or taller than someone or something else)
- przerosnąć verb (to grow faster or taller than someone or something else)
- wyrastać verb (to become too big or mature for some object, practice, condition, belief, etc)
- wyrosnąć verb (to become too big or mature for some object, practice, condition, belief, etc)
Portuguese
1 entries- superar verb (to become too big or mature for some object, practice, condition, belief, etc)
Spanish
4 entries- exceder verb (to grow faster or taller than someone or something else)
- extracrecer verb (to grow faster or taller than someone or something else)
- superar verb (to grow faster or taller than someone or something else)
- supracrecer verb (to grow faster or taller than someone or something else)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
As we outgrow the need for professions based on the monetary system, for instance lawyers, bankers, insurance agents, marketing and advertising personnel, salespersons, and stockbrokers, a considerable amount of waste will be eliminated.
Source: tatoeba (2343360)
Ziri's ivy outgrow its pot.
Source: tatoeba (10859612)
Poorer children often have to wear whatever an older sibling has outgrown.
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.