outswims
Passes in water
Outswims is the third-person singular of outswim, meaning to swim faster or farther than another: She easily outswims everyone on the team.
The word applies literally to racing or escape, and figuratively to surpassing others in any fluid situation.
With more velocity
- quickerMore rapid in pace
- surgesAbrupt powerful rises
- sprintsBrief maximum-speed runs
- acceleratesIncreases in velocity
velocity · swift · fleet · pace · turnover · streamlined · hydrodynamic · kick
Acts of fleeing
- evadesAvoids by cunning
- eludesEscapes from skillfully
- fleesDeparts to escape danger
- outrunsMoves faster than
predator · prey · pursuit · chase · shark · seal · survival · instinct
Contests of speed
- beatsPulses or defeats
- defeatsOvercomes or bests
- passesGoes beyond or through
- overtakesPasses while moving faster
laps · finishes · qualifies · advances · heats · finals · freestyle · backstroke
Persists longer than
- tiresRubber wheel coverings
- exhaustsCompletely uses up
- fatiguesMilitary duty uniform
- distancesSpaces between locations
stamina · perseverance · marathon · long-distance · pacing · conditioning · training · laps
faster
With more velocity
accelerates · velocity · swift · fleet · pace · turnover · streamlined · hydrodynamic · kick · pull
escapes
Acts of fleeing
outruns · predator · prey · pursuit · chase · shark · seal · survival · instinct · flee
races
Contests of speed
overtakes · laps · finishes · qualifies · advances · heats · finals · freestyle · backstroke · butterfly
outlasts
Persists longer than
distances · stamina · perseverance · marathon · long-distance · pacing · conditioning · training · laps · determination
outswimsdrowns
Dies by submersion
sinks · flounders · struggles · goes under · treads water