outnumber

verb

out·​num·​ber ˌau̇t-ˈnəm-bər 

outnumbered; outnumbering; outnumbers

transitive verb

: to exceed in number

Examples of outnumber in a Sentence

With 20 girls and 10 boys in the class, girls outnumber boys by 2 to 1.

Recent Examples on the Web

Women have outnumbered them in the workforce for eight straight months, the longest such stretch since 2010. — Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 7 Oct. 2026

To avoid the pitfalls of apps like Tinder and Hinge—where women are vastly outnumbered by men and are therefore overwhelmed by choice while men receive very few matches—FirstDate uses a Nobel Prize-winning matching theory algorithm. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026

That brought groans from a commission where the complaints about the marketing plan outnumbered the defenses. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026

Recently, there have been a few more Republicans showing up to support O’Hare and the Republican commissioners, but those aligned with Simmons typically outnumber them. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1598, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for outnumber

• encumber
• renumber
• cumber
• lumber
• number
• slumber
• umber

Kids Definition

outnumber

verb

out·​num·​ber (ˈ)au̇t-ˈnəm-bər 

: to be more than in number

girls outnumber boys in the class