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Definition of exceed : 1. To be more or greater; to be paramount.
2. To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good and a bad sense; as, one man exceeds another in bulk, stature, weight, power, skill, etc.; one offender exceeds another in villainy; his rank exceeds yours.
3. To go too far; to pass the proper bounds or measure.

Synonyms:

run, cash in one's chips, surmount, transgress, scale, meet one at every turn, break, go too far, kick the bucket, spend, pinch, outrun, die, go on, top off, run circles around, carry all before one, egest, outreach, stand out, cut out, communicate, return, get the drop on, go past, go through, overwhelm, reach, pass away, leave behind, overtop, abound, pass on, outrival, top, trespass, top out, guide, make a favorable impression (on someone), make pass, distance, have the edge on, overreach, sink, outvie, hold aces, have it all over, decease, hand, go beyond, draw, go, tower, outgun, fade, slip by, outgo, evanesce, authorise, scoop, give, fall, devolve, overpass, elapse, make an impression, rise above, beat the wind out of, overdo, trump, get over, master, conk, be an inspiration to someone, lead, travel by, occur, authorize, break the record, outflank, pass off, break the ... barrier, excrete, pass along, crown, commend itself (to someone), overshoot, perish, happen, pass by, turn over, snuff it, go by, pass over, gain the upper hand, edge out, give-up the ghost, pass, come about, big, overtake, fall out, hap, get the best of, better, buy the farm, outmatch, subdue, lapse, overhaul, put across, gain the ascendancy, litter, get the bulge on, infest, clear, knock your socks off, slip away, croak, have the jump on, choke, have it on, have the advantage, pop off, extend, overcome, outdistance, legislate, be ahead of the game, take place, excess, glide by, overstep, outshine, beat to the draw, exit, make it, go along, be really/quite something, expire, put someone/something in the shade, slide by, outpace, take your breath away, drop dead, blow over, get the better of, go across, eliminate, fleet, rank out

overindulge, inundate, overkill, overrun, glut, overdose, engulf, deluge

best, surpass, excel, outstrip, outclass, outdo, transcend, overshadow, outperform, predominate, beat, cap, eclipse

Usage examples:

• I found they would exceed a year's salary. - "Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson", Thomas Jefferson.
• The dimensions of canoes now made from these trees rarely exceed fifteen feet in length by eighteen inches in width: the art of making them is an inheritance from the ancient Caribs. - "Two Years in the French West Indies", Lafcadio Hearn.
• Ah, a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's heaven for? - "Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul", Various.