Synonyms of capsized

capsized

verb

past tense of capsize

as in overturned

to turn on one's side or upside down

a huge wave out of nowhere caused our little sailboat to capsize

Synonyms & Similar Words

• overturned
• collapsed
• keeled
• fell
• upset
• turned over
• toppled
• turned turtle
• tilted
• upended
• overset
• inverted
• tipped
• careened
• overthrew
• leaned
• listed
• foundered
• heeled
• tumped (over)
• pitchpoled
• gave

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• righted
• stood up
• straightened (up)
• erected
• raised

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of capsized

In a separate incident, a small boat capsized off Hardelot, on France's north west coast, late on Wednesday, the Pas-de-Calais prefecture said. — ABC News, 30 July 2026

Authorities have recovered and identified a third person who died after a boat capsized two weeks ago in the San Francisco Bay. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 28 July 2026

News of the body recovery piqued wide interest in light of the sinking of the Volare, a 49-foot three-story vessel that capsized July 14 near Alcatraz. — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 25 July 2026

The government of Guyana continued to search its coastal waters Tuesday for dozens of people still missing after a government ferry capsized over the weekend in one of the deadliest disasters to it the South American country. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026

Guyanese Prime Minister Mark Phillips announced on Tuesday, July 21, that 27 bodies had been recovered after the MV Barima capsized and sank on Saturday, July 18, while traveling from the Guyanese capital of Georgetown to Port Kaitumas. — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026

Dozens of people were feared dead after the ferry capsized late Saturday. — Reuters, CNN Money, 20 July 2026

Authorities said the vessel, which makes weekly trips to the largely Indigenous communities near Venezuela, capsized near the Pomeroon River. — Arkansas Online, 19 July 2026

The wreckage of a 49-foot cabin cruiser that capsized near Alcatraz Island this week has been located on the floor of San Francisco Bay, as authorities continue searching for two family members still missing after the deadly accident. — James Ward, USA Today, 18 July 2026