CAPSIZES Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

capsizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of capsize

as in overturns

to turn on one's side or upside down a huge wave out of nowhere caused our little sailboat to capsize

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Recent Examples of capsizes The boat capsizes moments after departure All 15 victims were on a company trip organized by India's Lava International, a smartphone and consumer electronics manufacturer, for its employees, distributors and retail partners, the company said. — CBS News, 13 July 2026 Boat capsizes during sudden storm on Geneva Lake Officials said all four children aboard were wearing life jackets at the time of the incident. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 4 July 2026 The group gets stranded at sea off the coast of Florida when their boat capsizes, leading Coast Guard Captain Timothy Close (Duhamel) to oversee the efforts to bring them home as a storm looms. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025 When a violent storm nearly capsizes them, the family awakes in a desert land. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024

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Swift overturns the tradition of Homer’s blindness in Gulliver’s Travels partly to remind us of the poet’s eye for detail, but also to emphasize the possibility of direct connection between Homer and his audience.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
In Netflix’s new adaptation of Little House on the Prairie, the Ingalls family’s journey from Wisconsin to Independence, Kansas, is off to a rocky start when the wagon carrying them nearly overturns in a river.

— Michael Gioia, Architectural Digest, 16 July 2026

Definition of overturns

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Don’t be home to have to listen to any of the buzz that upsets you.

— Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
Paraguay upsets Germany in sudden-death penalty kicks Gustavo Gómez of Paraguay celebrates after José Canale converts the winning penalty in a penalty shootout against Germany on Monday.

— Josh Feldman, NBC news, 30 June 2026

Definition of upsets

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That way if one of its holdings falls, the others are positioned to take up the slack, provided the economy is strong.

— Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
The impact falls disproportionately on women, who have left the workforce in droves, according to Challenger, Gray and Christmas.

— Medora Lee, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026

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