OVER HAUL Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

overhaul 1 of 2

verb

ˌō-vər-ˈhȯl

Definition of overhaul

as in to catch

to move fast enough to get even with in the final moments of the race, the horse in the rear sped forward at a furious pace and overhauled the horse that had been leading

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fall short

overhaul

2 of 2

noun

as in redesign

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Verb

Magyar, whose party ousted Orban’s nationalist Fidesz party after 16 years in power in an April election, has started to overhaul Orban’s key bastions of power, including the state media. — CNN Money, 7 July 2026 Walmart's Deals of the Day make overhauling your gaming setup effortless by slashing essential upgrades down to their best prices. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 7 July 2026

Noun

The overhaul may prove to be a boon for DreamWorks, which was selected to receive $19 million for Shrek prequel Donkey. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2026 Dynasty's blueprint overhaul lands the way EA's Madden franchise push has, giving program-building real management stakes. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for overhaul

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Verb

Anaplasmosis can also cause severe illness, including respiratory failure, bleeding problems, organ failure and death, though it can also be treated with antibiotics, especially if caught early.

— Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
For many who are caught in, recovering from or trying to avoid the next heatwave, their prayers for rain might well be answered.

— Evan Clark, Footwear News, 13 July 2026

Definition of catch

Noun

But the projects often require extensive structural, plumbing, mechanical and redesign work that can make the project more complicated than building new housing from scratch.

— Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
The redesign reduced both size and weight while increasing transmit power, giving military units greater flexibility during deployments.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 July 2026

Definition of redesign

Verb

The room is overtaken with projections, scenes of bustling New York traffic paired with bachelor-pad-like guitar riffs.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
But as late-arriving mail-in ballots were counted, Raman overtook Pratt and knocked him out of the runoff.

— City News Service, Daily News, 8 July 2026

Definition of overtake

Noun

Moreover, the analyst sees the possibility of solid estimate revisions, which could drive the stock higher.

— Tipranks.com Staff, CNBC, 5 July 2026
Trust in the category is the scarce resource, and the SFDR revision was written to rebuild it with clearer and stricter definitions.

— Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

Definition of revision

Verb

The Angels then chased Eovaldi when Logan O’Hoppe walked and Wade Meckler singled, driving in a run as the top of the order came to the plate.

— Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 10 July 2026
Muse Spark is chasing what Anthropic and OpenAI are already doing for developers accustomed to agentic coding tools, and Muse Spark doesn’t show major improvements in coding over its competitors’ models, according to benchmarks.

— Jake Angelo, semafor.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of chase

Noun

Teams still spend time reconciling data across systems, validating outputs manually, coordinating across silos and reworking processes that AI was supposed to simplify.

— Eglae Recchia, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
But the move for Kesselring was just the start of his blue-line reworking.

— Eric Stephens, New York Times, 24 June 2026

Definition of reworking

Verb

Miles became the fastest player in WNBA history to reach 400 points, 100 rebounds and 100 assists — doing it in 22 games.

— CBS News, CBS News, 14 July 2026
Rotation could become an issue in Saturday’s game between the losing semi-finalists, so building around players expected to reach the final is the safest approach.

— Abdul Rehman, New York Times, 14 July 2026

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