OVERCHARGE Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

ˌō-vər-ˈchärj

as in to gouge

to charge (someone) too much for goods or services I think that store may have overcharged us for the shoes, which were supposed to be on sale

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undercharge

as in to load

to fill or load to excess overcharged his thesis with long, fancy words

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Recent Examples of overcharge

Verb

In two cases, the DMV fined them a total of $5,000 for overcharging people to get their vehicles after a tow and ordered Lombard to return more than $1,000 to the vehicle owners. —

Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026 In two cases, the DMV fined them a total of $5,000 for overcharging people to get their vehicles after a tow and ordered Lombard to return more than $1,000 to the vehicle owners. —

Ginny Monk, ProPublica, 27 Apr. 2026

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This means that plaintiffs will recover somewhere between 26% and 53% of overcharge damages, according to one of the court documents—far beyond the typical amount, which lands between 5% and 15%. —

Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 8 Apr. 2026 Jurors confused an overcharge with a discount. —

Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for overcharge

Recent Examples of Synonyms for overcharge

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The vast majority of those funds have come from a political action committee backed by Airbnb, which Feldstein Soto sued last year for violating price-gouging laws in the wake of the wildfires.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026
The bullets shattered nine panes of glass, their wooden framework gouged by bullet fragments.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026