OVERCHARGE Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

ˌō-vər-ˈchärj

Definition of overcharge

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

So why do smart, successful business owners, people who would never let a supplier overcharge them by a single dollar on materials, keep writing checks to marketing that doesn’t work? — Angelica Kopec, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 The investigation centered on $10 million connected to a $67 million settlement with Centene Corporation over allegations the company overcharged Florida's Medicaid program. — CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

Noun

The judge also reasoned that jurors erred in calculating damages, specifically by mistaking a discount for an overcharge. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Sep. 2026 These have also undergone safety validation through abuse tests, which include nail penetration, overcharge, and external short-circuit testing. — Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for overcharge

Recent Examples of Synonyms for overcharge

Verb

Nearly 4 miles separated a piece of a Learjet’s tail from the burning crater gouged into the pavement where the aircraft came down.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026
Insurance carriers are often able to negotiate a better rate for the tow, if he was indeed getting gouged.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of gouge

Verb

Keeping the ship flying night after night took around 100 roadies and stagehands, who had to disassemble it, load it up, haul it to the next city and reassemble it after every gig.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 5 Nov. 2026
Crude oil tankers are docked and loaded at the Bajo Grande oil terminal on Lake Maracaibo in San Francisco, Zulia state, Venezuela, on September 1, 2026.

— Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of load

Noun

McKinsey projects that data center demand for inference will grow at a compound annual rate of 35 percent through 2030, compared with 22 percent for training.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026
Among both teachers and students, Success Academy appears to have a higher rate of turnover than many of its charter school peers, according to a recent report from State University of New York.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of rate

Verb

Earlier this week, Curt Cignetti took a shot at the conference after the initial CFP rankings was overloaded with SEC teams.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026
Leaking roofs, unsanitary bathrooms, rodents, overloaded class schedules, lack of heating in colder months and a failing higher education admissions system only compounded the issue.

— Sarah Gidick, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of overload

Noun

Some candidates blamed tariffs for further driving up costs, especially in farm states such as Iowa and Kansas and states bordering Canada such as Michigan and Maine.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2026
Now, history repeats itself in the ashes of the epic defeat that his war, tariffs, high prices, deportations and corruption brought upon his party.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of tariff

Verb

Northeast Kansas City residents have expressed concerns about lack of community feedback and concentrating homeless services in certain areas, potentially overburdening a few neighborhoods rather than spreading services out more throughout the city.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026
Even when Murray is available — which was almost every game last year — Adelman’s goal is not to overburden the star guard.

— Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 7 Oct. 2026

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