OVERFILLING Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in filling

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verb

present participle of overfill

as in overloading

to fill or load to excess overfilled the wheelbarrow with bricks until finally no one could push it

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as in spilling

to flow over the brim or top of water overfilled the tub and poured onto the floor

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receding

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Recent Examples of overfilling

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On the other hand, overfilling the drum can strain the motor and reduce cleaning efficiency. — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 July 2026 Some fails stem from people overfilling the molds. — Lisa Gutierrez april 3, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2026 To reduce ice crystal formation and freezer burn, use airtight packaging and avoid overfilling the freezer so air can circulate properly. — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 31 Jan. 2026 As for the after-show, the highlight (other than Jawan overfilling his champagne glass) had to be Jeff listing all the idols and advantages that were played incorrectly or unnecessarily. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Dec. 2025 Grill them about the perils of overfilling the spool. — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025

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Adjective

Automation could help at the margins — routing requests, pre-filling forms, or suggesting knowledge-base articles — but the core work still had to be done by people.

— Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025

Definition of filling

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Starting in 2024, Starlink began imposing the demand surcharge in various parts of the US to prevent users from overloading the network.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 26 Oct. 2026
Expecting heavy traffic on the site, the archive has outsourced the database to external servers to avoid overloading its own.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of overloading

Verb

To combat flooding in Newport Beach and Sunset Beach, city officials built large sand berms along the beaches to block high surf and prevent water from spilling onto low-lying streets.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
More than 2,000 federal officers were sent to the city, and scenes of masked agents spilling from convoys of unmarked vehicles became commonplace.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of spilling

Verb

Having patched the underlying bootloader vulnerability in 2022, Microsoft’s May 2023 patch batch included security updates to prevent attackers from loading older vulnerable boot managers.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 3 Nov. 2026
Barges that once carried 1,500 tons are loading only 800 to 900 tons, Scavinskyi said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of loading

Verb

Early Monday morning, the Gila River crested more than 2 feet higher than the level capable of flooding several homes and businesses on the north sides of Solomon, Safford and Thatcher, Arizona, according to the National Weather Service.

— Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026
Benally said his parents, both in their 60s, have lived in the area all their lives and have never seen flooding this severe.

— Christopher Weber, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of flooding

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
Such a structure ensures that benefits are targeted where they are most needed without overburdening the government’s budget.

— Editorial Board, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of overburdening

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After word of his death surfaced, the internet, not surprisingly, was filled with thousands of tributes of admiration and overflowing love for the Yorkshire man.

— Gates McFadden, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026
Plenty of other artists have garages overflowing with customs, invite-only supercars, and other unobtainium, though, and most of those collections likely never turn a wheel, let alone do useful work.

— Stephen Edelstein, The Drive, 1 Nov. 2026

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