Synonyms of overhung

overhung

verb

past tense of overhang

1

as in protruded

to extend outward beyond a usual point

the narrow streets of the old European city are lined with row houses often having overhanging second stories

Synonyms & Similar Words

• protruded
• poked
• bulged
• jutted
• swelled
• billowed
• bellied
• projected
• stood out
• stuck out
• bunched
• pouched
• ballooned
• beetled
• pouted
• started
• extended
• pooched
• lengthened
• stretched
• bagged
• inflated
• distended
• dilated
• domed
• elongated
• mushroomed
• expanded
• blew up
• snowballed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• compressed
• contracted
• condensed
• constricted
• shrank

2

as in threatened

to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on

the problem of how he might be able to afford sending his children to college has been overhanging him for several years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• threatened
• menaced
• hung (over)
• endangered
• hovered (over)
• impended (over)
• imperiled
• jeopardized
• hazarded
• periled