Synonyms of overreaching

overreaching

verb

present participle of overreach

1

as in thwarting

to get the better of through cleverness

a real estate developer who is always trying to overreach his competitors, fair means or foul

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thwarting
• deceiving
• defeating
• outmaneuvering
• overcoming
• outwitting
• outsmarting
• circumventing
• outfoxing
• fooling
• outslicking
• outthinking
• frustrating
• tricking
• balking
• foxing
• impeding
• baffling
• second-guessing
• foiling
• hindering
• conquering
• obstructing
• duping
• outguessing
• gulling
• blocking
• licking
• cozening
• barring

2

as in exceeding

to go beyond the limit of

the mountain climbers overreached their abilities and paid for it dearly

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exceeding
• surpassing
• overstepping
• transcending
• overshooting
• outreaching
• outrunning
• overrunning
• encroaching
• invading
• breaking
• overpassing
• infringing
• trespassing
• overdoing
• entrenching
• overworking
• overusing
• overutilizing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of overreaching

Where supporters see government intervening to solve problems of everyday people struggling to afford groceries, others see a socialist mayor overreaching to take aim at a powerful symbol of America’s riches. — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026

The grand jury subpoena was filed in April and was almost immediately met with resistance from Fulton County officials, who argued the request was overreaching and came from baseless claims of election fraud six years ago. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 8 July 2026

In France, Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party has opportunistically seized on air-conditioning, portraying it as an urgent quality-of-life issue that moralizing environmentalists and overreaching technocrats have ignored. — Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

While Saba has historically spurred positive changes in some CEFs, this specific proposal was deemed overreaching. — Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026

In its emergency request, the Department of Justice argued that the lower courts were overreaching their authority. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026

Now, who can stop the president from overreaching? — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026

During the McCarthy era, overreaching laws, surveillance, and public and private sector reprisals ostensibly targeted alleged communists. — Bruce Schneier, The Conversation, 27 May 2026

Politically, the industry was equal parts liberal and libertarian, and was perhaps best reflected by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, created to protect the denizens of cyberspace from an overreaching government. — Jonathan Weber, Fortune, 19 May 2026