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

While most judges have categorized such requests as overreaching or for an improper purpose, two out of three judges on the panel ruled that there was nothing out of line about the QueerDoc request. — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 20 Aug. 2026

Republican lawmakers disagree, saying that the approval is just another example of an overreaching government. — Tom Wait, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

His overreaching executive authority and voter suppression attempts amount to subversive governance. — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026

This should be a welcome sign for every broadcaster who has felt the weight of this overreaching government pressure in silence. — Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026

But stars Newsom and Schwarzenegger frequently fanned at the plate while overreaching. — Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026

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