OVERSCALE Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

overscale

adjective

variants or overscaled

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as in large

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Recent Examples of overscale Yes, agents need to protect overscale income. —

Gene Maddaus, Variety, 16 Mar. 2023 Colors, such as the peacock blue of the side chair, and patterns, like the overscale geometric throw on the bed, appear in moments that add punch to the timeless appeal of the room's classic trimwork and warm wood floors. —

Marisa Donnelly, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Jan. 2023 Dennese Guadeloupe Rojas, principal designer at Interiors by Design in Silver Spring, Md., warns that buying a one-and-done suite from a furniture showroom can saddle you with both a dull room and relentlessly overscale pieces. —

Nina Molina, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2022 The idea that there’s been this downward pressure on writer overscale income and connecting it to the diversification of the agency’s businesses was not something that necessarily was obvious to us at all at the time. —

Jonathan Handel, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2019 The couple’s guests are immediately greeted with a generous pour of rosé Champagne in an overscale glass with a single giant ice cube — a personal touch that has become something of a party signature for the pair. —

Hillary Brown, House Beautiful, 29 Nov. 2017

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The Wall Street Journal recently reported that about one in nine CEOs of the 1,500 largest public companies were replaced last year — the highest turnover rate since at least 2010 in the wake of the Great Recession.

— Editorial, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
Vogue is committed to reporting and riffing on the global fashion conversation—always filtered through the lens of culture and what’s happening in the world at large.

— Vogue, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2026