OVERSET Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

overset

verb

Definition of overset

as in to topple

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Recent Examples of overset That led to the Saints to overset the edge or overrun the ball carrier, creating huge cutback lanes. — Lance Reisland, cleveland, 23 Dec. 2022 McGovern will often overset shaded defensive linemen, which opens up the inside move for defenders. — John Owning, Dallas News, 1 June 2020 The edge rush can also set up a counter inside move if the tackle continues to overset – as Curry showed here. — Jeff McLane, Philly.com, 26 Jan. 2018

Recent Examples of Synonyms for overset

Verb

Kerr and his pacers lined up on the outside, wary of cutting in from wide a year on from Cameron Myers toppling over and out just behind him in the 2025 Diamond League meet, where Kerr finished second in the 1500 meters.

— George Edwards, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Steve Forbes says the United States must double down on efforts to topple the Tehran regime, arguing that free passage through the Strait of Hormuz should remain a non-negotiable American imperative.

— David Unsworth, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of topple

Verb

Thurston and others formed a group, named the Committee of Safety, and plotted to overthrow Liliuokalani and install their own administration, one that would be open to the United States annexing the islands.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 July 2026
Rare voluntary transfer of power The peaceful, voluntary transfer of power was rare in a region where such change usually results from death or overthrow.

— Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026

Definition of overthrow

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Officials have identified another victim after a 49-foot cabin cruiser capsized in the San Francisco Bay on July 14, leaving a 79-year-old man dead and three people missing.

— Paris Barraza, USA Today, 17 July 2026
The body discovered Thursday floating near Treasure Island has been identified as one of the three people still missing after a boat capsized earlier this week in the San Francisco Bay.

— Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 17 July 2026

Definition of capsize

Verb

However, this theory has also been challenged by physicists who argue that the force of methane bubbles is unlikely to be powerful enough to overturn a ship.

— Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2026
The referee pointed straight to the spot and there was no chance the video assistant referee (VAR) was going to overturn it.

— Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 14 July 2026

Definition of overturn

Verb

For more than two decades, the duo hauled in more than 4 pounds of clams each morning from the lagoon in the Po River Delta — upending the notion that women were unsuited for such a rigorous job.

— Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
The chancellor and his team should use this misstep as inspiration to upend the DOE’s profoundly frustrating, bureaucratic and slow procurement system to save taxpayer dollars and get vendors swiftly paid.

— Lincoln Restler, New York Daily News, 18 July 2026

Definition of upend

Verb

Poseidon, upset that Odysseus blinded his son, the Cyclops Polyphemus, decides to make his return home difficult and long and wet.

— Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
Experts now say the move could upset a steady flow of footwear sourcing from the country, which has become a critical supplier of leather shoes to the United States market.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 17 July 2026