Synonyms of overshoots

overshoots

verb

present tense third-person singular of overshoot

as in exceeds

to go beyond the limit of

don't worry if you overshoot the length requirement by three pages

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exceeds
• surpasses
• oversteps
• overreaches
• outruns
• overruns
• transcends
• invades
• encroaches
• outreaches
• breaks
• overpasses
• infringes
• entrenches
• trespasses
• overdoes
• overuses
• overworks
• overutilizes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of overshoots

Some airports employ collapsible surfaces to slow or stop a plane that overshoots a runway — though that’s considered a back-up option when there isn’t space for the kind of 1,000-foot buffer that MIA has at the end of the runway. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026

Meanwhile, in attempting to give Grace an even bigger, badder, darker villain to face this time, the film overshoots its mark, raising the specter of domestic violence in ways that feel just slightly too plausible to fit with the film’s otherwise cartoonish gore. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 14 Mar. 2026