Synonyms of overstepping

overstepping

verb

present participle of overstep

as in exceeding

to go beyond the limit of

the principal overstepped her authority in ordering everyone to remain in the unheated school

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of overstepping

This extravagant, cartoonish, and shockingly unfunny folly about the hysteria surrounding a Japanese invasion of California shows a boy-wonder director testing his limits — and overstepping them. — Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly, 13 June 2026

Last week, a disagreement over the electoral law erupted into a power struggle between Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé and the Provisional Electoral Council after council members accused the government of overstepping its authority and acting unconstitutionally. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 8 June 2026

As such, the AI might give you a flimsy answer and be overstepping its skis. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026

Once the season started Gonzalez tried to support his teammates from afar without overstepping. — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 23 May 2026

One of the easiest ways to be helpful without overstepping is to check in about small but important logistics. — Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 22 May 2026

But nearly 80 local and county governments, including Milan Township, challenged it in court, arguing the commission was overstepping its authority. — Anna Clark, ProPublica, 24 Apr. 2026

The lawsuit alleges the agency is overstepping its authority by unilaterally redefining the legal standard for hemp. — Dallas Morning News, 30 Mar. 2026

Jean Fisher, an administrator in DHW’s Division of Youth Safety and Permanancy, answered questions lawmakers had about the possibility of courts overstepping in cases of terminating visitations. — Shannon Tyler march 27, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2026