OVERTHROWS Synonyms: 112 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of overthrow

as in defeats

failure to win a contest the surprising overthrow of the world's top-ranked chess player

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verb

present tense third-person singular of overthrow

as in topples

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Recent Examples of overthrows

Noun

New York made four errors on the evening, including two overthrows that led to multiple free bases on the same play. — Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025 Fields, who went 7-of-11 on the day, had a few overthrows on plays that likely were sacks. — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025

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Noun

Your mind fills with all the defeats; all the anguish of mistakes made and opportunities missed.

— Kristine Fischer, Outdoor Life, 16 July 2026
Then came consecutive defeats to Georgia and Georgia Tech, two losses under totally different circumstances that launched this downfall.

— Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 15 July 2026

Definition of defeats

Verb

Spain topples Argentina Rodri of Spain celebrates by lifting the FIFA World Cup trophy with teammates after the FIFA World Cup 2026 Final match between Spain and Argentina.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 20 July 2026
In 2003 the United States topples Hussein and delivers him to his executioners.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026

Definition of topples

Verb

One person has died and rescues are underway as catastrophic flooding overwhelms the Hill Country, a little more than a year after the July 4 floods killed more than 130 people in Central Texas.

— Mary Ella Hastings July 16, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026
Furniture that is too large for a room overwhelms it; ensure your furniture is appropriate for your room size and the other pieces in that room.

— Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 11 July 2026

Definition of overwhelms

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The Pentagon is not revealing its equipment losses, but Tehran is claiming large numbers of US Black Hawk helicopters destroyed and base infrastructure like aircraft hangars heavily damaged in its days of attacks.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
Behind that toll are individual losses, told here through what people carried out of the debris.

— New York Times, New York Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of losses

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More specifically, the argument that tracking demographic data produces discrimination inverts the established purpose of the EEO-1.

— Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Fear-buying follows a distinct economic logic that inverts the conventional relationship between anxiety and spending.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 June 2026

Definition of inverts

Noun

But also quite a few issues, like mechanical problems, operational setbacks and a possible performance deficit.

— Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Mayfield, initially an MVP contender, battles a cascade of physical setbacks that undermine his team's success, though his family life and competitive nature shine through.

— Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of setbacks

Verb

But each closure upends hundreds of lives, disrupts communities, and raises hard questions for similarly situated institutions.

— Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Lucien Laviscount enters the scene and steams it up as Hot Guy who fandangoes with Laila and then upends the apple cart later on.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 9 July 2026

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