Word Meanings - OVERTHROW - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down. His wife overthrew the table. Jer. Taylor. 2. To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy. When the walls of Thebes he overthrew. Dryden. that seeks

Additional info about word: OVERTHROW

1. To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down. His wife overthrew the table. Jer. Taylor. 2. To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy. When the walls of Thebes he overthrew. Dryden. that seeks to overthrow religion. Shak. Syn. -- To demolish; overturn; prostrate; destroy; ruin; subvert; overcome; conquer; defeat; discomfit; vanquish; beat; rout.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of OVERTHROW)

• Conquer
• Subdue
• vanquish
• surmount
• overcome
• overpower
• overthrow
• defeat
• crush
• master
• subjugate
• prevail over
• Defeat
• Frustration
• discomfiture
• Defeat Conquer
• worst
• beat
• baffle
• rout
• frustrate
• foil
• Destroy
• Demolish
• annihilate
• subvert
• ruin
• undo
• waste
• consume
• Quash
• Crush
• extinguish
• annul
• nullify
• suppress
• cancel
• vacate

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of OVERTHROW)

• Secure
• promote
• insure
• speed
• advance
• establish
• aid

Related words: (words related to OVERTHROW)

• SPECTACLE
  An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light. 4. pl. (more info) 1. Something exhibited to view; usually,
• SPERMATOCYTE
  See SPERMOBLAST
• SPECIFICNESS
  The quality or state of being specific.
• SPERMATIC
  Of or pertaining to semen; as, the spermatic fluid, the spermatic vessels, etc. Spermatic cord , the cord which suspends the testicle within the scrotum. It is made up of a connective tissue sheath inclosing the spermatic duct and accompanying
• SPERMATICAL
  Spermatic.
• WASTEL
  A kind of white and fine bread or cake; -- called also wastel bread, and wastel cake. Roasted flesh or milk and wasted bread. Chaucer. The simnel bread and wastel cakes, which were only used at the tables of the highest nobility. Sir W. Scott.
• SPECTROGRAPH
  An apparatus for photographing or mapping a spectrum. A photograph or picture of a spectrum. -- Spec`tro*graph"ic , a. --Spec`tro*graph"ic*al*ly , adv. --Spec*trog"ra*phy , n.
• SPECK
  The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus. Speck falls , falls or ropes rove through blocks for hoisting the blubber and bone of whales on board a whaling vessel.
• SPECTATORSHIP
  1. The office or quality of a spectator. Addison. 2. The act of beholding. Shak.
• SPECE
  Species; kind. Chaucer.
• VACATE
  Etym: 1. To make vacant; to leave empty; to cease from filling or occupying; as, it was resolved by Parliament that James had vacated the throne of England; the tenant vacated the house. 2. To annul; to make void; to deprive of force; to make of
• WASTETHRIFT
  A spendthrift.
• DISCOMFITURE
  The act of discomfiting, or the state of being discomfited; rout; overthrow; defeat; frustration; confusion and dejection. Every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. 1 Sam. xiv. 20. A hope destined to end
• SPEECHLESS
  1. Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech. 2. Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent. Speechless with wonder, and half dead with fear. Addison. -- Speech"less*ly, adv. -- Speech"less*ness, n.
• SPENDTHRIFT
  One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively. A woman who was a generous spendthrift of life. Mrs. R. H. Davis.
• SPEED COUNTER
  A device for automatically counting the revolutions or pulsations of an engine or other machine; -- called also simply counter.
• SPENCE
  despendre to spend, distribute, L. dispendere, dispensum. See 1. A place where provisions are kept; a buttery; a larder; a pantry. Chiefly Brit. dial. In . . . his spence, or "pantry" were hung the carcasses of a sheep or ewe, and two cows lately
• SUPPRESSOR
  One who suppresses.
• SPERMATOZOOID
  A spermatozoid.
• SPERGE
  A charge of wash for the still. Knight.
• ALKALI WASTE
  Waste material from the manufacture of alkali; specif., soda waste.
• CREMASTERIC
  Of or pertaining to the cremaster; as, the cremasteric artery.
• ANGIOMONOSPERMOUS
  Producing one seed only in a seed pod.
• ASPER
  Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce. "An asper sound." Bacon.
• BAGGAGE MASTER
  One who has charge of the baggage at a railway station or upon a line of public travel.
• DISPENSE
  1. To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines. He is delighted to dispense a share of it to all the company. Sir W. Scott. 2.
• MISPENSE
  See HALL
• OOSPERM; OOESPERM
  The ovum, after fusion with the spermatozoön in impregnation. Balfour.
• OVERWASTED
  Wasted or worn out; Drayton.
• INDISPENSABLENESS
  The state or quality of being indispensable, or absolutely necessary. S. Clarke.
• SUSPENSORY
  Of or pertaining to a suspensorium. (more info) 1. Suspended; hanging; depending. 2. Fitted or serving to suspend; suspending; as, a suspensory muscle. Ray.
• DISPERSION
  The separation of light into its different colored rays, arising from their different refrangibilities. Dispersion of the optic axes , the separation of the optic axes in biaxial crystals, due to the fact that the axial angle has different values
• JASPERATED
  mixed with jasper; containing particles of jasper; as, jasperated agate.