strain excessively
<verb.consumption>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

overextend

overstrain

sample sentences

"He overextended himself when he accepted the additional assignment"

place special or excessive emphasis on
<verb.communication>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

overemphasise

overemphasize

overstress

sample sentences

"I cannot overemphasize the importance of this book"

strain abnormally
<verb.body>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

overstretch

pull

sample sentences

"I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up"
"The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition"

too tightly strung
<adj.all>

overstrung

sample sentences

"an overstrung archery bow"

being in a tense state
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

edgy

high-strung

highly strung

jittery

jumpy

nervy

overstrung

restive

uptight

stuff too much
<verb.contact>

overstuff

sample sentences

"The pillow was overstuffed"

upholstered thickly and deeply
<adj.all>

overstuffed

sample sentences

"an overstuffed sofa"

a comfortable upholstered armchair
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

easy chair

lounge chair

overstuffed chair

sold in excess of available supply especially season tickets
<adj.all>

oversubscribed

sample sentences

"the opera season was oversubscribed"

the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
<noun.attribute>

glut

oversupply

surfeit

supply with an excess of
<verb.possession>

flood

glut

oversupply

sample sentences

"flood the market with tennis shoes"
"Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient"

unduly suspicious
<adj.all>

oversuspicious

open and observable; not secret or hidden
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

open

overt

sample sentences

"an overt lie"
"overt hostility"
"overt intelligence gathering"
"open ballots"

the collection of intelligence openly without concealment
<noun.act>

overt operation

catch up with and possibly overtake
<verb.competition>   freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2

catch

catch up with

overtake

sample sentences

"The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp"

travel past
<verb.motion>   freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

overhaul

overtake

pass

sample sentences

"The sports car passed all the trucks"

overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
<verb.emotion>   freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

overcome

overpower

overtake

overwhelm

sweep over

whelm

going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
<noun.act>

overtaking

passing

sample sentences

"she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me"

tax excessively
<verb.possession>

overtax

sample sentences

"Don't overtax my constituents!"

the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force)
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

overthrow

the act of disturbing the mind or body
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

derangement

overthrow

upset

sample sentences

"his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset"
"she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living"

cause the downfall of; of rulers
<verb.social>   freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

bring down

overthrow

overturn

subvert

sample sentences

"The Czar was overthrown"
"subvert the ruling class"

rule against
<verb.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

override

overrule

overthrow

overturn

reverse

sample sentences

"The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"

a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression
<noun.object>

overthrust fault

reverse fault

thrust fault

beyond the regular time
<adv.all>

overtime

sample sentences

"she often has to work overtime"

work done in addition to regular working hours
<noun.time>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

overtime

playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie
<noun.time>

extra time

overtime

a period of overtime play to resolve a tie; e.g. basketball
<noun.time>

overtime period

tire excessively
<verb.body>

overfatigue

overtire

overweary

in an overt manner
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

overtly

sample sentences

"he did it overtly"

too much permissiveness
<noun.attribute>

overtolerance

(usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality
<noun.communication>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

overtone

sample sentences

"overtones of despair"

a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
<noun.cognition>

overtone

partial

partial tone

look down on
<verb.stative>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

command

dominate

overlook

overtop

sample sentences

"The villa dominates the town"

play a trump higher than (one previously played) to the trick
<verb.competition>

overtrump

orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
<noun.communication>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

overture

a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
<noun.communication>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

advance

approach

feeler

overture

sample sentences

"she rejected his advances"

something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
<noun.event>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

overture

preliminary

prelude

sample sentences

"training is a necessary preliminary to employment"
"drinks were the overture to dinner"

an improbable and unexpected victory
<noun.act>

overturn

upset

sample sentences

"the biggest upset since David beat Goliath"

the act of upsetting something
<noun.act>

overturn

turnover

upset

sample sentences

"he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed"