overthrow

overthrow is a 9-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 18 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down.
2. transitive verb. To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy.
3. noun. The act of overthrowing; the state of being overthrow; ruin.
4. noun. The act of throwing a ball too high, as over a player's head.
5. noun. A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run.
6. noun. the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force)
7. noun. the act of disturbing the mind or body

   "his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset"

   "she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living"

   Synonyms: derangement, upset

8. verb. rule against

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

   Synonyms: override, overrule, overturn, reverse

9. verb. cause the downfall of; of rulers

   "The Czar was overthrown"

   "subvert the ruling class"

   Synonyms: overturn, subvert

Synonyms

derangement, upset, override, overrule, overturn, reverse, subvert

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in overthrow:

overwroth

Common word forms

overthrows, overthrowal, overthrower, overthrowing, overthrowable

Words from these letters

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