Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive verb
To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down.
- 2transitive verb
To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy.
- 3noun
The act of overthrowing; the state of being overthrow; ruin.
- 4noun
The act of throwing a ball too high, as over a player's head.
- 5noun
A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run.
- 6noun
the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force)
- 7noun
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
- 8verb
rule against
"The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"
- 9verb
cause the downfall of; of rulers
"The Czar was overthrown"
"subvert the ruling class"
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