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Synonyms for OVERTHROW
ˌoʊ vərˈθroʊ; ˈoʊ vərˌθroʊover·throw

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. overthrow

    Abolish, to do away with, bring absolutely to an end, especially as something hostile, hindering, or harmful, was formerly used of persons and material objects, a usage now obsolete except in poetry or highly figurative speech. Abolish is now used of institutions, customs, and conditions, especially those wide-spread and long existing; as, to abolish slavery, ignorance, intemperance, poverty. A building that is burned to the ground is said to be destroyed by fire. Annihilate, as a philosophical term, signifies to put absolutely out of existence. As far as our knowledge goes, matter is never annihilated, but only changes its form. Some believe that the wicked will be annihilated. Abolish is not said of laws. There we use repeal, abrogate, nullify, etc.: repeal by the enacting body, nullify by revolutionary proceedings; a later statute abrogates, without formally repealing, any earlier law with which it conflicts. An appellate court may reverse or set aside the decision of an inferior court. Overthrow may be used in either a good or a bad sense; suppress is commonly in a good, subvert always in a bad sense; as, to subvert our liberties; to suppress a rebellion. The law prohibits what may never have existed; it abolishes an existing evil. We abate a nuisance, terminate a controversy. Compare CANCEL; DEMOLISH; EXTERMINATE.

    Synonyms:
    abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, destroy, end, end, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, nullify, obliterate, prohibit, remove, repeal, reverse, revoke, set aside, stamp out, subvert, supplant, suppress, terminate

    Antonyms:
    authorize, cherish, confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, introduce, legalize, promote, reinstate, renew, repair, restore, revive, set up, support, sustain

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 1 vote

  1. overthrow

    Synonyms:
    destroy, subvert, upset, overturn, ruin, demolish, defeat, rout, overcome, discomfit, invert, overset, reverse

    Antonyms:
    restore, reinstate, construct, regenerate, redintegrate, revive, reedify

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 2 votes

  1. overthrownoun

    the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force)

    Synonyms:
    upset, derangement

  2. upset, derangement, overthrowverb

    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:
    disturbance, disorder, mental unsoundness, perturbation, overturn, derangement, turnover, overthrow, swage, unbalance, upset

  3. overthrow, subvert, overturn, bring downverb

    cause the downfall of; of rulers

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

    Synonyms:
    weaken, land, bowl over, bring down, overthrow, vacate, cut, annul, trim down, overturn, lower, demoralise, misdirect, overrule, get down, debase, pervert, demoralize, lift, trim back, trim, counteract, profane, rescind, cut down, tump over, put down, reduce, sabotage, let down, override, subvert, vitiate, repeal, take down, deprave, revolutionize, cut back, tip over, impose, inflict, undermine, upset, turn over, reverse, countermand, revoke, revolutionise, knock over, countermine, visit, debauch, corrupt

  4. overrule, overturn, override, overthrow, reverseverb

    rule against

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

    Synonyms:
    turn, bring down, tip over, change by reversal, bowl over, upset, turn over, lift, vacate, annul, overthrow, countermand, subvert, rescind, reverse, invert, revoke, revolutionise, overrule, knock over, revolutionize, override, overturn, tump over, repeal, turn back

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Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. unseat

    to unseat a king from its thrown

    to unseat a king from its thrown

    Submitted by rinat on August 11, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. overthrowverb

    Synonyms:
    overturn, upset, overset, subvert, prostrate, level, fell, throw down, beat down

  2. overthrowverb

    Synonyms:
    demolish, destroy, ruin

  3. overthrowverb

    Synonyms:
    vanquish, conquer, defeat, worst, overcome, master, overpower, overbear, overwhelm, subjugate, crush, discomfit, beat, rout, foil

  4. overthrownoun

    Synonyms:
    subversion, prostration

  5. overthrownoun

    Synonyms:
    destruction, demolition, ruin, shipwreck

  6. overthrownoun

    Synonyms:
    defeat, discomfiture, rout

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. overthrownoun

    Synonyms:
    overthrowing, demolition, subversion, undoing, reversal, prostration, defeat, bouleversement

  2. overthrowverb

    Synonyms:
    upset, overturn, demolish, prostrate, subvert, defeat, vanquish, rout, overpower, overcome, subjugate, raze, worst

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How to use OVERTHROW in a sentence?

  1. Hyeon Soo Lim:

    The purpose that I traveled about several parts of the country on the pretext of 'aid' was to build a base to overthrow the system of the country and create a religious state, taking advantage of the policies of the U.S. and South Korean authorities.

  2. Dimitrios Papadimoulis:

    What is at play here is an attempt to humiliate Greece and Greeks, or to overthrow the Tsipras government.

  3. Henrik Ibsen:

    Ah, I fancy it is just the same with most of what you call your emancipation. You have read yourself into a number of new ideas and opinions. You have got a sort of smattering of recent discoveries in various fields -- discoveries that seem to overthrow certain principles which have hitherto been held impregnable and unassailable. But all this has only been a matter of intellect, Miss West -- superficial acquisition. It has not passed into your blood.

  4. Riek Machar:

    Should President Kiir remain adamant and refuse to hand over power to the people, then the citizens have every right to rise up and overthrow his regime.

  5. Tulsi Gabbard:

    It angers and saddens me that President Trump has taken the advice of war hawks and escalated our illegal regime change war to overthrow the Syrian government.


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