Synonyms for overthrow
ˌoʊ vərˈθroʊ; ˈoʊ vərˌθroʊover·throw

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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

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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 WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 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, 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, 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, countermand, subvert, rescind, reverse, invert, revoke, revolutionise, overrule, knock over, revolutionize, override, overturn, tump over, repeal, turn back

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Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 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  

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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

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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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1. List of paraphrases for "overthrow":

   topple, toppling, overturn, reversal, ouster, reverse, ousting, overthrowing, oust, subversion, subvert, rollover, overrule, overturning, unseat, plunge, downfall

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How to use overthrow in a sentence?

1. Russian President Vladimir Putin:

   We never thought about severing Crimea from Ukraine until the moment that these events began, the government overthrow.

2. Abraham Lincoln:

   The people are the masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who would pervert it!

3. 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.

4. Anthony J. Hilder:

   Communism is not a creation of the masses to overthrow the Banking establishment, but rather a creation of the Banking establishment to overthrow and enslave the people.

5. Abraham Lincoln:

   This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can excercise their constitutional right of amending it, or excercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.