bowl over

1. 1.

   cause to overturn from an upright or normal position

   “The cat knocked over the flower vase”

   “the clumsy customer turned over the vase”

   “he tumped over his beer”

   Synonymsoverturntip overturn overupsetknock overtump over

   Broadermove
2. 2.

   overcome with amazement

   “This boggles the mind!”

   Synonymsflabbergastboggle

   Broadersurprise

Questions about bowl over

What does bowl over mean?

bowl over means "cause to overturn from an upright or normal position". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for bowl over?

Close synonyms include overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bowl over a common word?

bowl over is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.