overthrow

1. 1.

   cause the downfall of; of rulers

   “The Czar was overthrown”

   “subvert the ruling class”

   Synonymssubvertoverturnbring down

   Broaderdepose

   Narrowerrevolutionize
2. 2.

   rule against

   “The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill”

   Synonymsoverruleoverturnoverridereverse

   Broaderrule

Other forms of overthrow

plural

overthrows·

past tense or participle

overthrew

past tense or participle

overthrown

present participle

overthrowing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about overthrow

What does overthrow mean?

overthrow means "the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in overthrow?

overthrow has 3 syllables: o-ver-throw. The stress falls on "o". In IPA it is /ˈoʊvɚˌθɹoʊ/.

What is another word for overthrow?

Close synonyms include upset, derangement, subvert, overturn, bring down. 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 overthrow a common word?

overthrow is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with overthrow?

1 word rhymes with overthrow. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.