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overthrow - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | overthrow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat, destroy |
| Synonyms: | abolish, beat, bring down, conquer, crush, demolish, depose, dethrone, do away with, eradicate, exterminate, level, liquidate, oust, overcome, overpower, overrun, overturn, overwhelm, purge, raze, ruin, subdue, subjugate, subvert, terminate, tip, topple, tumble, unseat, upset, vanquish, bring to ruin, knock down, knock over, put an end to, upend |
| Antonyms: | give in, surrender, yield |
| Main Entry: | abolish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do away with or put an end to |
| Synonyms: | abate, abrogate, annihilate, annul, call off, cancel, destroy, dissolve, end, eradicate, erase, expunge, extinguish, extirpate, finish, inhibit, invalidate, kill, negate, nix, nullify, obliterate, overthrow, overturn, prohibit, quash, repeal, repudiate, rescind, revoke, scrub*, squelch, stamp out, subvert, supersede, suppress, terminate, undo, vacate, vitiate, void, wipe out, zap*, disestablish, put an end to, put kibosh on, put the kibosh on, set aside |
| Antonyms: | confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, legalize, promote, ratify, support, uphold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abolition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | formal act of putting an end to, annulling |
| Synonyms: | abrogation, annulment, cancellation, destruction, dissolution, elimination, end, ending, eradication, extirpation, negation, overthrow, repeal, repudiation, revocation, subversion, suppression, termination, withdrawal, abolishment, annihilation, invalidation, nullification, obliteration, overturning, quashing, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, voiding, wiping out |
| Antonyms: | confirmation, establishment, establishment, institution, promotion, legalization |
| Main Entry: | bring down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce or hurt |
| Synonyms: | abase, cut down, damage, drop, fell, floor, injure, level, lower, murder*, overthrow, overturn, prostrate, pull down, slay*, tumble, undermine, upset, wound, KO, knock down, lay low, mow down, shoot down, throw down |
| Antonyms: | aid, encourage, help, raise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | confute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disprove, refute |
| Synonyms: | break, confound, contradict, controvert, defeat, demolish, dismay, disprove, expose, invalidate, negate, oppugn, overcome, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, parry, put down, rebut, shut up, silence, subvert, tap, upset, vanquish, blow sky high, bring to naught, knocks props out from under, prove false, prove wrong, set aside |
| Notes: | refute means 'to show conclusively to be false or illogical' and applies primarily to assertions or arguments; confute means 'to prove wrong' and applies primarily to the person or agency making the assertion or argument |
| Antonyms: | affirm, attest, confirm, endorse, prove, verify |
| Main Entry: | coup |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement, often by maneuver |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, action, coup d'état, coup de mâitre, deed, exploit, feat, overthrow, plot, revolution, stratagem, stroke, stroke of genius, stunt, successful stroke, tour de force, upset |
| Main Entry: | coup d'état |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | violent seizure |
| Synonyms: | coup, overthrow, power play*, rebellion, revolt, revolution, palace revolution, putsch, takeover |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | debacle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | catastrophe |
| Synonyms: | beating, breakdown, collapse, crash, defeat, devastation, disaster, dissolution, downfall, failure, fiasco, havoc, overthrow, reversal, rout, ruin, smash, smashup, washout, wreck, blue ruin, crack-up, defeasance, drubbing, licking, ruination, shellacking, trouncing, vanquishment |
| Antonyms: | boon, miracle, wonder |
| Main Entry: | demolish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy; consume |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, break, bulldoze, burst, crack, crush, decimate, defeat, devastate, devour, dismantle, eat, flatten, level, obliterate, overthrow, overturn, pulverize, put away, raze, ruin, sink, smash, tear down, total*, trash*, undo, wax*, wrack, wreck, dilapidate, gobble up, knock down, put in toilet, take apart, take out, torpedo*, wipe off map |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, fix, produce, rebuild, repair, restore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | depose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | oust from position |
| Synonyms: | bounce, break, can*, cashier, chuck, degrade, demote, dethrone, dismiss, displace, downgrade, eject, impeach, kick out*, overthrow, send packing*, subvert, throw out, unseat, upset, boot out, discrown, drum out, freeze out, give heave-ho, remove from office, ride out on rail, run out of town, throw out on ear, uncrown, unfrock, unmake |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | destruction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | demolition, devastation |
| Synonyms: | abolition, bane, carnage, downfall, elimination, end, eradication, extinction, extirpation, havoc, loss, massacre, murder, overthrow, ruin, slaughter, subversion, undoing, wreckage, wrecking, abolishing, annihilation, assassinating, crashing, crushing, disintegrating, disrupting, dissolving, extermination, extinguishing, invalidating, invalidation, liquidation, ravaging, ruination, sacking, shattering, slaying, subjugation, subverting |
| Antonyms: | building, construction, creation, improvement, reparation, restoration |
| Main Entry: | discomfiture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | embarrassment, frustration |
| Synonyms: | agitation, beating, chagrin, comedown, confusion, conquest, defeat, demoralization, descent, disappointment, disquiet, failure, humiliation, overthrow, perturbation, rout, ruin, shame, undoing, uneasiness, upset, vexation, abashment, defeasance, discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment, unease, vanquishment |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yielding |
| Main Entry: | disprove |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prove false |
| Synonyms: | belie, blow up*, break, confound, confute, contradict, contravene, controvert, deny, discredit, explode, expose, impugn, invalidate, negate, negative, overthrow, overturn, puncture, rebut, refute, shoot, tear down*, throw out, traverse, weaken, blow sky high, disconfirm, find unfounded, knock bottom out of, knock props out, poke holes in, set aside, shoot holes in |
| Antonyms: | credit, prove, validate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | downfall |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disgrace, ruin |
| Synonyms: | atrophy, bane, breakdown, cloudburst, collapse, comedown, comeuppance, debacle, decadence, degeneracy, deluge, descent, destruction, deterioration, discomfiture, down, drop, failure, fall, flood, overthrow, rack and ruin, storm, undoing, declension, degeneration, devolution, on the rocks, road to ruin, ruination, the skids |
| Antonyms: | accomplishment, ascent, rise, success |
| Main Entry: | floor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perplex, confound |
| Synonyms: | baffle, beat, bewilder, bowl over*, bring down*, conquer, defeat, discomfit, disconcert, down, drop, dumbfound, fell, flatten, ground, level, nonplus, overthrow, prostrate, puzzle, stump, throw, bring up short, knock down, lay low* |
| Antonyms: | clear up, explain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | invalidate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | render null and void |
| Synonyms: | abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, cancel, counteract, counterbalance, discredit, disqualify, impair, negate, negative, neutralize, nix, nullify, offset, overrule, overthrow, quash, refute, revoke, undermine, undo, unfit, weaken, X-out, blow sky-high, circumduct, disannul, shoot full of holes |
| Antonyms: | approve, permit, validate |
| Main Entry: | oppress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depress, subdue |
| Synonyms: | abuse, afflict, aggrieve, annoy, burden, crush, dishearten, distress, encumber, force, handicap, harass, harry, hound*, maltreat, outrage, overcome, overload, overpower, overthrow, overwhelm, persecute, pick on, plague, press, prey on, put down, ride, rule, sadden, saddle*, smother, strain, subjugate, suppress, tax, torment, torture, trample, trouble, vex, worry, wrong, beat down*, despotize, dispirit, keep down, put screws to, put the squeeze on, put upon, tyrranize, weigh heavy upon |
| Antonyms: | aid, boost, delight, gladden, help, make happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ouster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ejection |
| Synonyms: | banishment, discharge, dismissal, eviction, expulsion, overthrow, removal, sack, disbarment, loss of right, the heave-ho |
| Main Entry: | overcome |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat, defeat |
| Synonyms: | best*, conquer, crush, down*, drown, hurdle, lick*, master, outlive, overpower, overthrow, overwhelm, prevail, prostrate, reduce, render, shock, stun, subdue, subjugate, surmount, survive, throw*, vanquish, weather*, win, worst*, be victorious, come out on top, get around*, get the better of, knock over*, knock socks off, rise above, triumph over, whelm |
| Antonyms: | give in, surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | overpower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat; get the upper hand |
| Synonyms: | bear down, blank, bulldoze*, bury, clobber, conquer, cream*, crush, defeat, drown, drub*, knock out*, murder*, overcome, overthrow, overwhelm, prostrate, put away*, quell, reduce, rout, smash*, subdue, subjugate, swamp*, total*, trash*, trounce, vanquish, waste*, wax*, beat down, blow away, immobilize, lay one out, roll over, shellack, shut off*, take care of, take out*, torpedo*, whelm |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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