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Antonyms for overtops
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : verb oh-ver-top; noun oh-ver-top |
Phonetic Transcription : verb ˌoʊ vərˈtɒp; noun ˈoʊ vərˌtɒp |
- abandon
- aid
- assist
- attend
- be below
- be inferior
- decline
- dehydrate
- deny
- descend
- drop
- dry
- fail
- fall
- fall behind
- follow
- give in
- give up
- go along
- heed
- help
- hold
- honor
- ignore
- keep
- leave
- look at
- lose
- lower
- neglect
- notice
- prevent
- receive
- refuse
- regard
- respect
- save
- serve
- submit
- surrender
- underwhelm
- veto
- yield
Definition of overtops
Origin :- 1560s, from over- + top (v.). Related: Overtopped; overtopping.
- As in loom : verb appear, often imposingly
- As in overflow : verb pour out, flood
- As in overhang : verb bulge, hang over
- As in overlook : verb have a view of something
- As in surmount : verb overcome, triumph over
- As in tower : verb rise above
- As in transcend : verb go beyond; surpass
- As in tower above : verb dominate
- As in dominate : verb tower above
- It overtops all your sciences, embraces every cult, and lies at the base of all truth.
- Extract from : « The Blind Spot » by Austin Hall
- A museum is located in the dome which overtops the building.
- Extract from : « Montreal 1535-1914, Volume II (of 2) » by William Henry Atherton
- And there was the grand king of inventions—the Phonograph—that overtops all the rest.
- Extract from : « The Boyhood of Great Inventors » by A. Fraser Robertson
- They have long since become, for me, the danger that overtops all others.
- Extract from : « The Letters of Henry James (volume I) » by Henry James
- Every day the harvest increases, and overtops that of the last.
- Extract from : « De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Trans. by Francis Augustus MacNutt
- But the assumption of the genus young man often overtops the pyramids.
- Extract from : « The Captain's Toll-Gate » by Frank R. Stockton
- Of Ferryhill they remark that “such as know it knows it overtops and commands a great part of the country.”
- Extract from : « The Great North Road: York to Edinburgh » by Charles G. Harper
- The sonata form is not desperately evaded, and in the rondo of the E minor Concerto he overtops Hummel on his native heath.
- Extract from : « Unicorns » by James Huneker
- How he overtops in the Cabinet those myrmidons with their many petty notions!
- Extract from : « Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 » by Adam Gurowski
- It is the individuality of one kind of plant which grows most abundantly or overtops the others.
- Extract from : « Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets » by Various
Synonyms for overtops
- afford a view
- approach
- ascend
- await
- be above
- be at hand
- be coming
- be forthcoming
- be imminent
- be in the cards
- be in the wind
- be near
- be superior
- be suspended
- beat
- become visible
- beetle
- best
- bestride
- better
- break through
- brew
- brim
- bubble over
- bulk
- cap
- cascade
- cast a shadow
- clear
- come forth
- come into view
- come on
- come on the scene
- command
- command a view
- conquer
- cover
- crest
- crown
- dangle over
- dawn
- defeat
- deluge
- discharge
- dominate
- down
- drain
- droop over
- drown
- eclipse
- emanate
- emerge
- endanger
- engulf
- exceed
- excel
- extend
- extend above
- fall over
- figure
- flap over
- front on
- gather
- give on
- give upon
- go above
- gush
- hang over
- have a prospect of
- hover
- hurdle
- impend
- impress
- inspect
- inundate
- irrupt
- issue
- jet
- jut
- leak
- leap
- leave behind
- leave in the dust
- lick
- look down
- look down upon
- look out
- look out on
- look over
- loom
- loom over
- lower
- make up
- menace
- mount
- near
- negotiate
- outdo
- outrival
- outshine
- outstrip
- outvie
- over
- overbrim
- overhang
- overlie
- overlook
- overpower
- overrun
- oversee
- overshadow
- overstep
- overtop
- pass
- poke
- portend
- pouch
- pour
- prevail over
- project
- protrude
- rear
- rise
- rise above
- run over
- rush
- seem huge
- seem large
- shed
- show
- shower
- slop
- slosh
- soak
- soar
- soar above
- spill
- spill over
- spout
- spray
- spurt
- squirt
- stand out
- stand over
- stick out
- subdue
- submerge
- surge
- surmount
- surpass
- survey
- swamp
- swing over
- take shape
- threaten
- throw
- top
- tower
- tower above
- tower over
- transcend
- transform
- vanquish
- vault
- view
- watch over
- water
- wave
- well
- well over
- wet
- whelm
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