Antonyms for overboard

Grammar : Adj

Spell : oh-ver-bawrd, -bohrd

Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊ vərˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd

Definition of overboard

Origin : "over the side of a ship," Old English ofor bord, from over + bord "side of a ship" (see board (n.2)). Figurative sense of "excessively, beyond one's means" (especially in phrase go overboard) first attested 1931 in Damon Runyon.

As in rabid : adj very angry; maniacal
As in overabundant : adj excessive
As in overmuch : adj excessive
As in excessive : adj too much; overdone
As in exorbitant : adj extravagant, excessive

Example sentences :

The boy was next attacked-with threats of throwing him overboard.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

I'll throw him overboard before such a disgrace befall us or him.
Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper

He would come, and we would heave him overboard, or get killed trying.
Extract from : « Tom Sawyer, Detective » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

She had a deckload of it, and she'd heave it overboard every time the wind changed.
Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln

If 'twas one of the hands I guess likely she'd have hove him overboard.
Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln

"Unshackle me this carrion, and heave it overboard," was the harsh order.
Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini

Hurriedly I put a bait on my hook and got it overboard, and let the line run.
Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey

At it they went, as if trying to drive me overboard with the noise!
Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad

Then he baited his two hooks with bits of tentacle and threw them overboard.
Extract from : « The Harbor of Doubt » by Frank Williams

You would dump the lot of us overboard if it served your turn.
Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad

Synonyms for overboard

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