Antonyms for overdraw
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : oh-ver-draw |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈdrɔ |
- abbreviate
- abridge
- accomplish
- achieve
- be forthright
- be honest
- be modest
- be upright
- bear
- begin
- capture
- commence
- complete
- compress
- continue
- contract
- create
- curtail
- decrease
- deliver
- deprecate
- depreciate
- destroy
- diminish
- earn
- explain
- gain
- ignore
- leave alone
- lessen
- lower
- merit
- miniaturize
- minimize
- obtain
- play down
- procure
- prosper
- reach
- reduce
- represent
- reveal
- shorten
- shrink
- simplify
- stand
- start
- straighten
- succeed
- tell truth
- uncomplicate
- uncover
- understate
- weaken
- win
Definition of overdraw
Origin :- late 14c., "to draw across;" 1734 in the banking sense, from over- + draw (v.). Related: Overdrawn; overdrawing.
- As in lie : verb tell an untruth
- As in magnify : verb exaggerate, blow out of proportion
- As in misrepresent/misquote : verb lie, distort
- As in overplay : verb be dramatic
- As in pad : verb elaborate, amplify
- As in misrepresent : verb lie
- As in exaggerate : verb overstate, embellish
- As in fail : verb lose money
- I cannot do my work unless I overdraw my current health account.
- Extract from : « Civics and Health » by William H. Allen
- But when I overdraw I always threaten to transfer my account.
- Extract from : « Daisy's Aunt » by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson
- So long as he does not overdraw his account, we are bound to honour his cheques.
- Extract from : « Johnny Ludlow, Second Series » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- The abuse of overdraw checks cannot be too severely reprobated.
- Extract from : « Riding and Driving » by Edward L. Anderson
- It also certainly in his later years led him to overdraw them.
- Extract from : « Life and Letters of Robert Browning » by Mrs. Sutherland Orr
- And, as you say, we all overdraw on the future, from time to time.
- Extract from : « The White Blackbird » by Hudson Douglas
- Never be afraid that you will overdraw the divine character.
- Extract from : « The Optimist's Good Morning » by Florence Hobart Perin
- I do not overdraw this picture of one who is only a type of thousands.
- Extract from : « An Ocean Tramp » by William McFee
- A right to overdraw, can, of course, only arise from agreement.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 » by Various
- How often do we meet such an instance as this, nor shall I overdraw it.
- Extract from : « Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 » by Various
Synonyms for overdraw
- accent
- accentuate
- adulterate
- aggravate
- amplify
- angle
- augment
- be cleaned out
- be in arrears
- be ruined
- be taken to the cleaners
- be untruthful
- bear false witness
- beard
- become insolvent
- beguile
- belie
- blarney
- blow out of proportion
- blow smoke
- blow up
- boast
- boost
- brag
- break
- break promise
- BS
- build up
- bulk
- bull
- caricature
- cheese
- cloak
- close
- close down
- close one's doors
- color
- con
- concoct
- confuse
- cook up
- corrupt
- cover up
- crash
- deceive
- defalcate
- default
- delude
- disguise
- dishonor
- dissemble
- dissimulate
- distort
- dramatize
- dress
- drop
- drop a bundle
- dupe
- embellish
- embroider
- emphasize
- end
- enhance
- enlarge
- equivocate
- exaggerate
- exalt
- expand
- fabricate
- fake
- falsify
- fib
- fill out
- finish
- flesh out
- fold
- forswear
- frame
- fudge
- garble
- get carried away
- give snow job
- go back on
- go bankrupt
- go belly up
- go broke
- go bust
- go into Chapter 11
- go out of business
- go to extremes
- go to the wall
- go under
- go up
- ham it up
- heighten
- hike
- hyperbolize
- increase
- inflate
- intensify
- invent
- labor at
- lay it on thick
- lengthen
- lie
- lose big
- lose one's shirt
- loud talk
- magnify
- make believe
- make mountain of molehill
- make too much of
- malign
- mangle
- mask
- maximize
- miscolor
- misguide
- misinform
- misinstruct
- misinterpret
- mislead
- misquote
- misreport
- misrepresent
- misspeak
- misstate
- mug
- overact
- overcharge
- overdo
- overdraw
- overemphasize
- overestimate
- overplay
- overrate
- overstate
- overstress
- overuse
- overwork
- pad
- palter
- perjure
- pervert
- phony
- phony up
- pirate
- plant
- point up
- pretty up
- prevaricate
- promote
- protract
- puff
- puff up
- put on
- put up a front
- pyramid
- repudiate
- romance
- romanticize
- scam
- show off
- skew
- slant
- snow
- soft-soap
- spin
- spread it on
- stretch
- string along
- take out of context
- terminate
- throw a curve
- trump up
- twist
- up
- victimize
- warp
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019