Synonyms for overboard
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : oh-ver-bawrd, -bohrd |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊ vərˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd |
Top 10 synonyms for overboard Other synonyms for the word overboard
- absonant
- berserk
- bigoted
- bitten
- boundless
- corybantic
- crazy
- dear
- deranged
- disproportionate
- dissipated
- dizzying
- enormous
- exacting
- exaggerated
- exorbitant
- expensive
- extortionate
- extra
- extravagant
- extreme
- extremist
- flipped
- foaming at the mouth
- frantic
- freaked out
- frenetic
- high
- highway robbery
- hot
- immoderate
- indulgent
- infuriated
- inordinate
- insane
- intemperate
- intolerant
- irrational
- keen
- limitless
- mad
- mad-dog
- more
- narrow-minded
- needless
- nutty
- obsessed
- out of sight
- over
- over one's head
- overabundant
- overboard
- overkill
- overmuch
- plethoric
- poisoned
- preposterous
- prodigal
- profligate
- radical
- raging
- recrementitious
- redundant
- revolutionary
- self-indulgent
- sick
- sizzling
- sky-high
- smoking
- steamed up
- steep
- stiff
- stratospheric
- super
- superabundant
- superfluous
- supernatural
- too many
- towering
- ultra
- ultraist
- unbounded
- unconscionable
- undue
- unmeasurable
- unreasonable
- up to here
- violent
- virulent
- wasteful
- way out
- wild
- zealous
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for overboard
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