Synonyms for OVERTHROW
ˌoʊ vərˈθroʊ; ˈoʊ vərˌθroʊover·throw

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1. overthrow

   Abolish, to do away with, bring absolutely to an end, especially as something hostile, hindering, or harmful, was formerly used of persons and material objects, a usage now obsolete except in poetry or highly figurative speech. Abolish is now used of institutions, customs, and conditions, especially those wide-spread and long existing; as, to abolish slavery, ignorance, intemperance, poverty. A building that is burned to the ground is said to be destroyed by fire. Annihilate, as a philosophical term, signifies to put absolutely out of existence. As far as our knowledge goes, matter is never annihilated, but only changes its form. Some believe that the wicked will be annihilated. Abolish is not said of laws. There we use repeal, abrogate, nullify, etc.: repeal by the enacting body, nullify by revolutionary proceedings; a later statute abrogates, without formally repealing, any earlier law with which it conflicts. An appellate court may reverse or set aside the decision of an inferior court. Overthrow may be used in either a good or a bad sense; suppress is commonly in a good, subvert always in a bad sense; as, to subvert our liberties; to suppress a rebellion. The law prohibits what may never have existed; it abolishes an existing evil. We abate a nuisance, terminate a controversy. Compare CANCEL; DEMOLISH; EXTERMINATE.

   Synonyms:
   abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, destroy, end, end, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, nullify, obliterate, prohibit, remove, repeal, reverse, revoke, set aside, stamp out, subvert, supplant, suppress, terminate

   Antonyms:
   authorize, cherish, confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, introduce, legalize, promote, reinstate, renew, repair, restore, revive, set up, support, sustain

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1. overthrow

   Synonyms:
   destroy, subvert, upset, overturn, ruin, demolish, defeat, rout, overcome, discomfit, invert, overset, reverse

   Antonyms:
   restore, reinstate, construct, regenerate, redintegrate, revive, reedify

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. overthrownoun

   the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force)

   Synonyms:
   upset, derangement

2. upset, derangement, overthrowverb

   the act of disturbing the mind or body

   "his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset"; "she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living"

   Synonyms:
   disturbance, disorder, mental unsoundness, perturbation, overturn, derangement, turnover, overthrow, swage, unbalance, upset

3. overthrow, subvert, overturn, bring downverb

   cause the downfall of; of rulers

   "The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class"

   Synonyms:
   weaken, land, bowl over, bring down, overthrow, vacate, cut, annul, trim down, overturn, lower, demoralise, misdirect, overrule, get down, debase, pervert, demoralize, lift, trim back, trim, counteract, profane, rescind, cut down, tump over, put down, reduce, sabotage, let down, override, subvert, vitiate, repeal, take down, deprave, revolutionize, cut back, tip over, impose, inflict, undermine, upset, turn over, reverse, countermand, revoke, revolutionise, knock over, countermine, visit, debauch, corrupt

4. overrule, overturn, override, overthrow, reverseverb

   rule against

   "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"

   Synonyms:
   turn, bring down, tip over, change by reversal, bowl over, upset, turn over, lift, vacate, annul, overthrow, countermand, subvert, rescind, reverse, invert, revoke, revolutionise, overrule, knock over, revolutionize, override, overturn, tump over, repeal, turn back

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1. • Rule
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1. unseat

   to unseat a king from its thrown

   to unseat a king from its thrown

   Submitted by rinat on August 11, 2019  

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1. overthrowverb

   Synonyms:
   overturn, upset, overset, subvert, prostrate, level, fell, throw down, beat down

2. overthrowverb

   Synonyms:
   demolish, destroy, ruin

3. overthrowverb

   Synonyms:
   vanquish, conquer, defeat, worst, overcome, master, overpower, overbear, overwhelm, subjugate, crush, discomfit, beat, rout, foil

4. overthrownoun

   Synonyms:
   subversion, prostration

5. overthrownoun

   Synonyms:
   destruction, demolition, ruin, shipwreck

6. overthrownoun

   Synonyms:
   defeat, discomfiture, rout

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1. overthrownoun

   Synonyms:
   overthrowing, demolition, subversion, undoing, reversal, prostration, defeat, bouleversement

2. overthrowverb

   Synonyms:
   upset, overturn, demolish, prostrate, subvert, defeat, vanquish, rout, overpower, overcome, subjugate, raze, worst

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1. List of paraphrases for "overthrow":

   topple, toppling, overturn, reversal, ouster, reverse, ousting, overthrowing, oust, subversion, subvert, rollover, overrule, overturning, unseat, plunge, downfall

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How to use OVERTHROW in a sentence?

1. President Mahamadou Issoufou:

   The government has just foiled an evil attempt at detribalization. The objective of these individuals, motivated by I don't know what, was to overthrow the democratically elected power, they envisaged using aerial firepower and they have for some weeks deliberately blocked (those military assets) in Niamey that I was pressing them to send to Diffa to the front for the struggle against Boko Haram.

2. Blake Flayton:

   If Adolf Hitler had an Instagram account, the Holocaust would have happened a lot quicker, because the public would have been convinced a lot sooner, that the Jews were plotting to overthrow Germany, and weed out the Aryan race and take over Europe.

3. Tulsi Gabbard:

   It angers and saddens me that President Trump has taken the advice of war hawks and escalated our illegal regime change war to overthrow the Syrian government—this escalation is short-sighted and will lead to more dead civilians, more refugees, the strengthening of al-Qaeda and other terrorists, and a direct confrontation between the United States and Russia—which could lead to nuclear war, this Administration has acted recklessly without care or consideration of the dire consequences of the United States attack on Syria without waiting for the collection of evidence from the scene of the chemical poisoning.

4. Benjamin Franklin:

   Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.

5. Tulsi Gabbard:

   It angers and saddens me that President Trump has taken the advice of war hawks and escalated our illegal regime change war to overthrow the Syrian government.