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overdog

overdog noun: someone who is dominant or has a significant advantage in their field.

Noun

overdog (plural overdogs)

  1. someone who is dominant or has a significant advantage in their field
    • Yet Truman, facing the resistance of his own State Department, was frequently irritated by Zionist lobbying and was wary of any sign of the Jewish underdogs becoming the bullying overdogs:2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 556
    Synonyms:
    top dog, upperdog

Synonyms of overdog

Antonyms

Forms of overdog

pluraloverdogs

Origin of overdog

From over- + dog, modelled on earlier underdog.

Questions about overdog

What does overdog mean?
Overdog means someone who is dominant or has a significant advantage in their field.
What part of speech is overdog?
Overdog is a noun.
What is the plural of overdog?
The plural of overdog is overdogs.

Words near overdog in the dictionary

  1. overdocumenting
  2. overdocuments
  3. overdoer
  4. overdoers
  5. overdoes
  6. overdog
  7. overdogmatic
  8. overdogmatically
  9. overdogmatism
  10. overdogs
  11. overdoing

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