Synonyms of overreach
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Another word for overreach is surpass. Other synonyms of overreach are cap.
Synonyms and similar words for overreach
verbTo reach above or beyond, especially to an excessive degree.
- exceed
- go beyondTo be more than (something); to be better than (something); to surpass (something).
- breach
- cap
- outreach
- outcompassTo exceed the limits of; to surpass, transcend or go beyond.
- outstepTo step or go beyond; exceed; overstep.
- outstripTo exceed or surpass (someone or something).
- overpass
- overstep
- overstride
- surpassTo go beyond or exceed (something) in an adjudicative or literal sense.
- transgress
- transcend
- excel rareTo exceed, to go beyond.
- forpass obsolete
- overgo obsolete
- trespass obsolete
verbTo deceive, to swindle.
- cheat
- defraud
- beglammer UK, dialectalTo bewitch; deceive; hoodwink.
- counterfeit
- deceiveTo trick or mislead.
- catch
- trap into
- dissemble
- dissimulate
- feign
- jiff slangTo deceive, swindle, trick.
- lead astrayTo cause (someone) to believe an untruth.
- put on
- spoof
- sham
- trick
- abuse obsoleteTo deceive; to trick; to impose on; misuse the confidence of.
Meaning of overreach
- verb To reach above or beyond, especially to an excessive degree.
- verb To defeat or override a person's interest in property; (UK, specifically) of a holder of the legal title of real property: by mortgaging or selling the legal title to a third party, to cause another person's equitable right in the property to be dissolved and to be replaced by an equitable right in the money received from the third party.
- verb To do something beyond an appropriate limit, or beyond one's ability; to overextend.
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