Tom wanted to swim across the lake but he overextended himself and drowned.
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Overextended
Synonyms for "overextended" (29 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (6)
Adjective(3 words)
Verb(2 words)
Noun(1 words)
more stretched
Strong matches (9)
Related words (14)
Adjective(8 words)
Verb(4 words)
Noun(2 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
8 entriesconditioneconomic stateexceed capacityexceeding limitslinguistic phenomenonoperational statestatestretching
More specific
12 entriesbroadening of meaningoverextend a budgetoverextend a claimoverextend a conclusionoverextend a loanoverextend a muscleoverextended budgetoverextended debtoverextended projectoverextended scheduleoverstretch a ligamentsemantic overgeneralization
Collocations
12 entriesoverextend a budgetoverextend a deadlineoverextend a projectoverextend creditoverextend oneselfoverextend resourcesoverextended creditoverextended debtoverextended projectoverextended resourcesoverextended scheduleoverextended timeline
Inflections
4 entriesDerivations
3 entriesSample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Banks that made imprudent loans and buyers who overextended themselves to buy houses they could not afford are part of the reason behind the mortgage crisis. Consumers also lacked financial knowledge, experts say.
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