Overturn

//ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈtɜː(ɹ)n//

Synonyms for "overturn" (220 found)

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Closest matches (44)

Strong matches (66)

Related words (110)

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Translations

47 translations across 16 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἀνατρέπω verb (to turn over, capsize)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • отхвърлям verb (legal: to reverse, overrule)
  • прекатурвам verb (to turn over, capsize)
  • преобръщам verb (to turn over, capsize)
  • събарям verb (to overthrow)

Dutch

4 entries
  • intrekken verb (legal: to reverse, overrule)
  • kapseizen verb (to turn over, capsize)
  • omslaan verb (to turn over, capsize)
  • omverwerpen verb (to overthrow)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • renversi verb (to turn over, capsize)
  • renversi verb (legal: to reverse, overrule)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kaataa verb (to turn over, capsize)
  • kaataa verb (to overthrow)
  • kaataa ympäri verb (to turn over, capsize)
  • kumota verb (to turn over, capsize)

French

4 entries
  • capoter verb (to turn over, capsize)
  • casser verb (legal: to reverse, overrule)
  • renverser verb (to turn over, capsize)
  • renverser verb (to overthrow)

Galician

1 entries
  • envorcar verb (to turn over, capsize)

German

3 entries
  • aufheben verb (legal: to reverse, overrule)
  • sich überschlagen verb (to turn over, capsize)
  • verwerfen verb (to overthrow)

Italian

2 entries
  • capovolgere verb (to turn over, capsize)
  • ribaltare verb (to turn over, capsize)

Latin

2 entries
  • subvertō verb (to turn over, capsize)
  • subvertō verb (to overthrow)

Māori

4 entries
  • porohuri verb (to turn over, capsize)
  • takahuri verb (legal: to reverse, overrule)
  • urupoki verb (to turn over, capsize)
  • whakatakahuri verb (legal: to reverse, overrule)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • anular verb (legal: to reverse, overrule)
  • capotar verb (to turn over, capsize)
  • derrubar verb (legal: to reverse, overrule)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • cuir thairis verb (to turn over, capsize)

Spanish

4 entries
  • casar verb (legal: to reverse, overrule)
  • derrocar verb (to overthrow)
  • trabucar verb (to turn over, capsize)
  • volcar verb (to turn over, capsize)

Thai

2 entries
  • คว่ำ verb (to turn over, capsize)
  • คว่ำ verb (legal: to reverse, overrule)

Turkish

1 entries
  • ters dönmek verb (to turn over, capsize)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Then I'll help you overturn the wagon.

Source: tatoeba (50848)

But she had heard that an offspring, led by Trojan blood, would one day overturn the Tyrian citadels; from this would come a nation ruling widely and proud in war, for the destruction of Libya: thus the Fates spun out their destiny.

Source: tatoeba (6598903)

Sami launched a campaign to overturn his conviction.

Source: tatoeba (6693212)

The attempts to overturn the ordinance still need to be passed by Congress.

Source: tatoeba (10677144)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.