Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "overflow" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

underflow

Typical Location

bathroom drain floating point calculation flooded areas glass riverbed sewer sink stopped up sink

Derived Terms

buffer overflow full to overflowing overflow hole overflow meeting overflow pool overflowable overflower underflow

Derived From

flow

Entails

run

Context

computing

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

boil flow flowing run out seethe spill stream

Type Of (IsA)

flow spill

Manner Of

spill

Related Terms

brim container excess flow numeric outlet range spillage

Synonym Network

bubble over flood

Used For

catching extra stuff floods prevent flooding preventing flood releasing pressure saving extra stuff

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