Putnam's Word Book
Chapter 159 : override, v. trample upon, supersede, annul, abrogate.overrule, v. annul, rescind, abr

override, v. trample upon, supersede, annul, abrogate.

overrule, v. annul, rescind, abrogate, revoke, supersede, set aside.

overruling, a. predominant, prevailing, controlling.

overruling, n. abrogation, cancellation, rescission.

overrun, v. infringe, invade.

oversee, v. superintend, supervise.

overseer, n. superintendent, supervisor, inspector, taskmaster, foreman, monitor.

overshoe, n. galoshe, rubber, arctic.

oversight, n. superintendence, supervision, care, inspection, surveillance, control, charge; overlooking, connivance, omission, failure, inadvertence, default, inattention, lapse.

overstate, v. exaggerate.

overstep, v. exceed, trespa.s.s, infringe, intrench, encroach.

oversupply, n. excess, superabundance, surfeit, glut, repletion.

overt, a. public, apparent, unconcealed, patent.

overthrow, v. upset, overturn; demolish, prostrate, subvert, defeat, vanquish, rout, overpower, overcome, subjugate, raze, worst.

overthrow, n. overthrowing, demolition, subversion, undoing, reversal, prostration, defeat, boulevers.e.m.e.nt.

overtop, v. transcend, surpa.s.s, dwarf, overshadow.

overture, n. See offer.

overvalue, v. overrate, overestimate, overprize.

overweening, a. haughty, arrogant, cavalier, supercilious, lordly, conceited.

overweening, n. conceit, arrogance, superciliousness, lordliness.

overweight, n. preponderance.

overwhelm, v. overflow, submerge, ingulf, drown, overpower, crush.

overwhelming, a. irresistible, overpowering.

owing, n. indebtedness.

owing, a. due, payable, unpaid; ascribable, traceable, imputable, attributable, referable; indebted.

own, v. admit, acknowledge, confess, allow, concede, grant; possess.

Antonyms: disown, deny.

owner, n. proprietor.

owners.h.i.+p, n. proprietors.h.i.+p, claim, t.i.tle.

oysters, n. pl. Mollusca, Ostrea. a.s.sociated Words: ostreaceous, ostreaculture, ostreophagist, ostreophagous, ostriferous, bivalve, sp.a.w.n, cultch, spat.

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pace, n. amble, rack.

pacifiable, a. placable, appeasable, conciliable.

pacify, v. appease, quiet, calm, mollify, propitiate, tranquilize.

pack, n. bundle, bale, parcel, package; mult.i.tude, number, quant.i.ty; gang; shook.

pack, v. compress, stow, truss; load, enc.u.mber.

package, n. bundle, packet, bale, parcel, pack, budget, truss, ceroon.

pact, n. compact, covenant, concordat. See agreement.

pad, n. cus.h.i.+on, bolster; saddle-cloth, housing.

padlock, n. a.s.sociated Words: shackle, staple, hasp.

pagan, n. See heathen.

page, n. footboy, b.u.t.tons (Colloq.); folio.

page number. folio.

pail, n. bucket; piggin.

pain, v. hurt, torture, rack; distress, grieve, afflict, aggrieve.

pain, n. punishment, penalty; suffering, ache, smart, throe, rack, agony, torture, distress, qualm, discomfort, pang, excruciation, paroxysm, gripe, twinge, cramp, travail, st.i.tch, crick, anguish; heartache, misery, dolor. Antonyms: ease, comfort, relief, solace. a.s.sociated Words: anodyne, anaesthetic, a.n.a.lgesic, dolorific, doloriferous, surcease, anaesthetize.

painful, a. distressing, agonizing, excruciating, dolorous, racking; toilsome, arduous, difficult.

painstaking, a. diligent, particular, precise, scrupulous.

Antonyms: slovenly, negligent.