Definition for Overshoot:

• To shoot beyond the target; to pass swiftly over; to venture too far, as to overshoot one's self.

Synonyms for Overshoot:

• n.

  •
  • fund,
  • pay,
  • spend,
  • pay out,
  • disburse,
  • finance,
  • put up,
  • bear the cost/expense etc.,
  • invest in.
  •
  • let down,
  • blunder,
  • foul up,
  • trip-up,
  • slip up,
  • mess up,
  • err,
  • stumble.
  •go-around (noun)
  • go-around.

• v.

  •cognition (verb)
  • overshoot.
  •jump (verb)
  • clear out,
  • cover,
  • digress,
  • switch,
  • evade,
  • pass over,
  • nullify,
  • cancel,
  • skip,
  • abandon,
  • leave.
  •overrun (verb)
  • outdistance,
  • transgress,
  • overwhelm,
  • ravage,
  • run on,
  • beset,
  • overspread,
  • overgrow,
  • invade,
  • surpass,
  • overtake,
  • permeate,
  • transcend,
  • spread like wildfire,
  • choke,
  • surge,
  • overstep,
  • outpace,
  • outrun.

• Other synonyms:

  •go-around
  • go around.
  •overrun
  • overspreads,
  • went beyond,
  • running over,
  • over spread,
  • overspreading,
  • be set,
  • running on,
  • over-run,
  • over-runs,
  • ran over,
  • Overgrew,
  • going beyond.
  •Other relevant words:
  • exceeding,
  • overlap,
  • overact,
  • step over,
  • make hash of,
  • swarm,
  • surcharge,
  • offense,
  • brim over,
  • misconduct,
  • intensify,
  • descend,
  • deluge,
  • botch,
  • exaggerate,
  • overdo,
  • wave off,
  • overdraw,
  • override,
  • enhance,
  • forget,
  • overpass,
  • stretch,
  • break,
  • offset,
  • exceed,
  • come in,
  • process,
  • beat hollow,
  • Overstride,
  • hobble,
  • fumble,
  • fault,
  • lead,
  • landing approach,
  • hyperbolize,
  • hunting,
  • trespass,
  • purview,
  • extend,
  • overflow,
  • spill,
  • glut,
  • finesse,
  • Supersaturate,
  • goes beyond,
  • delete,
  • pile up,
  • reach,
  • flyover,
  • run,
  • Outleap,
  • overleap,
  • pour over,
  • Overabound,
  • outgrow,
  • beat,
  • spread over,
  • pancake,
  • know no bounds,
  • overload,
  • bitch,
  • light,
  • distance,
  • inundate,
  • Overskip,
  • transgression,
  • Hepatize,
  • overdose,
  • omit,
  • breach,
  • creep with,
  • run over,
  • shoot for,
  • outgo,
  • crash-land,
  • bungle,
  • overreach,
  • pass,
  • ditch,
  • scope,
  • outreach,
  • ambit,
  • By-pass,
  • outstrip,
  • Overcarry,
  • surmount,
  • extension,
  • overburden,
  • enlarge,
  • expand,
  • drug,
  • spill over,
  • magnify,
  • expansion,
  • settle down,
  • outdo,
  • Outstep,
  • sin,
  • amplify,
  • load,
  • crawl with,
  • feeling,
  • pass by,
  • Superabound,
  • outbid,
  • aggravate,
  • flood,
  • rise above,
  • drench,
  • upwind,
  • whelm,
  • aspire,
  • aggrandize,
  • go beyond,
  • outride,
  • error,
  • outrival,
  • soar,
  • violation,
  • outjump,
  • overstate,
  • rise,
  • circumvent,
  • trip,
  • touch down,
  • slop over,
  • radius,
  • gorge,
  • overcharge,
  • downwind,
  • overpraise,
  • talk down,
  • strain,
  • well over,
  • boggle,
  • run riot,
  • level off,
  • flounder,
  • infraction,
  • overfeed,
  • Overjump,
  • precede,
  • misdeed,
  • Overgo,
  • bristle with,
  • land,
  • crime,
  • go past,
  • come down,
  • overlay,
  • alight,
  • fail,
  • overstock,
  • overestimate,
  • go too far.

Paraphrases for Overshoot:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    Overshooting.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    overexpenditure, OVER-EXPENDITURE, exceedence, overflow, surge.
  • Verb, base form
    overtake, exceed, transcend.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    overtaking, Overcoming, exceedance, excess, exceeding, Overrunning.

Antonyms for Overshoot:

• v.

  • competition
    undershoot.
  • jump
    address, uphold, face, decline, decrease.
  • miss
    correct, respect, meet, notice, succeed, accomplish, heed, fix, attend, regard, look at, note, remember, DO, achieve, pay attention, keep, do well, find.
  • overrun
    evacuate, underwhelm, surrender, lose, retreat.

Overshoot Sentence Examples:

• Continuing our voyage, it was our lot to overshoot Mozambique, and to fall in with Quitangone, two leagues farther north, where we took three or four barks belonging to the Moors, laden with millet, hens, and ducks, going as provisions for Mozambique, and having one Portuguese boy on board.

• For an instant he had a quick fear that he might overshoot his mark.

Hypernym for Overshoot:

• v.

  • cognition
    overrun.

Hyponym for Overshoot:

• v.

  • cognition
    aspire, draw a bead on, aim, shoot for.
  • competition
    miss, shoot, blast.