overfill

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of OVERFILL

to fill or load to excess <overfilled the wheelbarrow with bricks until finally no one could push it>

Synonyms overburden, overcharge, overfill

Related Words stuff; burden, charge, encumber, lade, laden, load, lumber, saddle, weigh down, weight

Near Antonyms lighten, unburden, unload

to flow over the brim or top of <water overfilled the tub and poured onto the floor>

Synonyms overfill

Related Words boil over, run over, spill, well (up); flow, flush, gush, pour, sluice, spout, spurt, stream; deluge, drown, engulf, flood, inundate, overwhelm, submerge, submerse, swamp; wash (over); brim, cascade, slop, slosh

Near Antonyms recede

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