Synonyms of overturning

overturning

verb

present participle of overturn

as in collapsing

to turn on one's side or upside down

afraid that my kayak would overturn

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collapsing
• capsizing
• upsetting
• toppling
• falling
• turning over
• keeling
• upending
• overthrowing
• tilting
• inverting
• turning turtle
• tipping
• leaning
• oversetting
• careening
• heeling
• listing
• tumping (over)
• foundering
• pitchpoling
• giving

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• righting
• raising
• standing up
• erecting
• straightening (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of overturning

Three previous attempts to evict the 87-year-old were denied by the courts, but in March, the Supreme Court ruled against her, overturning a January 2022 decision in her favor. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026

As well as overturning the 2024 standards, the EPA is proposing to roll back its authority to regulate climate pollution from power plants. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026

Kavanaugh wrote an opinion in 2012 overturning the terrorism conviction of a driver and bodyguard for Osama bin Laden. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

Crowley supports overturning a state law, passed in 2011, that all-but eliminated collective bargaining for public workers. — Patrick Whittle, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Rothman nevertheless joined Justice Deborah Sweeney in overturning the convictions because of the trial errors. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2026

Over the past several years, two proposals have involved two ballot measures lifting a height limit, two court rulings overturning those votes, two developers, two mayors, and now two bills approved by the Legislature to boost the current project. — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026

The majority, once again overturning the conclusions of the lower courts, said that a challenge by some two dozen states was premature and that the states lacked standing because they weren’t harmed by the order. — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

But a few months later, with McCurdy’s help, the organization had its first success overturning a state ban. — Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 1 Sep. 2026