Synonyms for overbalance
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Verb
1. Preponderate
Definitions
- v. 1
To be more important than; to outweigh.
I thought of giving up this club, which was expensive and of no service to me, and the amusement overbalanced by the late hours.
Forms
- Past participle
- overbalanced
e.g. overbalanced → preponderated, outweighed, outbalanced, overpoised…
Example sentences
- outweigh The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.
- upset Tom was too upset to talk about what had happened.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| overbalance | falling | |
| outweigh | steady | |
| preponderate | falling | |
| outbalance | falling | |
| upset | rising | |
| overpoise | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- upset2
- 8 letters
- outweigh2
- 9 letters
- overpoise, overweigh
- 10 letters
- outbalance
- 12 letters
- preponderate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (upset2 = 2 syllables).