Thesaurus / overleap
FEEDBACK- bypass
- discard
- disregard
- overlook
- defer
- dismiss
- elide
- evade
- miss
- omit
- overpass
- postpone
- procrastinate
- shirk
- skimp
- skip
- suspend
- trifle
- be careless
- be derelict
- be irresponsible
- be negligent
- be remiss
- gloss over
- let pass
- let slide
- look the other way
- lose sight of
- not trouble oneself
- pass over
- think little of
- ascend
- bounce
- bound
- leap
- soar
- arch
- bend
- bow
- clear
- curve
- hop
- hurdle
- mount
- negotiate
- over
- rise
- spring
- surmount
antonyms for overleap
MOST RELEVANT
- attend
- regard
- respect
- advance
- complete
- continue
- do
- expedite
- face
- finish
- forward
- maintain
- meet
- take on
- accomplish
- achieve
- cherish
- concern
- guard
- nurture
- protect
- succeed
- take care of
- watch
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How to use overleap in a sentence
This higher authority, which no legislature could "overleap without destroying its own foundation," was the British Constitution.
THE EVE OF THE REVOLUTIONCARL BECKERIf the general legislature should, at any time, overleap their limits, the judicial department is a constitutional check.
SELECT SPEECHES OF DANIEL WEBSTERDANIEL WEBSTERWhy he did not overleap it is not known; but having probably became intimidated, he suddenly stopped and cried aloud for aid.
THE INDIAN: ON THE BATTLE-FIELD AND IN THE WIGWAMJOHN FROSTSee you yonder rock—the largest—where the foam breaks most fiercely, as if in wrath because it cannot overleap it?
THE NORSEMEN IN THE WESTR.M. BALLANTYNEIt would not be well for us to overleap one grade of joy or suffering: our life would lose its completeness and beauty.
GEORGE ELIOT'S LIFE, VOL. I (OF 3)GEORGE ELIOTOne had to overleap gaps—even abysses—where material reasoning came to a full stop.
ROBINFRANCES HODGSON BURNETTThe water itself, perhaps a hundred feet wide, would be an ineffectual barrier; such fierce flame would overleap it.
CEDAR CREEKELIZABETH HELY WALSHEWould an exploit of that sort overleap the pride of birth; and endow our humble candles with the winding-sheet of pedigree?
THE REMARKABLE HISTORY OF SIR THOMAS UPMORE, BART., M.P., FORMERLY KNOWN AS "TOMMY UPMORE"R. D. BLACKMOREIt was painfully clear that he must do something without further delay, must either conquer want or overleap it.
OSCAR WILDE, VOLUME 1 (OF 2)FRANK HARRISIn critical emergencies, the States-General are often compelled to overleap their constitutional bounds.
THE FEDERALIST PAPERSALEXANDER HAMILTON, JOHN JAY, AND JAMES MADISONWORDS RELATED TO OVERLEAP
- be careless
- be derelict
- be irresponsible
- be negligent
- be remiss
- bypass
- defer
- discard
- dismiss
- disregard
- elide
- evade
- gloss over
- let pass
- let slide
- look the other way
- lose sight of
- miss
- not trouble oneself
- omit
- overleap
- overlook
- overpass
- pass over
- postpone
- procrastinate
- shirk
- skimp
- skip
- suspend
- think little of
- trifle
- affronts
- brushes aside
- brushes off
- condemns
- depreciates
- despises
- detests
- discounts
- disdains
- dismisses
- disregards
- has nothing to does with
- ignores
- keeps at arm's length
- keeps one's distance
- laughs off
- let goes
- lives with
- makes light of
- not cares for
- overlooks
- passes by
- passes over
- passes up
- pays no attention to
- pays no mind
- pretermits
- rebuffs
- rejects
- scants
- scorns
- shrug off
- slights
- slurs
- spurns
- tunes out
- underestimates
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.