overbalance
Lose your footing
To overbalance is to lose balance and tip over, or to cause something to do so: He leaned too far and overbalanced.
The word also means to outweigh or exceed in importance: The benefits overbalance the risks.
As a noun, an overbalance is an excess amount—more than what's needed to achieve equilibrium.
Descend under gravity
- tumbleUncontrolled rolling descent
- tipEnd or gratuity
- teeterSway without stability
- wobbleUnsteady side-to-side motion
stumble · capsize · keel over · pitch · lurch · overturn · upset · spill
Beyond acceptable limits
- disproportionateNot properly scaled
- outweighExceed in importance
- overshadowDominate by comparison
- overwhelmDefeat by excess
dominate · skew · tip the scales · weight · bias · disproportion · preponderance · overweight
fall
Descend under gravity
wobble · stumble · capsize · keel over · pitch · lurch · overturn · upset · spill · trip
too much
Beyond acceptable limits
- disproportionateNot properly scaled
- outweighExceed in importance
- overshadowDominate by comparison
overwhelm · dominate · skew · tip the scales · weight · bias · disproportion · preponderance · overweight · overload
wobble
Unsteady side-to-side motion
precarious · sway · totter · rickety · unstable · off-kilter · lopsided · top-heavy · teetering · wavering
overbalancestabilize
Make firm or constant
balance · steady · stand firm · anchor · brace
overbalancebalance
Steadiness or amount owed
equalize · equilibrate · even out · counterbalance · offset