overboard
Off the ship
Overboard means over the side of a boat or ship into the water: The storm swept three sailors overboard.
Figuratively, to go overboard is to be excessive or extreme—to do too much of something: She went overboard with the decorations.
To throw something overboard is to abandon or discard it: They threw caution overboard.
Leave behind permanently
Destroyed vessel at sea
- capsizingWatercraft inverting suddenly
- lifebuoyThrowable flotation device
- lifejacketBuoyant vest for water
- rescueSave from harm
drowning · adrift · flotsam · jetsam · sea · ocean · waves · maritime
Deliberately discard, especially cargo
- discardDeliberately throw out
- dumpWaste disposal site
- tossLight, casual throw
- throwPropel by arm motion
eject · offload · cargo · ballast · debris · waste · purge · rid
Exceeding sensible bounds
- over-the-topExcessively dramatic or extravagant
- immoderateBeyond reasonable bounds
- unrestrainedNot held back
- lavishAbundant beyond necessity
overdo · overreact · overkill · excessive · extreme · disproportionate · exaggerated · hyperbolic
abandon
Leave behind permanently
shipwreck
Destroyed vessel at sea
- capsizingWatercraft inverting suddenly
- lifebuoyThrowable flotation device
- lifejacketBuoyant vest for water
rescue · drowning · adrift · flotsam · jetsam · sea · ocean · waves · maritime · sailor
jettison
Deliberately discard, especially cargo
throw · eject · offload · cargo · ballast · debris · waste · purge · rid · lighten
extravagant
Exceeding sensible bounds
- over-the-topExcessively dramatic or extravagant
- immoderateBeyond reasonable bounds
- unrestrainedNot held back
lavish · overdo · overreact · overkill · excessive · extreme · disproportionate · exaggerated · hyperbolic · overzealous
bow
Respectful forward inclination
fore · beam · amidships · topside · windward · leeward · inboard · outboard · waterline · gunwale
- Nautical Idiomsbatten down the hatches, all hands on deck, smooth sailing, three sheets to the wind, in the same boat
- Maritime Disastersshipwreck, sinking, capsizing, foundering, drowning
- excessexcess, too much, excessive, excessiveness, overabundance
- theatricaltheatrical, dramatic, melodramatic, histrionic, hammy
- nautical termsahoy, afloat, aye aye, aye-aye, becalmed
- nonessentialunnecessary, unneeded, nonessential, inessential, dispensable
overboardaboard
Upon a vehicle
on board · onboard · on deck · inboard · belowdecks
overboardrestrained
Held under control
moderate · understated · measured · conservative · cautious
overboardrestrained
Held under control
moderate · measured · reasonable · understated · temperate
- go overboardAct with excessive enthusiasm
- man overboardAlert for fallen sailor
- goes overboardExceeds reasonable bounds
- thrown overboard
- throw overboard
- woman overboardAlert for fallen female sailor