Meanings
nounoverdog (plural overdogs)
plural overdogs
- someone who is dominant or has a significant advantage in their field
Yet Truman, facing the resistance of his own State Department, was frequently irritated by Zionist lobbying and was wary of any sign of the Jewish underdogs becoming the bullying overdogs:
2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 556
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsomeone who is dominant or has a significant advantage in their field
Similar
top dogupperdog
Opposite
Origin
From over- + dog, modelled on earlier underdog.
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APA
overdog. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overdog
MLA
“overdog.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overdog. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overdog,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overdog.
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