overpass

Plural: overpasses

Noun

• bridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels
• A section of a road or path that crosses over an obstacle, especially another road, railway, etc.

Verb

Verb Forms: overpassed, overpast, overpassing, overpasses

• To pass above or transcend something.
• To pass above something, as when flying or moving on a higher road.
• To exceed, overstep, or transcend a limit, threshold, or goal.
• To disregard, skip, or miss something.

Examples

• Gillian watched the overpassing shoppers on the second floor of the mall, as she relaxed in the bench on the ground floor.
• He tried to overpass his opponent’s high score with a bold seven-letter play.
• Marshall was really overpassing his authority when he ordered the security guards to fire their tasers at the trespassers.
• The homeless man had built a little shelter, complete with cook-stove, beneath a concrete overpass.
• The precocious student had really overpassed her peers, and was reading books written for children several years older.

Synonyms

flyover, fail to notice, ignore, misregard, miss, overgo, overlook, pass over, surpass, take no notice of, transcend, transgress, transpass

Antonyms

subway, underpass

Related Words

overbridge, underpass