Dictionary Definition
overtax v : tax excessively; "Don't overtax my
constituents!"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Verb
- To tax to an excessive degree
- To overburden
- The overtaxed shaft snapped.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
bear hard upon, bleed, bleed white, burden, burthen, busy, carry too far, charge, clip, cumber, drive, encumber, exaggerate, exhaust, exploit, fag, fleece, freight, go overboard, go to
extremes, go too far, gouge, hamper, handicap, haul, heave, hold up, keep busy, know no
bounds, lade, load, oppress, overact, overburden, overcarry, overcharge, overdevelop, overdo, overdrive, overelaborate, overemphasize, overexercise, overexert, overexpend, overextend, overindulge, overlabor, overlade, overload, overplay, overprice, overreact, overspend, overstrain, overstress, overstudy, overtask, overtrain, overuse, overweigh, overweight, overwork, pass all bounds,
press, press hard upon,
profiteer, protest too
much, pull, rack, rest hard upon, saddle, screw, skin, soak, stick, sting, strain, strain every nerve,
stress, stretch, surcharge, sweat, sweat blood, swindle, task, tax, tense, tug, victimize, weigh heavy on,
weigh on, weigh upon, work