OVERSTAY Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

overstay

verb

Definition of overstay

as in to outstay

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Recent Examples of overstay Oh, and that’s not counting a potential $70,000 in citation revenue from drivers who overstay their time. — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 20 June 2026 The Nigerian immigrant accused of overstaying his visa was injured during his arrest and later dragged out of the hospital by federal agents, according to The New York Times. — Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026 But the story takes care not to overstay its welcome. — Alex James Kane, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026 People who may have entered through other visa categories or overstayed their visa may have a harder time, Karaahmet said. — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for overstay

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Better to outstay your welcome than give it all up too soon.

— Phil Hay, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Lexx reinvented itself each season, and Season 3 — set on the planets of Fire and Water — didn't outstay its welcome at 13 episodes.

— Chris McMullen, Space.com, 2 Aug. 2025

Definition of outstay

Verb

Patterson, who turns 27 on Tuesday, has experience at guard and center, and the 49ers needed a backup at both spots considering Toth’s lingering concussion symptoms.

— Matt Barrows, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Inside Fort Worth's Cowboy Coliseum, a historic 1908 indoor rodeo venue in the heart of the city's famous Stockyards, the gunpowdery smell of pyrotechnics lingers in the air.

— Christine Lennon, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of linger

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That March, Tahmasbi noticed strangers loitering around his apartment building.

— Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026
The company revealed that both the Containerized Missile Launcher and the FV-014 loitering munition system are in-house developments.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of loiter

Verb

Palace matched Sunderland’s agreement with the French side and, at one stage, both clubs had a plane waiting at Lyon’s airport to bring Fofana to England.

— David Ornstein, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Instead of waiting for that person to issue a command, OlloNi could approach and initiate an interaction.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026

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