| Overshoot 1. (v. t.) To shoot over or beyond. 2. (v. t.) To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond. 3. (v. t.) To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth. 4. (v. i.) To fly beyond the mark. Thesaurus Entries alight, come down, come in, crash-land, descend, ditch, downwind, exaggerate, exceed, go beyond, land, level off, light, overdo, overgo, overjump, overleap, overpass, overreach, overrun, overshoot the field, overshoot the mark, overstep, overstride, pancake, pass, settle down, superabound, surpass, talk down, touch down, transcend, upwind |