Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb overheat

2 senses of overheat

Sense 1
overheat -- (get excessively and undesirably hot; "The car engines overheated")
       => heat, hot up, heat up -- (gain heat or get hot; "The room heated up quickly")

Sense 2
overheat -- (make excessively or undesirably hot; "The room was overheated")
       => heat, heat up -- (make hot or hotter; "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove")

Antonyms of adj overheated

1 sense of overheated

Sense 1
overheated -- (heated beyond a safe or desirable point; "the child became overheated"; "overheated metal")

INDIRECT (VIA hot) -> cold -- (having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration; "a cold climate"; "a cold room"; "dinner has gotten cold"; "cold fingers"; "if you are cold, turn up the heat"; "a cold beer")

Similarity of adj overheated

1 sense of overheated

Sense 1
overheated -- (heated beyond a safe or desirable point; "the child became overheated"; "overheated metal")
       => hot (vs. cold) -- (used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead")