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Definition of capsize :
1. An upset or overturn.
2. To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body.
Synonyms:
tip over, turtle, topple, horizontal, overthrow, knock over, study at upset, move, turn, turn turtle, turn over
derange (part of speech: verb)
displace, derange, dishevel, discompose, tamper, muddle, scatter, disarrange, jumble, disturb, meddle, swirl, whisk, toss, ruffle, disorder, mislay, convulse, trouble, roil, ferment, roughen, clutter, rummage, mix-up, mess, dislocate, botch, churn, misplace, confuse, agitate, tumble, confound, upset, scramble, rumple, ripple, hash, perturb, whip, disorganize, tousle, blur, muss
invert (part of speech: verb)
overturn, reverse, invert, change, transpose, upturn, upend
Usage examples:
- Numbers of icebergs capsize thus on the polar seas, and form one of the greatest dangers to which approaching vessels are exposed. - "An Antarctic Mystery", Jules Verne.
- Do you want to capsize the boat? - "The Black Bar", George Manville Fenn.
- I'll climb over the stern, Freda, so as not to capsize you. - ""Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea", Morgan Robertson.