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Synonyms for overcome
ˌoʊ vərˈkʌmover·come
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
overcome
Strike is the word for a single blow; to beat is to strike repeatedly, as a bird beats the air with its wings. Others of the above words describe the manner of beating, as bastinado, to beat on the soles of the feet; belabor, to inflict a comprehensive and exhaustive beating; cudgel, to beat with a stick; thrash, as wheat was beaten out with the old hand-flail; to pound (akin to Latin pondus, a weight) is to beat with a heavy, and pommel with a blunt, instrument. To batter and to bruise refer to the results of beating; that is battered which is broken or defaced by repeated blows on the surface (compare synonyms for SHATTER); that is bruised which has suffered even one severe contusion. The metaphorical sense of beat, however, so far preponderates that one may be very badly bruised and battered, and yet not be said to be beaten, unless he has got the worst of the beating. To beat a combatant is to disable or dishearten him for further fighting. Hence beat becomes the synonym for every word which implies getting the advantage of another. Compare CONQUER.
Almost all antonyms in this class are passive, and can be formed indefinitely from the conquering words by the use of the auxiliary be; as, be beaten, be defeated, be conquered, etc.
Synonyms:
bastinado, batter, beat, belabor, bruise, castigate, chastise, conquer, cudgel, defeat, flog, pommel, pound, scourge, smite, spank, strike, surpass, switch, thrash, vanquish, whip, worstAntonyms:
fail, fall, get the worst of, go down, go under, surrenderPreposition:
Beat with a stick over the head; beat by a trick; out of town; beat to the ground; into submission.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
overcome
Synonyms:
vanquish, get the better of, surmount
Princeton's WordNet
get the better of, overcome, defeatverb
win a victory over
"You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"
Synonyms:
surmount, vote out, overwhelm, subdue, kill, get the best, whelm, overpower, shoot down, defeat, vote down, get the better of, sweep over, have the best, overtake, get over, masterovercome, get over, subdue, surmount, masterverb
get on top of; deal with successfully
"He overcame his shyness"
Synonyms:
chasten, cut through, bounce back, get over, overwhelm, master, inhibit, conquer, quash, sweep over, whelm, surmount, scale, get the best, cut across, have the best, dominate, suppress, outmatch, exceed, outgo, outperform, defeat, outstrip, crucify, subjugate, get the hang, reduce, control, surpass, subdue, curb, stamp down, traverse, subordinate, tame, pass over, get well, mortify, outdo, cover, repress, cross, overtake, get across, keep down, track, overpower, get the better ofoverwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtakeverb
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
Synonyms:
surmount, catch up with, submerge, deluge, overmaster, overwhelm, overhaul, drown, get the best, catch, overpower, whelm, defeat, pass, get the better of, master, flood out, sweep over, have the best, overtake, get over, subdueget the best, have the best, overcomeverb
overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome
"Heart disease can get the best of us"
Synonyms:
sweep over, subdue, whelm, overwhelm, defeat, overpower, master, get over, get the better of, get the best, overtake, surmount, have the best
Dictionary of English Synonymes
overcomeverb
Synonyms:
subdue, conquer, vanquish, subjugate, overthrow, overwhelm, overturn, overbear, overpower, overmaster, defeat, crush, beat, rout, discomfit, choke, get the better of, get the upper hand ofovercomeverb
Synonyms:
surmount, rise aboveovercomeverb
Synonyms:
prevail, conquer, gain the victory
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#249 | address | |
#333 | control | |
#701 | track | |
#846 | cover | |
#859 | meet | |
#1083 | cross | |
#1314 | master | |
#1493 | pass | |
#1618 | break | |
#1777 | scale | |
#1810 | switch | |
#2036 | reduce | |
#2289 | bridge | |
#2851 | beat | |
#3096 | kill | |
#3635 | catch | |
#3884 | strike | |
#4165 | worst | |
#4575 | combat | |
#4910 | pound | |
#4953 | solve | |
#5041 | exceed | |
#5808 | eliminate | |
#5955 | resolved | |
#5981 | resolve | |
#7548 | overcome | |
#8135 | defeat | |
#8193 | remedy | |
#8251 | solved | |
#8506 | tackle | |
#9559 | spank | |
#9848 | cope | |
#10565 | defeated | |
#11433 | exceeded | |
#12551 | curb | |
#12767 | whip | |
#14513 | dominate | |
#16211 | conquer | |
#16278 | traverse | |
#16683 | suppress | |
#17541 | overcoming | |
#17901 | inhibit | |
#18868 | subordinate | |
#18970 | transcend | |
#19455 | overhaul | |
#19499 | batter | |
#22879 | tame | |
#24176 | drown | |
#27901 | thrash | |
#30122 | surpassed | |
#30953 | surpass | |
#33984 | outperform | |
#35321 | scourge | |
#39035 | overwhelm | |
#39579 | overtake | |
#42724 | deluge | |
#45904 | overtaken | |
#45961 | bruise | |
#54755 | subdue | |
#56041 | repress | |
#56460 | smite | |
#57646 | vanquish | |
#62904 | flog | |
#66240 | quash | |
#71168 | overpower | |
#75978 | submerge | |
#78057 | surmounted | |
#80021 | crucify | |
#80090 | outdo | |
#95414 | pommel | |
#100482 | outstrip | |
#100697 | surmount | |
#105258 | chastise | |
#116275 | subjugate | |
#123283 | cudgel | |
#176751 | belabor | |
#184683 | castigate | |
#186869 | outgo | |
#219145 | mortify | |
#246567 | chasten |
How to use overcome in a sentence?
In my darkest, deepest moments, I always think that no matter how dark the problem, we will overcome.
The whole country is still red, so we haven't yet overcome this latest surge.
Amir Levy/Getty Images Netanyahu:
We are in the middle of an important debate, we will overcome it, you are going to Passover, on the eve of Seder you will sit with the families. You can fight a little, not too much, you will come to an agreement. This is our goal is to reach agreements, both among you and among us.
Everybody has challenges, you’ve got to overcome and just do your thing still, don’t give up.
Murdoch has a history of sacrificing loyal lieutenants, but he does it only in the most extreme circumstances, we know that he hates doing it. We know that he tends to try to fight for his loyalists, even for Ailes, certainly for O’Reilly. But when it’s a necessity to overcome a real threat to his business, he’ll do it.
Translations for overcome
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- هزم, قهر, تغلبArabic
- zvládnout, zvládat, překonat, přemociCzech
- overvindeDanish
- überwindenGerman
- superforti, venkiEsperanto
- vencer, superarSpanish
- غلبه برPersian
- voittaaFinnish
- vaincre, surmonterFrench
- ceannsaichScottish Gaelic
- पर काबू पानेHindi
- erőt vesz, úrrá leszHungarian
- atas, mengatasiIndonesian
- vincereItalian
- לְהִתְגַבֵּרHebrew
- 征服, 克服, 乗り越えるJapanese
- 극복하다, 이겨내다Korean
- victusLatin
- whakatungou, where, tiMāori
- overwinnenDutch
- przezwyciężaćPolish
- superar, ultrapassar, vencerPortuguese
- преодолевать, преодолетьRussian
- övervinna, överkommaSwedish
- เอาชนะThai
- atlatmak, yenmek, üstesinden gelmekTurkish
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