What is another word for overwhelm?

Synonyms for overwhelm
ˌoʊ vərˈʰwɛlm, -ˈwɛlmover·whelm

This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word overwhelm.

English Synonyms and Antonyms3.5 / 4 votes

  1. overwhelm

    Hide is the general term, including all the rest, signifying to put out of sight or beyond ready observation or approach; a thing may be hidden by intention, by accident, or by the imperfection of the faculties of the one from whom it is hidden; in their games, children hide the slipper, or hide themselves from each other; a man unconsciously hides a picture from another by standing before it, or hides a thing from himself by laying something else over it. Even an unconscious object may hide another; as, a cloud hides the sun, or a building hides some part of the prospect by intervening between it and the observer's position. As an act of persons, to conceal is always intentional; one may hide his face in anger, grief, or abstraction; he conceals his face when he fears recognition. A house is hidden by foliage; the bird's nest is artfully concealed. Secrete is a stronger word than conceal, and is used chiefly of such material objects as may be separated from the person, or from their ordinary surroundings, and put in unlooked-for places; a man conceals a scar on his face, but does not secrete it; a thief secretes stolen goods; an officer may also be said to secrete himself to watch the thief. A thing is covered by putting something over or around it, whether by accident or design; it is screened by putting something before it, always with some purpose of protection from observation, inconvenience, attack, censure, etc. In the figurative use, a person may hide honorable feelings; he conceals an evil or hostile intent. Anything which is effectually covered and hidden under any mass or accumulation is buried. Money is buried in the ground; a body is buried in the sea; a paper is buried under other documents. Whatever is buried is hidden or concealed; but there are many ways of hiding or concealing a thing without burying it. So a person may be covered with wraps, and not buried under them. Bury may be used of any object, entomb and inter only of a dead body. Figuratively, one may be said to be buried in business, in study, etc. Compare IMMERSE; PALLIATE.

    Synonyms:
    bury, cloak, conceal, cover, disguise, dissemble, entomb, hide, inter, mask, screen, secrete, suppress, veil

    Antonyms:
    admit, advertise, avow, betray, confess, disclose, discover, disinter, divulge, exhibit, exhume, expose, lay bare, lay open, make known, reveal, manifest, promulgate, publish, raise, show, tell, uncover, unmask, unveil

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 7 votes

  1. overwhelm

    Synonyms:
    crush, quell, extinguish, drown, subdue, swamp

    Antonyms:
    raise, reinvigorate, reinstate, re-establish, rescue, extricate

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtakeverb

    overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

    Synonyms:
    surmount, catch up with, submerge, deluge, overmaster, overhaul, drown, overcome, get the best, catch, overpower, whelm, defeat, pass, get the better of, master, flood out, sweep over, have the best, overtake, get over, subdue

  2. overwhelm, deluge, flood outverb

    charge someone with too many tasks

    Synonyms:
    overcome, drown, flood out, overpower, swamp, inundate, deluge, sweep over, overmaster, whelm, flood, overtake, submerge

  3. submerge, drown, overwhelmverb

    cover completely or make imperceptible

    "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"

    Synonyms:
    sweep over, overcome, flood out, submerge, overtake, inundate, deluge, overpower, overmaster, whelm, swim, drown, submerse

  4. overpower, overmaster, overwhelmverb

    overcome by superior force

    Synonyms:
    overcome, drown, flood out, overpower, deluge, sweep over, overmaster, whelm, overtake, submerge

Matched Categories

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. bum rush

    to push into with force and determination. to go straight into a place with strength and numbers, through any obstacles. to go in hard.

    yo, bum rush the show.

    Submitted by empirekh on March 27, 2021  

Dictionary of English Synonymes3.0 / 1 vote

  1. overwhelmverb

    Synonyms:
    overflow, spread over and cover

  2. overwhelmverb

    Synonyms:
    subdue, vanquish, conquer, defeat, overpower, OVERTHROW

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. overwhelmverb

    Synonyms:
    overflow, submerge, ingulf, drown, overpower, crush

PPDB, the paraphrase database2.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "overwhelm":

    saturate, submerge, crush, annihilate

How to pronounce overwhelm?

How to say overwhelm in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

rankingword
#846cover
#1049screen
#1314master
#1493pass
#2880hide
#3635catch
#4501inter
#4817flood
#5519mask
#6845swim
#7548overcome
#8135defeat
#12398crush
#13987bury
#15092swamp
#16683suppress
#17738veil
#19455overhaul
#21091disguise
#21182cloak
#24176drown
#24594conceal
#39035overwhelm
#39579overtake
#42724deluge
#45925extinguish
#53900quell
#54755subdue
#61300secrete
#64599saturate
#66079annihilate
#71168overpower
#75978submerge
#100697surmount
#144060inundate
#181493dissemble

How to use overwhelm in a sentence?

  1. Board Member Lawson-Muhammad:

    I had an irrational response to being stopped for a traffic violation. I allowed my emotions to overwhelm me that morning, and I fell short of the standards to which I hold Board Member Lawson-Muhammad.

  2. Peter Hotez:

    That is really worrisome and as those numbers rise, we're seeing commensurate increases in the number of hospitalizations and ICU admissions, you get to the point where you overwhelm ICUs and that's when the mortality goes up.

  3. Robert Broeksmit:

    The cash demand from what could be a large spike in missed payments would overwhelm the sector.

  4. Jeff Davidson:

    Considering all that competes for your time and attention, if you don’t actively take steps to simplify your life and carve out what I call “breathing space,” you will most certainly find yourself in a perpetual state of overwhelm.

  5. Dan Immergluck:

    If some disproportionately White communities weren't annexed, Black political power would in time overwhelm White political power, hartsfield had developed a kind of coalition between Bill White and Black political power. Bill White basically said,' If you don't have this( coalition), you'll have an increasingly Black city or, in the short run, an increasingly racist, predominantly White government. And we need to maintain a White majority.'.


Translations for overwhelm

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

Get even more translations for overwhelm »

Translation

Find a translation for the overwhelm synonym in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Citation

Use the citation below to add these synonyms to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"overwhelm." Synonyms.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 19 Mar. 2024. <https://www.synonyms.com/synonym/overwhelm>.

Discuss these overwhelm synonyms with the community:

0 Comments

    Are we missing a good synonym for overwhelm?

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant synonyms for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant synonyms for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Browse Synonyms.com

    Quiz

    Are you a human thesaurus?

    »
    What's the synonym of twee?
    A hopefully
    B tasteless
    C precious
    D gift

    Nearby & related entries:

    Alternative searches for overwhelm: