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Synonyms for overwhelm
ˌoʊ vərˈʰwɛlm, -ˈwɛlmover·whelm
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, veilAntonyms:
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 Antonyms
overwhelm
Synonyms:
crush, quell, extinguish, drown, subdue, swampAntonyms:
raise, reinvigorate, reinstate, re-establish, rescue, extricate
Princeton's WordNet
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, subdueoverwhelm, deluge, flood outverb
charge someone with too many tasks
Synonyms:
overcome, drown, flood out, overpower, swamp, inundate, deluge, sweep over, overmaster, whelm, flood, overtake, submergesubmerge, 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, submerseoverpower, overmaster, overwhelmverb
overcome by superior force
Synonyms:
overcome, drown, flood out, overpower, deluge, sweep over, overmaster, whelm, overtake, submerge
Editors Contribution
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
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List of paraphrases for "overwhelm":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#846 | cover | |
#1049 | screen | |
#1314 | master | |
#1493 | pass | |
#2880 | hide | |
#3635 | catch | |
#4501 | inter | |
#4817 | flood | |
#5519 | mask | |
#6845 | swim | |
#7548 | overcome | |
#8135 | defeat | |
#12398 | crush | |
#13987 | bury | |
#15092 | swamp | |
#16683 | suppress | |
#17738 | veil | |
#19455 | overhaul | |
#21091 | disguise | |
#21182 | cloak | |
#24176 | drown | |
#24594 | conceal | |
#39035 | overwhelm | |
#39579 | overtake | |
#42724 | deluge | |
#45925 | extinguish | |
#53900 | quell | |
#54755 | subdue | |
#61300 | secrete | |
#64599 | saturate | |
#66079 | annihilate | |
#71168 | overpower | |
#75978 | submerge | |
#100697 | surmount | |
#144060 | inundate | |
#181493 | dissemble |
How to use overwhelm in a sentence?
Prospectively, as a key offensive weapon of our military forces, it will carry out its own combat mission to overwhelm the enemy.
And that is also what we were worried about in Covid-19, whereas people get more severe disease, the inflammation in their lungs can overwhelm the system, and potentially cause really severe issues.
Special Agent Kimberley Whittle:
It’s based on … the fact that these terrorist groups are using coordinated attacks in an effort to overwhelm law enforcement and just create general panic.
Intelligence always impressed Linda, but they couldn’t have been more different. She was a tall, lanky blondish brown hair gal who had a lot of friends and had worked a long time for one company. Paul was short… not very good-looking and didn’t really have a penny to his name, although he dressed well and spoke so eloquently. He had the ability to overwhelm you with his intelligence. She was really taken by that and overlooked everything else.
Spread of this novel coronavirus to such an area would easily overwhelm their testing and treatment capabilities without international assistance, venezuela is another good example, where there is a near-complete lack of basic medical services and healthcare infrastructure nationwide.
Translations for overwhelm
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- طغتArabic
- agobiar, superarCatalan, Valencian
- přemociCzech
- agobiar, abrumarSpanish
- täyttyä, hukuttaa, murskataFinnish
- accablerFrench
- पराजितHindi
- legyőzHungarian
- membanjiriIndonesian
- āpuru, taupokiMāori
- zalewać, miażdżyć, ogarniać, przytłaczaćPolish
- SobrecargaPortuguese
- захлёстывать, разбивать, подавлять, пересиливать, заваливать, поглощать, переполнять, сокрушатьRussian
- preplaviti, прерлавитиSerbo-Croatian
- ہڑتالUrdu
- 压倒Chinese
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