Overbear

/əʊvəˈbɛː/

Synonyms for "overbear" (72 found)

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Closest matches (15)

Verb(2 words)

bear downbully

beat downbest better break browbeat bulldoze cap castrateclamp down onclobber coerce compel cow

Strong matches (21)

cream daunt domineer enslave exceed excelgo one bettergrind henpeck improve intimidatekeep downlordlord it over

Verb(6 words)

defeat dominate exceed lorded oppress outweigh

Noun(1 words)

Related words (36)

overawe overcome overmaster overpass override paste perfect predominate preponderate repressride roughshod overshellacshut outskunk smearsnow understeamroller subjugate suppress surpass

Show 13 more words

terrorize toptower abovetranscendtread upontrump tyrannize unmanwalk overwhelm whitewash whomp whop

Verb(3 words)

overwhelm preponderating prevail

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

11 entries

bear compact compress constrict contract control dominate influence press squeezeturn out

More specific

4 entries

bully coerce outweigh override

Collocations

6 entries

overbearing authorityoverbearing conductoverbearing demeanoroverbearing pressureoverbearing supervisionoverbearing tone

Inflections

4 entries

overbearing overbears overbore overborne

Derivations

5 entries

overbearance overbearer overbearing overbearingly overbearingness

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I attacked first and they were overborne, / Glad to apologize and even suing / Pardon for what they'd never thought of doing.

Source: wiktionary

It often fals, in course of common life, / That right long time is overborne of wrong […].

Source: wiktionary

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