Overcome

/ˌəʊ.vəˈkʌm/

Synonyms for "overcome" (266 found)

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Closest matches (54)

Strong matches (79)

Related words (133)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

25 entries
actionaffective statearousebeatbeat outcognitive activitycrushdefeat statedefeated conditionelicitemotional stateenkindleevokefirehealth outcomekindle

Showing 16 of 25 words.

More specific

16 entries
beatenbuild confidenceconquercuredefeatdefeateddesensitizedrainederadicateexposure therapynumbparalyzedreduce anxietyreverse symptomsstunnedsurmount

Collocations

10 entries
overcome adversityovercome by adversityovercome fatigueovercome fearovercome obstaclesovercome symptomsovercome with emotionovercome with fatigueovercome with griefovercome with relief

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You have to overcome the difficulties.

Source: tatoeba (16596)

We helped each other to overcome the difficulties.

Source: tatoeba (22630)

How to overcome the high value of the yen is a big problem.

Source: tatoeba (25948)

Years of resistance to misfortune ended when the settlers' village was overcome by the savages and their hopes and lives came to the bitter end.

Source: tatoeba (28169)

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