Overcome

//ˌəʊ.vəˈkʌm//

Synonyms for "overcome" (306 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (62)

Verb(5 words)

overwhelm achieve affect affected all up with back beat beaten best bested better blind blind drunk blotto break broken down broken-down brokenhearted bury cap

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charm confounded conquer consume countervail crush crushed cut up dash dashed daze deck defeat defeated deluge demoralize demoralized desolated devour discipline discomfit discomfited

Adjective(15 words)

beaten befuddled besotted bested bibulous bosky broken buzzed cockeyed confounded conquered corny crapulous cut defeated

Strong matches (91)

Related words (153)

overborne overexcited overmaster overmastered overmatch overmatched overpass overpower overpowered overridden overset overthrow overthrown overtop overturn overturned overwhelmed overwrought panicked paralyzed

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Verb(12 words)

overgo overpower overwhelm own rape reduce subdue surmount sweep over trounce vanquish whelm

Adjective(38 words)

overpowered para parro peloothered pie-eyed pixilated potshot potted pwned recreant rekt ripe routed sauced screwy slizzard sloshed to the gills smashed soused stewed

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stonkered strut subjugated thwarted tired and emotional trollied undone vanquished wasted well-oiled wet winedrunk wineful worse for liquor worse for wear worsted wrecked zonked

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

15 entries

arouse beat beat out crush elicit enkindle evoke fire kindle provoke raise shell trounce vanquish win

Synonyms

4 entries

get best get better of get over overwhelm

derived

5 entries

overcomable overcomeable overcomer overcomingly unovercome

derived from

1 entries

come

has context

1 entries

scotland

manner of

1 entries

beat

related to

6 entries

burden overflow song surcharge surmount surplus

Translations

102 translations across 43 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

ngadhënjej verb (to surmount, get the better of)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

καίνυμαι verb (to win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.)

Arabic

4 entries

غلب verb (to surmount, get the better of)
غَلَبَ verb (to surmount, get the better of)
قَهَر verb (to surmount, get the better of)
هزم verb (to surmount, get the better of)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

dəf etmək verb (to surmount, get the better of)

Bashkir

1 entries

еңеү verb (to win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.)

Belarusian

2 entries

пераадо́лець verb (to surmount, get the better of)
пераадо́льваць verb (to surmount, get the better of)

Bulgarian

3 entries

побеждавам verb (to win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.)
превъзмогвам verb (to surmount, get the better of)
преодолявам verb (to surmount, get the better of)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

克服 verb (to surmount, get the better of)
征服 verb (to surmount, get the better of)
征服 verb (to win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.)

Czech

4 entries

překonat verb (to surmount, get the better of)
přemoci verb (to surmount, get the better of)
zvládat verb (to win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.)
zvládnout verb (to win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.)

Dutch

1 entries

overwinnen verb (to surmount, get the better of)

Eastern Mari

1 entries

авалташ verb (to come or pass over; to spread over)

Esperanto

2 entries

superforti verb (to surmount, get the better of)
venki verb (to surmount, get the better of)

Finnish

4 entries

peitota verb (to surmount, get the better of)
peittää verb (to surmount, get the better of)
pitää jotakin vallassaan verb (to surmount, get the better of)
valua yli verb (to overflow; to surcharge)

French

2 entries

surmonter verb (to surmount, get the better of)
vaincre verb (to surmount, get the better of)

German

2 entries

bewältigen verb (to surmount, get the better of)
überwinden verb (to surmount, get the better of)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌳𐌹𐍃𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 verb (to surmount, get the better of)

Hungarian

3 entries

erőt vesz verb (to surmount, get the better of)
felülkerekedik verb (to surmount, get the better of)
úrrá lesz verb (to surmount, get the better of)

Indonesian

1 entries

mengatasi verb (to surmount, get the better of)

Italian

2 entries

sconfiggere verb (to surmount, get the better of)
superare verb (to surmount, get the better of)

Japanese

3 entries

乗り越える verb (to surmount, get the better of)
克服する verb (to surmount, get the better of)
征服する verb (to surmount, get the better of)

Kazakh

1 entries

бағындыру verb (to surmount, get the better of)

Korean

2 entries

극복하다 verb (to surmount, get the better of)
이겨내다 verb (to surmount, get the better of)

Latin

3 entries

superō verb (to surmount, get the better of)
superō verb (to come or pass over; to spread over)
vincō verb (to win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.)

Macedonian

2 entries

надмине verb (to surmount, get the better of)
надминува verb (to surmount, get the better of)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡝᡨᡝᠮᠪᡳ verb (to win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.)

Māori

4 entries

eke panuku verb (to surmount, get the better of)
kake verb (to surmount, get the better of)
poke verb (to surmount, get the better of)
tārū verb (to surmount, get the better of)

Persian

1 entries

چیرادن verb (to win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.)

Polish

4 entries

przemagać verb (to surmount, get the better of)
przemóc verb (to surmount, get the better of)
przezwyciężać verb (to surmount, get the better of)
przezwyciężyć verb (to surmount, get the better of)

Portuguese

3 entries

superar verb (to surmount, get the better of)
ultrapassar verb (to surmount, get the better of)
vencer verb (to surmount, get the better of)

Quechua

1 entries

yalliy verb (to win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.)

Romanian

2 entries

birui verb (to surmount, get the better of)
învinge verb (to surmount, get the better of)

Russian

2 entries

преодоле́ть verb (to surmount, get the better of)
преодолева́ть verb (to surmount, get the better of)

Sanskrit

2 entries

सहते verb (to surmount, get the better of)
सहते verb (to win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

ceannsaich verb (to surmount, get the better of)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

savladati verb (to surmount, get the better of)
savladavati verb (to surmount, get the better of)

Slovak

2 entries

prekonať verb (to surmount, get the better of)
zdolať verb (to surmount, get the better of)

Spanish

3 entries

sobreponerse a verb (to surmount, get the better of)
superar verb (to surmount, get the better of)
vencer verb (to surmount, get the better of)

Swedish

2 entries

överkomma verb (to surmount, get the better of)
övervinna verb (to surmount, get the better of)

Thai

2 entries

ครอบงำ verb (to come or pass over; to spread over)
เอาชนะ verb (to surmount, get the better of)

Turkish

3 entries

atlatmak verb (to surmount, get the better of)
yenmek verb (to surmount, get the better of)
üstesinden gelmek verb (to surmount, get the better of)

Ukrainian

2 entries

дола́ти verb (to surmount, get the better of)
подола́ти verb (to surmount, get the better of)

Vietnamese

1 entries

vượt qua verb (to surmount, get the better of)

Yiddish

2 entries

אַוועקלייגן verb (to surmount, get the better of)
בײַקומען verb (to surmount, get the better of)

Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

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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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