The bill was passed by an overwhelming majority.
Source: tatoeba (20024)
Overwhelming
//ˌəʊvəˈ(h)wɛlmɪŋ//
Synonyms for "overwhelming" (164 found)
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Antonyms
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1 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
53 translations across 27 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- غَالِب adj (overpowering)
Bengali
1 entries- গালিব adj (overpowering)
Bulgarian
1 entries- съкрушителен adj (overpowering)
Catalan
1 entries- aclaparador adj (overpowering)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 压倒性的 adj (overpowering)
Dutch
1 entries- overweldigend adj (overpowering)
Esperanto
1 entries- superforta adj (overpowering)
Finnish
1 entries- musertava adj (overpowering)
French
1 entries- accablant adj (overpowering)
Galician
3 entries- asoballante adj (overpowering)
- grumón adj (overpowering)
- témero adj (overpowering)
Georgian
3 entries- გადამეტებული adj (overpowering)
- დაუძლეველი adj (overpowering)
- უძლეველი adj (overpowering)
German
1 entries- überwältigend adj (overpowering)
Greek
1 entries- συντριπτικός adj (overpowering)
Hungarian
4 entries- elsöprő adj (overpowering)
- megterhelő adj (overpowering)
- nyomasztó adj (overpowering)
- túlnyomó adj (overpowering)
Icelandic
1 entries- feikilegur adj (overpowering)
Indonesian
1 entries- kewalahan adj (overpowering)
Italian
4 entries- incredibile adj (overpowering)
- schiacciante adj (overpowering)
- soverchiante adj (overpowering)
- straordinario adj (overpowering)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- overveldende adj (overpowering)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- overveldande adj (overpowering)
Portuguese
4 entries- avassalador adj (overpowering)
- esmagador adj (overpowering)
- exageradamente maior adj (overpowering)
- irresistivelmente forte adj (overpowering)
Romanian
2 entries- copleșitor adj (overpowering)
- covârșitor adj (overpowering)
Russian
2 entries- ошеломля́ющий adj (overpowering)
- подавля́ющий adj (overpowering)
Spanish
4 entries- abrumador adj (overpowering)
- agobiante adj (overpowering)
- apabullante adj (overpowering)
- aplastante adj (overpowering)
Swedish
1 entries- överväldigande adj (overpowering)
Thai
2 entries- ท่วมท้น adj (overpowering)
- ล้นหลาม adj (overpowering)
Turkish
4 entries- baskın adj (overpowering)
- ezici adj (overpowering)
- kahir adj (overpowering)
- çok büyük adj (overpowering)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đại adj (overpowering)
Sample sentences
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An overwhelming majority voted to abolish the brutal punishment.
Source: tatoeba (28508)
An overwhelming part of our behavior is learned.
Source: tatoeba (247520)
A poll shows that an overwhelming majority is in favor of the legislation.
Source: tatoeba (271232)
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