Synonyms for Overwhelming

Synonyms for "overwhelming" (211 found)

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Closest matches (43)

absolute adducible admissible agitating amazing astonishing astounding attestative attestive august authentic awe-inspiring awesomebased onbewildering breathtaking burdensome certain charged circumstantial

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cliff hangingcliff-hanging colossal compulsive conclusive confounding convincing crushing cumulative

Verb(2 words)

annihilating assailing

Noun(7 words)

assaulting barraging blinding bludgeoning bombarding cannoning crippling

Adjective(5 words)

burdensome bury consuming crushingcrushing workload

Strong matches (63)

damning dazzling decisive deplorable determinative devastating disquieting distracting disturbing documentary documented electric electrical evidential evidentiaryex parteexciting exhilaratingeye openingeye-opening

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Adjective(7 words)

daunting delirious engulf extensive flabbergasting giddiest indigestible

Noun(6 words)

deafening demolishing dumbfounding engulfing flooding flustering

Verb(2 words)

deluging incapacitating

Related words (105)

inexpugnable inflammatory insuperable intoxicating invincible inviolable invulnerable irrefutable irresistible jarring jolting maddening materialmind blowingmind-blowing mind-boggling monumental moving nuncupative oppressive

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Adjective(14 words)

insurmountable intense massive overpower overpowering powerful preponderant resounding staggering swamp thunderous tidal unmanageable vast

Verb(4 words)

inundating overmaster prostrating romping

Noun(6 words)

landslide nuking pulverizing swamping trouncing vanquishing

Adjective(3 words)

ravishing relentless sweeping

Related word relations

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

6 relation types

More general

8 entries

affect stronglyamount challenge difficulty intensity magnitude quantitytransitive verb

More specific

8 entries

burdensome taskdevastating majorityoverwhelm with dataoverwhelm with emotionspreponderance staggeringunmanageable load

Collocations

7 entries

overwhelming emotionoverwhelming evidenceoverwhelming feelingoverwhelming majorityoverwhelming oddsoverwhelming supportoverwhelming task

Inflections

4 entries

more overwhelmingmost overwhelmingoverwhelmed overwhelms

Derivations

4 entries

overwhelm overwhelmed overwhelmingly overwhelmingness

similar

3 entries

intense irresistible resistless

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The bill was passed by an overwhelming majority.

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An overwhelming majority voted to abolish the brutal punishment.

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An overwhelming part of our behavior is learned.

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A poll shows that an overwhelming majority is in favor of the legislation.

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