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overbear

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of overbear

to achieve a victory over

that year the football team simply overbore opponent after opponent with steamroller ruthlessness

Synonyms of overbear

beat, best, conquer, defeat, dispatch, do down [British], get, get around, lick, master, overcome, overmatch, prevail (over), skunk, stop, subdue, surmount, take, trim, triumph (over), upend, win (against), worst

Words Related to overbear

edge (out), nose out, pip [British]

annihilate, blow away, blow out, bomb, break, bury, clobber, cream, crush, drub, finish, flatten, overwhelm, rout, shellac, skin, slaughter, smoke [slang], snow under, thrash, trounce, upset, wallop, wax [slang], whip

cap, excel, flourish, score, succeed

knock off, knock over, overpower, overthrow, subjugate, unseat, vanquish

ace (out), better, eclipse, exceed, excel, outdistance, outdo, outfight, outshine, outstrip, overtop, surpass, top, transcend

Phrases Synonymous with overbear

get the better of, knock for a loop

Near Antonyms of overbear

fall, give up, go down, go under

collapse, fail, flop, flunk, fold, wash out

Antonyms of overbear

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