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overcome

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of overcome

1 to achieve a victory over
  • The baseball team finally overcame their opponents in the 13th inning.
Synonyms of overcome

beat, best, conquer, defeat, dispatch, get, get around, lick, master, overbear, overmatch, prevail (over), skunk, subdue, surmount, take, trim, triumph (over), upend, win (against), worst
Words Related to overcome

sweep

edge (out), nose out

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 overcome

get the better of, knock for a loop
Near Antonyms of overcome

fall, give up, go down, go under

collapse, fail, flop, flunk, fold, wash out
Antonyms of overcome

lose (to)
2 to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress
  • Already under stress, she was overcome by the bad news.
Synonyms of overcome

crush, devastate, floor, grind (down), oppress, overpower, overwhelm, prostrate, snow under, swamp, whelm
Words Related to overcome

deluge, drown, sink

confute, defeat, refute

break, demoralize, distress, disturb, rock, shatter, stagger, throw, unman, unnerve, upset

Synonym Discussion of overcome

conquer, vanquish, defeat, subdue, reduce, overcome, overthrow mean to get the better of by force or strategy. conquer implies gaining mastery of.
    • Caesar conquered Gaul
vanquish implies a complete overpowering.
    • vanquished the enemy and ended the war
defeat does not imply the finality or completeness of vanquish which it otherwise equals.
    • the Confederates defeated the Union forces at Manassas
subdue implies a defeating and suppression.
    • subdued the native tribes after years of fighting
reduce implies a forcing to capitulate or surrender.
    • the city was reduced after a month-long siege
overcome suggests getting the better of with difficulty or after hard struggle.
    • overcame a host of bureaucratic roadblocks
overthrow stresses the bringing down or destruction of existing power.
    • violently overthrew the old regime

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