Synonyms of overcoming

overcoming

verb

present participle of overcome

1

as in defeating

to achieve a victory over

the baseball team finally overcame their opponents in the 13th inning

Synonyms & Similar Words

• defeating
• mastering
• conquering
• beating
• taking
• surmounting
• getting
• stopping
• dispatching
• subduing
• succeeding
• licking
• prevailing (over)
• overmatching
• upending
• trimming
• triumphing (over)
• winning (against)
• besting
• getting the better of
• finishing
• getting around
• overbearing
• doing down
• worsting
• crushing
• burying
• surpassing
• overwhelming
• exceeding
• sweeping
• skunking
• scoring
• slaughtering
• upsetting
• excelling
• knocking for a loop
• annihilating
• whipping
• breaking
• vanquishing
• transcending
• capping
• flattening
• clobbering
• routing
• topping
• blowing out
• overthrowing
• bombing
• subjugating
• flourishing
• edging (out)
• blowing away
• trouncing
• overpowering
• thrashing
• nosing out
• unseating
• creaming
• smoking
• eclipsing
• walloping
• pipping
• skinning
• outdoing
• drubbing
• bettering
• outshining
• outdistancing
• outstripping
• shellacking
• knocking over
• waxing
• overtopping
• knocking off
• outfighting
• snowing under
• acing (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losing (to)
• falling
• going down
• giving up
• failing
• collapsing
• folding
• going under
• washing out
• flopping
• flunking

2

as in overwhelming

to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress

already under stress, she was overcome by news of a death in the family

Synonyms & Similar Words

• overwhelming
• devastating
• crushing
• oppressing
• grinding (down)
• overpowering
• swamping
• overmastering
• defeating
• drowning
• prostrating
• rocking
• disturbing
• whelming
• flooring
• shattering
• snowing under
• sinking
• upsetting
• refuting
• throwing
• distressing
• staggering
• demoralizing
• breaking
• unnerving
• deluging
• confuting
• unmanning

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of overcoming

England had seen off Italy on the Tuesday, with Spain overcoming Germany on the Wednesday. — Michael Cox, New York Times, 14 July 2026

Exhibited for the first time outside of Sarajevo, the churning Socialist Realist homage invokes Eugène Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People in figuring partisans heroically overcoming their would-be Nazi aggressors. — Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 10 July 2026

In overcoming an ultraphysical Paraguay 1-0 in the round of 16, the team also showed steel in sweltering conditions. — David Hickey, NBC news, 9 July 2026

Huawei acknowledged that turning the concept into commercial reality will require overcoming manufacturing challenges, including heat dissipation and production yield. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 July 2026

Fatigue and safety concerns create an operational drag that money alone has a notoriously hard time overcoming. — Christopher S. Tang, The Conversation, 8 July 2026

Murray said one obstacle to such a strategy is overcoming residents’ fatigue over receiving frequent wildfire alerts in recent years, particularly in Santa Barbara County, which is prone to wildfires, mud slides and other hazards. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 July 2026

Martin carded a 2-over 74 Wednesday afternoon for his first above-par round after shooting identical 1-under 71s on Monday and Tuesday at the United States Golf Association’s international tournament for golfers overcoming disabilities. — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 8 July 2026

Norway reached the quarterfinal with a 2-1 win over Brazil on Sunday and England advanced with a thrilling 3-2 victory over host Mexico after overcoming a weather delay, red card, altitude and a raucous crowd at 80,000-seat Estadio Azteca. — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026