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

The Dolphins had plenty more opportunities after Gordon’s penalty to right the ship, overcoming the challenges that the team’s second-half belly-flop presented. — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 1 Nov. 2026

The Knicks got into the win column for the first time this season by overcoming a 13-point deficit in Tuesday’s home victory against the Detroit Pistons. — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 28 Oct. 2026

Congressional District, overcoming a Democratic registration advantage in the Central Valley. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Your Pain Is Information — Use It For women in particular, advocating for adequate pain treatment can sometimes require overcoming years of messages that we’re supposed to tolerate discomfort quietly. — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 26 Oct. 2026

The song addresses overcoming adversity and using others’ doubts to fuel your passion. — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2026

Jigar Shah, an expert in clean energy financing and deployment, said the Peace Bridge Place system is a milestone in overcoming safety concerns. — Jennifer McDermott, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

These productions focused on accessibility, particularly for deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences, rather than overcoming language barriers. — New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026

Many pastors were migrants themselves and shared from the pulpit their stories of overcoming adversity. — Johanna Bard Richlin, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026