Synonyms of overwhelming

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adjective

1

as in overpowering

Synonyms & Similar Words

• overpowering
• irresistible
• irresistable
• infectious
• spreading
• epidemic
• tangible
• contagious
• perceptible
• catching
• palpable
• winning
• endearing
• inviting
• fetching
• disarming
• winsome

2

as in crushing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crushing
• unacceptable
• painful
• unbearable
• uncomfortable
• intolerable
• harsh
• unendurable
• appalling
• insufferable
• intense
• horrifying
• extreme
• unsupportable
• shocking
• terrible
• horrible
• insupportable
• nightmarish
• gruesome
• horrendous
• hard
• harrowing
• horrid
• excruciating
• dreadful
• acute
• torturous
• sickening
• obnoxious
• repulsive
• vile
• disgusting
• revolting
• repugnant
• comfortless
• distasteful
• nauseating
• loathsome
• unspeakable
• offensive
• odious
• heinous
• noxious
• wretched
• piercing
• tormenting
• grewsome

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tolerable
• sustainable
• acceptable
• supportable
• adequate
• endurable
• livable
• reasonable
• sufferable
• satisfactory
• allowable
• admissible
• liveable

3

as in staggering

Synonyms & Similar Words

• staggering
• stupendous
• formidable
• monolithic
• cavernous
• imposing
• grandiose
• immeasurable
• majestic
• towering
• infinite
• considerable
• lofty
• boundless
• extensive
• substantial
• tremendous
• enormous
• immense
• august
• sizeable
• major
• voluminous
• great
• vast
• outsized
• huge
• sizable
• bulky
• big
• massive
• gross
• hefty
• oversized
• gigantic
• outsize
• colossal
• overgrown
• gargantuan
• prodigious
• goodly
• herculean
• monumental
• mighty
• handsome
• humongous
• mountainous
• astronomical
• largish
• oversize
• tidy
• monstrous
• super
• cosmic
• mammoth
• giant
• monster
• heroic
• titanic
• whopping
• good
• galactic
• oceanic
• planetary
• astronomic
• cosmical
• humungous
• elephantine
• mega
• grand
• hulking
• cyclopean
• vasty
• pharaonic
• jumbo
• heroical
• Himalayan
• supersized
• gigantesque
• Brobdingnagian
• bumper
• king-size
• whacking
• leviathan
• walloping
• supersize
• king-sized
• super-duper

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tiny
• minuscule
• infinitesimal
• diminutive
• microscopic
• little bitty
• small
• bitty
• microscopical
• miniature
• pocket
• little
• micro
• wee
• teeny
• teensy
• puny
• minute
• Lilliputian
• pygmy
• smallish
• undersized
• midget
• petite
• undersize
• mini
• teeny-weeny
• teensy-weensy
• bantam
• microminiature
• dinky
• dwarfish
• pint-sized
• pint-size
• half-pint

overwhelming

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verb

present participle of overwhelm

1

as in devastating

to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress

just the thought of how much work there is to do overwhelms me

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in flooding

to cover with a flood

that spring the massive runoff from melting snows overwhelmed the valley

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flooding
• engulfing
• drowning
• inundating
• overflowing
• swamping
• submerging
• overcoming
• deluging
• gulfing
• flushing
• smothering
• submersing
• flowing
• gushing
• avalanching
• overrunning
• wetting
• pouring
• spurting
• streaming
• sluicing
• drenching
• spouting
• soaking
• dousing
• dowsing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• draining
• drying
• dehydrating
• parching