Synonyms of surmount

surmount

verb

sər-ˈmau̇nt 

as in to overcome

to achieve a victory over

an Olympic swimmer who surmounted endless obstacles to achieve her goals

Synonyms & Similar Words

• overcome
• defeat
• master
• conquer
• take
• worst
• get
• beat
• best
• stop
• subdue
• dispatch
• succeed
• overbear
• prevail (over)
• overmatch
• triumph (over)
• lick
• win (against)
• upend
• get around
• get the better of
• trim
• do down
• overwhelm
• surpass
• bury
• finish
• skunk
• exceed
• crush
• better
• sweep
• knock for a loop
• excel
• vanquish
• annihilate
• transcend
• score
• slaughter
• upset
• trounce
• flatten
• whip
• blow out
• rout
• outdo
• flourish
• edge (out)
• clobber
• nose out
• outstrip
• overpower
• cap
• outdistance
• unseat
• blow away
• subjugate
• break
• top
• skin
• cream
• overthrow
• outshine
• pip
• bomb
• drub
• smoke
• thrash
• snow under
• shellac
• wallop
• knock over
• wax
• eclipse
• outfight
• ace (out)
• overtop
• knock off

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lose (to)
• fall
• fail
• give up
• go down
• collapse
• fold
• go under
• flunk
• wash out
• flop

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of surmount

The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index weathered a savage 30% drawdown, has been choppily trendless for two months, then in recent days finally broke above its downtrend and surmounted the 50-day moving average. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026

Fame and money were not enough to surmount housing segregation. — Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026

With flight sticking to LEO during Artemis III, communication limitations become a lot easier to surmount. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 21 July 2026

While wearables were already a hard enough curve to convince people on regarding constant data collection, embedding sensors and ways to collect data inside people’s homes will be an even higher threshold to surmount. — Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026