Synonyms of surmounting

surmounting

verb

present participle of surmount

as in overcoming

to achieve a victory over

an Olympic swimmer who surmounted endless obstacles to achieve her goals

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of surmounting

After being out-skated early, the Ducks settled into their skates, surmounting both shot and goal to deficits to run the shot count to 24-17 and even the score, 2-2, through 40 minutes. — Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 27 Apr. 2026

The race starts and ends at the corner of Tait and Nicholson avenues, with the challenge of surmounting Cat’s Hill, which has a 23% incline. — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2026

Thanks to older siblings and friends, permissive parents, fake IDs, and unethical sellers, some young people have always found ways to evade these bans, and similar tactics could work for surmounting a social-media ban as well. — Keith Humphreys, The Atlantic, 2 Feb. 2026

The Apostle Paul is a go-to mentor for surmounting setbacks and overcoming daunting situations. — Robin Hoagland, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Nov. 2025

But the eye-watering stake only led to 18 sales, averaging out at $1,500 each, surmounting to only $27,000. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025

While the Seaquarium location on paper offers nothing but financial upside for Martin — a development site facing Biscayne Bay just minutes from downtown Miami — building there will require surmounting a string of legal hurdles. — Pedro Portal, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025

However, mining Greenland’s rare earths on an industrial scale would require surmounting staggering challenges. — Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 9 Jan. 2025