Synonyms for overcome
ˌoʊ vərˈkʌmover·come

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1. overcome

   Strike is the word for a single blow; to beat is to strike repeatedly, as a bird beats the air with its wings. Others of the above words describe the manner of beating, as bastinado, to beat on the soles of the feet; belabor, to inflict a comprehensive and exhaustive beating; cudgel, to beat with a stick; thrash, as wheat was beaten out with the old hand-flail; to pound (akin to Latin pondus, a weight) is to beat with a heavy, and pommel with a blunt, instrument. To batter and to bruise refer to the results of beating; that is battered which is broken or defaced by repeated blows on the surface (compare synonyms for SHATTER); that is bruised which has suffered even one severe contusion. The metaphorical sense of beat, however, so far preponderates that one may be very badly bruised and battered, and yet not be said to be beaten, unless he has got the worst of the beating. To beat a combatant is to disable or dishearten him for further fighting. Hence beat becomes the synonym for every word which implies getting the advantage of another. Compare CONQUER.

   Almost all antonyms in this class are passive, and can be formed indefinitely from the conquering words by the use of the auxiliary be; as, be beaten, be defeated, be conquered, etc.

   Synonyms:
   bastinado, batter, beat, belabor, bruise, castigate, chastise, conquer, cudgel, defeat, flog, pommel, pound, scourge, smite, spank, strike, surpass, switch, thrash, vanquish, whip, worst

   Antonyms:
   fail, fall, get the worst of, go down, go under, surrender

   Preposition:
   Beat with a stick over the head; beat by a trick; out of town; beat to the ground; into submission.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. overcome

   Synonyms:
   vanquish, get the better of, surmount

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1. get the better of, overcome, defeatverb

   win a victory over

   "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"

   Synonyms:
   surmount, vote out, overwhelm, subdue, kill, get the best, whelm, overpower, shoot down, defeat, vote down, get the better of, sweep over, have the best, overtake, get over, master

2. overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, masterverb

   get on top of; deal with successfully

   "He overcame his shyness"

   Synonyms:
   chasten, cut through, bounce back, get over, overwhelm, master, inhibit, conquer, quash, sweep over, whelm, surmount, scale, get the best, cut across, have the best, dominate, suppress, outmatch, exceed, outgo, outperform, defeat, outstrip, crucify, subjugate, get the hang, reduce, control, surpass, subdue, curb, stamp down, traverse, subordinate, tame, pass over, get well, mortify, outdo, cover, repress, cross, overtake, get across, keep down, track, overpower, get the better of

3. overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtakeverb

   overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

   Synonyms:
   surmount, catch up with, submerge, deluge, overmaster, overwhelm, overhaul, drown, get the best, catch, overpower, whelm, defeat, pass, get the better of, master, flood out, sweep over, have the best, overtake, get over, subdue

4. get the best, have the best, overcomeverb

   overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome

   "Heart disease can get the best of us"

   Synonyms:
   sweep over, subdue, whelm, overwhelm, defeat, overpower, master, get over, get the better of, get the best, overtake, surmount, have the best

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. overcomeverb

   Synonyms:
   subdue, conquer, vanquish, subjugate, overthrow, overwhelm, overturn, overbear, overpower, overmaster, defeat, crush, beat, rout, discomfit, choke, get the better of, get the upper hand of

2. overcomeverb

   Synonyms:
   surmount, rise above

3. overcomeverb

   Synonyms:
   prevail, conquer, gain the victory

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1. overcomeverb

   Synonyms:
   surmount, conquer, subdue, master, vanquish, overpower, subjugate

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1. List of paraphrases for "overcome":

   overcoming, surmount, surmounted, exceed, defeat, exceeded, resolve, overtaken, address, bridge, solve, conquer, transcend, eliminate, tackle, resolved, cope, defeated, remedy, vanquish, break, solved, meet, surpassed, outdo, combat, beat

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1. Condoleezza Rice:

   My parents never thought I was going to grow up in a world without prejudice, but they also told me, ‘That’s somebody else's problem, not yours. You're going to overcome it, and you are going to be anything you want to be,' that’s the message that I think we ought to be sending to kids.

2. Paul Klee:

   The beautiful, which is perhaps inseparable from art, is not after all tied to the subject, but to the pictorial representation. In this way and in no other does art overcome the ugly without avoiding it.

3. Novak Djokovic:

   I learn something new from him constantly, he contributed a lot from a psychological point of view because he has been in these situations before. He understands the challenges I need to face, the obstacles I need to overcome to win big titles.

4. Thomas a Kempis:

   Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.

5. Andrew Jones of Climate Interactive:

   We've made progress, and our analysis shows that with further action following the Paris negotiations we can keep warming below 2C, the current barriers are political and social and, we believe, can be overcome.