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Synonyms for overwhelming
ˌoʊ vərˈʰwɛl mɪŋ, -ˈwɛl-over·whelm·ing
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overwhelmingverb
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underwhelmingoverwhelmingadjective
Overpowering, staggering, or irresistibly strong.
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underwhelming
Princeton's WordNet
overpowering, overwhelmingadjective
so strong as to be irresistible
"an overpowering need for solitude"; "the temptation to despair may become overwhelming"; "an overwhelming majority"
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consuming, overpoweringAntonyms:
mild, resistibleconsuming, overwhelmingadjective
very intense
"politics is his consuming passion"; "overwhelming joy"
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consuming, overpoweringAntonyms:
resistible, mild
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
overwhelmingadjective
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irresistible, overpowering
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "overwhelming":
vast, daunting, immense, sweeping, resounding, crushing, huge, damning, crippling, great, enormous, irresistible, insurmountable, large, massive, overriding, tremendous, landslide
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#209 | great | |
#462 | large | |
#1133 | huge | |
#3754 | massive | |
#5438 | vast | |
#8121 | enormous | |
#8774 | tremendous | |
#10038 | consuming | |
#11452 | overwhelming | |
#15495 | sweeping | |
#15908 | immense | |
#21692 | crushing | |
#22594 | daunting | |
#22949 | irresistible | |
#26134 | overriding | |
#29316 | landslide | |
#40685 | resounding | |
#42366 | crippling | |
#50871 | damning | |
#51141 | insurmountable | |
#56435 | overpowering |
How to use overwhelming in a sentence?
That is not the case for the overwhelming majority here, again all he will accomplish with his actions here today is to delay that aid. Not to stop it.
The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new therefore always appears in the guise of a miracle.
It was the most overwhelming news I’d heard in a long time. I’d only lived in my home for six months when the tornado happened … so to be able to get this new house, it’s amazing.
There was a bias, but the evidence was so overwhelming, the application was granted anyway.
The rules of the game keep changing. For a business person, that is overwhelming, they're not going to feel like the coast is clear. That uncertainty will depress ability to go out and expand and grow. They're not going to go out and hire more people because they're not sure what lays ahead in the future. This is going to be a process. I don't think it's like a light switch going on.
Translations for overwhelming
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- غالبArabic
- überwältigendGerman
- συντριπτικόςGreek
- abrumadorSpanish
- musertavaFinnish
- accablantFrench
- को रोकेHindi
- elsöprőHungarian
- kewalahan, luar biasaIndonesian
- travolgenteItalian
- 圧倒的Japanese
- ಅಗಾಧKannada
- overveldendeNorwegian
- overweldigendDutch
- esmagadorPortuguese
- ошеломля́ющий, подавля́ющий, подавляющийRussian
- అధికTelugu
- baskın, çok büyük, eziciTurkish
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