Dictionary entry details
• OVERCOME (verb)
Meaning:
Win a victory over
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
defeat; get the better of; overcome
Context examples:
You must overcome all difficulties / defeat your enemies / He overcame his shyness / She conquered here fear of mice / He overcame his infirmity / Her anger got the better of her and she blew up
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "overcome"):
demolish; destroy (defeat soundly)
come through; make it; pull round; pull through; survive (continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.))
conquer (overcome by conquest)
nose (defeat by a narrow margin)
upset (defeat suddenly and unexpectedly)
expel; rout; rout out (cause to flee)
get over; master; overcome; subdue; surmount (get on top of; deal with successfully)
get the best; have the best; overcome (overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome)
beat; beat out; crush; shell; trounce; vanquish (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict)
wallop (defeat soundly and utterly)
down (bring down or defeat (an opponent))
overrun (seize the position of and defeat)
lurch; skunk (defeat by a lurch)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The fighter managed to overcome his opponent
Meaning:
Get on top of; deal with successfully
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
surmount; overcome; master; subdue; get over
Context example:
He overcame his shyness
Hypernyms (to "overcome" is one way to...):
defeat; get the better of; overcome (win a victory over)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "overcome"):
bulldog (throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
overwhelm; sweep over; whelm; overpower; overcome; overtake
Hypernyms (to "overcome" is one way to...):
arouse; elicit; enkindle; evoke; fire; kindle; provoke; raise (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "overcome"):
stagger (astound or overwhelm, as with shock)
knock out (overwhelm with admiration)
benight (overtake with darkness or night)
kill (overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration)
clutch; get hold of; seize (affect)
devastate (overwhelm or overpower)
lock (hold fast (in a certain state))
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
get the best; have the best; overcome
Context example:
Heart disease can get the best of us
Hypernyms (to "overcome" is one way to...):
defeat; get the better of; overcome (win a victory over)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The fighter managed to overcome his opponent
