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| Main Entry: | overcome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overwhelmed; visibly moved |
| Synonyms: | affected, at a loss for words, beaten, blown-away, bowled-over, buried, conquered, defeated, overthrown, run-over, speechless, swamped, swept off one's feet, taken, unable to continue |
| Antonyms: | indifferent, unbothered, unconcerned, unflappable, unmoved |
| Main Entry: | overcome |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat, defeat |
| Synonyms: | best*, conquer, crush, down*, drown, hurdle, lick*, master, outlive, overpower, overthrow, overwhelm, prevail, prostrate, reduce, render, shock, stun, subdue, subjugate, surmount, survive, throw*, vanquish, weather*, win, worst*, be victorious, come out on top, get around*, get the better of, knock over*, knock socks off, rise above, triumph over, whelm |
| Antonyms: | give in, surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | best |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat; gain advantage |
| Synonyms: | beat, beat up*, better, blank*, blast*, bulldoze*, clobber*, conquer, cream*, deck*, drub*, exceed, excel, floor*, knock off*, lambaste, lick*, master, outclass, outdo, outshine, outstrip, overcome, prevail, put away, shut down, surpass, take down*, tan*, thrash*, top, total, transcend, trash*, triumph, trounce, wallop, waste*, wax*, whip*, wipe*, wipe out, zap*, KO, flax, get the better of, let have it, shoot down*, take care of, triumph over, whomp, whop, wipe the floor with |
| Antonyms: | lose, relent, surrender, give up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | confute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disprove, refute |
| Synonyms: | break, confound, contradict, controvert, defeat, demolish, dismay, disprove, expose, invalidate, negate, oppugn, overcome, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, parry, put down, rebut, shut up, silence, subvert, tap, upset, vanquish, blow sky high, bring to naught, knocks props out from under, prove false, prove wrong, set aside |
| Notes: | refute means 'to show conclusively to be false or illogical' and applies primarily to assertions or arguments; confute means 'to prove wrong' and applies primarily to the person or agency making the assertion or argument |
| Antonyms: | affirm, attest, confirm, endorse, prove, verify |
| Main Entry: | convince |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gain the confidence of |
| Synonyms: | argue into, assure, brainwash, bring around, bring home to, bring to reason, change, demonstrate, draw, effect, establish, get, hook*, induce, make a believer, overcome, persuade, prevail upon, prompt, prove, put across, refute, satisfy, sell one on, sell*, sway, talk into, turn, twist one's arm, win over |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discomfit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat, frustrate; confuse |
| Synonyms: | abash, annoy, baffle, balk, beat, bother, checkmate, confound, demoralize, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, disturb, embarrass, faze, fluster, foil, irk, outwit, overcome, perplex, perturb, prevent, rattle, ruffle, thwart, unsettle, upset, vex, worry, worst, take aback, trump |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yield |
| Main Entry: | downtrodden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | afflicted, abused |
| Synonyms: | a slave to, abject, at one's beck and call, at one's feet, at one's mercy, destitute, distressed, exploited, have-not, helpless, in one's clutches, in one's pocket, in one's power, led by the nose, maltreated, mistreated, needy, oppressed, overcome, persecuted, subjugated, subservient, suppressed, tyrannized, under one's thumb, underdog*, underfoot |
| Antonyms: | happy, respected, satisfied |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drown |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | submerge in liquid; submerge and die |
| Synonyms: | asphyxiate, deluge, dip, douse, drench, engulf, flood, go down, go under, immerse, inundate, obliterate, overcome, overflow, overpower, overwhelm, plunge, prostrate, sink, soak, sop, souse, stifle, suffocate, swamp, wipe out, knock over, whelm |
| Antonyms: | float, rescue, save |
| Main Entry: | dumbfounded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | astounded, confused |
| Synonyms: | agape, aghast, beat, bewildered, bowled over, breathless, confounded, dumb, overcome, overwhelmed, puzzled, shocked, speechless, startled, stuck, stumped, stunned, surprised, thrown, thunderstruck*, amazed, astonished, bamboozled, blown away, buffaloed, dismayed, flabbergasted, floored, knocked, licked, nonplused, staggered, taken aback |
| Antonyms: | aware, expectant, unsurprised |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flabbergast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surprise |
| Synonyms: | abash, amaze, astonish, astound, bowl over*, confound, daze, disconcert, dumbfound, nonplus, overcome, overwhelm, put away*, shock, stagger, stun, throw, blow away, make speechless, throw for a loop |
| Antonyms: | expect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frustrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | thwart, disappoint |
| Synonyms: | annul, arrest, baffle, balk, bar, beat, block, cancel, check, circumvent, confront, conquer, counter, counteract, cramp, cramp one's style, crimp, dash, dash one's hope, defeat, depress, discourage, dishearten, foil, forbid, forestall, foul up*, give the run around, halt, hang up*, hinder, hold up, impede, inhibit, lick, negate, neutralize, nullify, obstruct, obviate, outwit, overcome, preclude, prevent, prohibit, render null and void, ruin, stump*, stymie*, upset the applecart* |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, cooperate, encourage, facilitate, help, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | get over |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recover |
| Synonyms: | mend, overcome, pull through, recuperate, shake off, survive, come round, get better |
| Main Entry: | grief-stricken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sad, sorrowful |
| Synonyms: | cheerless, dejected, depressed, despairing, distressed, down, heartbroken, heartsick, heavyhearted, inconsolable, melancholy, miserable, morose, overcome, troubled, unhappy, woebegone, anguished, devastated, hurting |
| Main Entry: | humble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shame, put down |
| Synonyms: | abase, abash, bemean, break, bring down*, cast down, chagrin, chasten, confound, confuse, crush*, cut to the quick, debase, deflate, degrade, demean, demote, deny, discomfit, discredit, disgrace, embarrass, hide, humiliate, lower*, make eat dirt, make one feel small, mortify, overcome, pop one's balloon, pull down*, put away*, put one away, put to shame, reduce, silence, sink, snub, squash*, squelch, strike dumb, subdue, take down a peg, take down*, upset |
| Antonyms: | build up, praise, promote |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hurdle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | jump over an obstacle |
| Synonyms: | bounce, bound, clear, conquer, down, hop, lick, lop, master, negotiate, over, overcome, scale, spring, surmount, vault, jump across, leap over, saltate |
| Main Entry: | neutralize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | counteract |
| Synonyms: | abrogate, annul, balance, cancel, conquer, counterbalance, counterpoise, defeat, frustrate, invalidate, negate, negative, nullify, offset, overcome, override, overrule, redress, subdue, undo, compensate for, countercheck, countervail |
| Main Entry: | nonplus |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, perplex |
| Synonyms: | astonish, astound, baffle, balk, beat, bewilder, boggle, buffalo, confound, daze, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, dismay, dumbfound, embarrass, faze, floor*, flurry, fluster, frustrate, get*, mess with one's head, muddle, mystify, overcome, paralyze, puzzle, rattle, rattle one's cage, stagger, stick, stump, stun, stymie*, take aback, throw into tizzy, throw*, thwart |
| Antonyms: | clear up, educate, enlighten, explain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | oppress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depress, subdue |
| Synonyms: | abuse, afflict, aggrieve, annoy, burden, crush, dishearten, distress, encumber, force, handicap, harass, harry, hound*, maltreat, outrage, overcome, overload, overpower, overthrow, overwhelm, persecute, pick on, plague, press, prey on, put down, ride, rule, sadden, saddle*, smother, strain, subjugate, suppress, tax, torment, torture, trample, trouble, vex, worry, wrong, beat down*, despotize, dispirit, keep down, put screws to, put the squeeze on, put upon, tyrranize, weigh heavy upon |
| Antonyms: | aid, boost, delight, gladden, help, make happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outweigh |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | override, dominate |
| Synonyms: | balance, compensate, counterbalance, counterpoise, eclipse, exceed, excel, offset, outrun, overcome, overshadow, predominate, prevail, surpass, atone for, cancel out, countervail, make up for, outbalance, outrival, preponderate, set off, take precedence, tip the scales |
| Main Entry: | overpower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat; get the upper hand |
| Synonyms: | bear down, blank, bulldoze*, bury, clobber, conquer, cream*, crush, defeat, drown, drub*, knock out*, murder*, overcome, overthrow, overwhelm, prostrate, put away*, quell, reduce, rout, smash*, subdue, subjugate, swamp*, total*, trash*, trounce, vanquish, waste*, wax*, beat down, blow away, immobilize, lay one out, roll over, shellack, shut off*, take care of, take out*, torpedo*, whelm |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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