| Main Entry: | overpower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat; get the upper hand |
Synonyms: |
bear down, beat down, blank, blow away, bulldoze, bury, clobber, conquer, cream*, crush, defeat, drown, drub, immobilize, knock out, lay one out, murder*, overcome, overthrow, overwhelm, prostrate, put away, quell, reduce, roll over, rout, shellack, shut off, smash*, subdue, subjugate, swamp*, take care of, take out*, torpedo, total*, trash*, trounce, vanquish, waste*, wax, whelm |
Antonyms: |
surrender, yield |
| Main Entry: | choke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | smother, block |
Synonyms: |
asphyxiate, bar, check, clog, close, congest, constrict, dam, die, drown, fill, gag, garrote, gasp, gibbet, kill, noose, obstruct, occlude, overpower, retard, squeeze, stifle, stop, stopper, strangle, strangulate, stuff, stunt, suffocate, suppress, throttle, wring |
Antonyms: |
release, unblock, unconstrict |
| Main Entry: | conquer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat, overcome |
Synonyms: |
beat, bring to knees, checkmate, circumvent, clobber, control, cream*, crush, discomfit, drub, foil, frustrate, get the better of, humble, lick, master, outwit, overmaster, overpower, override, overthrow, prevail, quell, reduce, rout, shut down, subdue, subjugate, succeed, surmount, throw, thwart, total*, trample underfoot, trash, triumph, vanquish, whip, wipe off map, worst, zap |
Antonyms: |
capitulate, fail, give up, lose, retreat, succumb, surrender, yield |
| Main Entry: | crush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeating soundly |
Synonyms: |
annihilate, bear down, beat, blot out, blow away, conquer, defeat, demolish, extinguish, force down, ice*, kill, obliterate, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, quelch, quell, reduce, ruin, squelch, stamp out, strangle, subdue, subjugate, suppress, vanquish, wreck |
Antonyms: |
lose, surrender, yield |
| Main Entry: | daze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, shock |
Synonyms: |
addle, amaze, astonish, astound, befog, befuddle, benumb, bewilder, blind, blur, confound, dazzle, disorder, distract, dizzy, dumbfound, flabbergast, fuddle, mix up, muddle, mystify, numb, overpower, overwhelm, paralyze, perplex, petrify, puzzle, rock, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, surprise |
Antonyms: |
expect |
| Main Entry: | dazzle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, amaze |
Synonyms: |
astonish, awe, bedazzle, blind, blur, bowl over, daze, excite, fascinate, glitz, hypnotize, impress, overawe, overpower, overwhelm, razzle-dazzle, strike dumb, stupefy, surprise |
Antonyms: |
bore |
| Main Entry: | defeat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conquer in military manner |
Synonyms: |
ambush, annihilate, bar, bear down, beat, best, block, butcher, crush, decimate, demolish, discomfit, drown, entrap, finish off, halt, hinder, impede, lick, mow down, obliterate, obstruct, outflank, outmaneuver, overpower, overrun, overthrow, overwhelm, parry, prevail over, quell, reduce, repel, repress, repulse, roll back, rout, route, sack, scatter, shipwreck, sink, slaughter, smash, subdue, subjugate, suppress, surmount, swamp, torpedo, trample, trash, upset, vanquish, whip, wipe out |
| Notes: | decimate means to kill or destroy in large numbers; defeat means to win a victory over or to beat |
Antonyms: |
give up, lose, surrender |
| Main Entry: | defeat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conquer in athletic contest |
Synonyms: |
KO, beat, bust, clobber, cream*, deck, drop*, drub, edge, flax, flog, floor*, knock out, lambaste*, lick, outhit, outjump, outplay, outrun, overpower, plow under, pommel, pound*, powder, pulverize, run roughshod over, skin*, steamroll, take, take it all, take to cleaners, tan*, thrash, total, trounce, wallop, whack, whomp, win, work over, zap |
Antonyms: |
give up, lose, surrender |
| 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, knock over, obliterate, overcome, overflow, overpower, overwhelm, plunge, prostrate, sink, soak, sop, souse, stifle, suffocate, swamp, whelm, wipe out |
Antonyms: |
float, rescue, save |
| Main Entry: | fascinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | captivate, hold spellbound |
Synonyms: |
absorb, allure, animate, arouse, attach, attract, beguile, bewitch, charm, compel, delight, draw, enamor, enchant, engage, engross, enrapture, enslave, ensnare, enthrall, entice, entrance, excite, fire, gladden, hypnotize, infatuate, interest, intoxicate, intrigue, invite, kindle, lure, mesmerize, overpower, overwhelm, pique, please, provoke, ravish, rivet, seduce, spellbind, stimulate, stir, subdue, tantalize, tempt, thrill, titillate, transfix, transport, win |
Antonyms: |
bore, disenchant, disenthrall, disinterest, repel, tire |