overcome
(verb)
verb
1. win a victory over
- You must overcome all difficulties
- He overcame his infirmity
Similar word(s): defeat
Definition categories: competition
2. get on top of; deal with successfully
- He overcame his shyness
Similar word(s): master, subdue, surmount
Definition categories: competition, beat, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
3. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
Similar word(s): overpower, overtake, overwhelm, whelm
Definition categories: emotion, arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise
4. overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome
Definition categories: competition, beat, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
Sentences with overcome as a verb:
- to overcome enemies in battle
- We shall overcome.
- I was overcome with anger.