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Bookmark or Share- OVERCOME Synonyms: 160 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-WebsterSynonyms for OVERCOME: defeat, conquer, master, worst, take, get, surmount, beat; Antonyms of OVERCOME: lose (to), fall, give up, go down, fail, go under, collapse, fold
- OVERCOME | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionaryto deal with and control a problem or feeling: He's trying to overcome his drug addiction and find a job. Let's hope she overcomes her shyness. be overcome by excitement/fear/sadness, etc. to suddenly have too much of a feeling: She was overcome by emotion. be overcome by smoke/fumes, etc.
- overcome | meaning of overcome in Longman Dictionary of ... - LDOCEovercome. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English o‧ver‧come /ˌəʊvəˈkʌm $ ˌoʊvər-/ W3 verb (past tense overcame /-ˈkeɪm/, past participle overcome) [ transitive] 1 to successfully control a feeling or problem that prevents you from achieving something He struggled to overcome his shyness.
- overcome - WordReference.com Dictionary of Englishv.t. to get the better of in a struggle or conflict; conquer; defeat: to overcome the enemy. to prevail over (opposition, a debility, temptations, etc.); surmount: to overcome one's weaknesses. to overpower or overwhelm in body or mind, as does liquor, a drug, exertion, or emotion: I was overcome with grief. [ Archaic.]to overspread or overrun.
- OVERCOME | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionaryto defeat or succeed in controlling or dealing with something: [ T ] I eventually overcame my shyness in class. [ I ] I believe that we will overcome in the end. overcome verb (UNABLE TO ACT) [ T ] to prevent someone from being able to act or think in the usual way: He was overcome by smoke before he could get out of the apartment.
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