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overcome
Overview of verb overcome
The verb overcome has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (14) get the better of, overcome, defeat -- (win a victory over; "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")
2. (10) overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master -- (get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness")
3. (8) overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake -- (overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli)
4. get the best, have the best, overcome -- (overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome; "Heart disease can get the best of us")
Grep of noun overcome
overcomer
Antonyms of verb overcome
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb overcome
4 senses of overcome
Sense 1
get the better of, overcome, defeat
Sense 2
overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master
=> get the better of, overcome, defeat
Sense 3
overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
=> arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
=> make, create
Sense 4
get the best, have the best, overcome
=> get the better of, overcome, defeat
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb overcome
3 of 4 senses of overcome
Sense 1
get the better of, overcome, defeat
=> demolish, destroy
=> beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
=> wallop
=> down
=> overrun
=> lurch, skunk
=> get the best, have the best, overcome
=> overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master
=> rout, rout out, expel
=> upset
=> nose
=> conquer
=> survive, pull through, pull round, come through, make it
Sense 2
overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master
=> bulldog
Sense 3
overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
=> devastate
=> seize, clutch, get hold of
=> kill
=> benight
=> knock out
=> stagger
=> lock
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb overcome
4 senses of overcome
Sense 1
get the better of, overcome, defeat
Sense 2
overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master
=> get the better of, overcome, defeat
Sense 3
overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
=> arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
Sense 4
get the best, have the best, overcome
=> get the better of, overcome, defeat
'Cause To' of verb overcome
Derived Forms of verb overcome
1 of 4 senses of overcome
Sense 1
get the better of, overcome, defeat
RELATED TO>(noun) overcomer#1
=> subduer, surmounter, overcomer
Domain of verb overcome
Domain Terms of verb overcome
Familiarity of verb overcome
overcome used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb overcome
4 senses of overcome
Sense 1
get the better of, overcome, defeat
EX: The fighter managed to overcome his opponent
Sense 2
overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 4
get the best, have the best, overcome
EX: The fighter managed to overcome his opponent
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb overcome
3 of 4 senses of overcome
Sense 2
overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master
> get the better of, overcome, defeat
=> demolish, destroy
=> beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
=> wallop
=> down
=> overrun
=> lurch, skunk
=> get the best, have the best, overcome
=> overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master
=> rout, rout out, expel
=> upset
=> nose
=> conquer
=> survive, pull through, pull round, come through, make it
Sense 3
overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
> arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
=> strike a chord, touch a chord
=> invite, ask for
=> draw
=> rekindle
=> infatuate
=> prick
=> inflame, stir up, wake, ignite, heat, fire up
=> stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
=> excite
=> anger
=> upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit
=> shame
=> hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
=> overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
=> interest
Sense 4
get the best, have the best, overcome
> get the better of, overcome, defeat
=> demolish, destroy
=> beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
=> wallop
=> down
=> overrun
=> lurch, skunk
=> get the best, have the best, overcome
=> overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master
=> rout, rout out, expel
=> upset
=> nose
=> conquer
=> survive, pull through, pull round, come through, make it
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb overcome
Sense 1
get the better of, overcome, defeat
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Sense 2
overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master
=> get the better of, overcome, defeat
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Sense 3
overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
=> arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
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Sense 4
get the best, have the best, overcome
=> get the better of, overcome, defeat
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Grep of verb overcome
overcome
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