overcome
I
(overwhelm) verb
astonish, awe-strike, bewilder, bowl over, break down, burden, confound crush, daze, deluge, discomfit, drown, encumber, engulf, flood, get the upper hand, glut, hamper, immerse, inundate, overlay, overload, overpower, overtax, prostrate, saddle, shatter, stagger, stun, submerge, swallow up, swamp, weigh down, whelm
II
(surmount) verb
beat, command conquer, defeat, destroy, dominate, drub, eclipse, get the better of, get the upper hand, master, outdo, outrival, outshine, outstrip, overmatch, overpower, overshadow, overthrow, prevail over, quash, quell, rise above, rout, subdue subjugate, tower above, transcend, triumph over, vanquish
associated concepts: overcome a presumption
III
index
attach (seize), beat (defeat), carry away, defeat, disconsolate, drunk, hijack, impose (subject), outbalance, override, overturn, overwhelm, prevail (triumph), repress, subdue, subject, subjugate, suppress, surmount
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006