OVERCOME Synonyms

• an artist of consummate skill

• a person who has general authority over others

• a combatant who is able to defeat rivals

• directs the work of others

• presiding officer of a school

• an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made

• an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship

• someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution

• an authority qualified to teach apprentices

• key that secures entrance everywhere

• most important element

• be or become completely proficient or skilled in

• get on top of; deal with successfully

• have dominance or the power to defeat over

• have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of

• overcome by superior force

• overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

• overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

• charge someone with too many tasks

• cover completely or make imperceptible

• overcome by superior force

• put down by force or intimidation

• bring under control by force or authority

• hold within limits and control

• get on top of; deal with successfully

• make subordinate, dependent, or subservient

• correct by punishment or discipline

• a regular route for a sentry or policeman

• the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart

• the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music

• a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations

• a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior

• the sound of stroke or blow

• (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

• a regular rate of repetition

• a stroke or blow

• the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing

• very tired

• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

• give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

• hit repeatedly

• move rhythmically

• shape by beating

• make a rhythmic sound

• glare or strike with great intensity

• move with a thrashing motion

• sail with much tacking or with difficulty

• stir vigorously

• strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music

• be superior

• avoid paying

• make a sound like a clock or a timer

• move with a flapping motion

• indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks

• move with or as if with a regular alternating motion

• make by pounding or trampling

• produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly

• strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting

• beat through cleverness and wit

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• wear out completely

• bring under control by force or authority

• take possession of by force, as after an invasion

• overcome by conquest

• leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated

• a dense crowd of people

• temporary love of an adolescent

• the act of crushing

• come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

• to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

• break into small pieces

• humiliate or depress completely

• crush or bruise

• make ineffective

• become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure

• be or do something to a greater degree

• get the better of

• defeat by more skillful maneuvering

• beat through cleverness and wit

• defeat by more skillful maneuvering

• beat through cleverness and wit

• the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force)

• the act of disturbing the mind or body

• cause the downfall of; of rulers

• rule against

• be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance

• be valid, applicable, or true

• continue to exist

• prove superior

• use persuasion successfully

• distinguish oneself

• be or do something to a greater degree

• move past

• be greater in scope or size than some standard

• very restrained or quiet

• brought from wildness into a domesticated state

• flat and uninspiring

• very docile

• correct by punishment or discipline

• make less strong or intense; soften

• adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment

• overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable

• make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans

• a successful ending of a struggle or contest

• the exultation of victory

• prove superior

• be ecstatic with joy

• dwell on with satisfaction

• to express great joy

• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

• catch up with and possibly overtake

• travel past

• overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

• get on top of; deal with successfully

• be on top of

• reach the highest point of

• be or do something to a greater degree