OVERPOWERING Synonyms

• able to control or determine policy

• forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority

• physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination

• most powerful or important or influential

• used of a height or viewpoint

• offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power

• characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical)

• forceful and definite in expression or action

• extremely impressive in strength or excellence

• inspiring fear

• possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree

• extremely sharp or severe

• (of color) having the highest saturation

• incapable of being overcome or subdued

• impossible to resist; overpowering

• overpoweringly attractive

• so strong as to be irresistible

• very strong; urgently felt

• having a strong physiological or chemical effect

• (of a male) capable of copulation

• having great influence

• having or wielding force or authority

• most frequent or common

• the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)

• exercising power or authority

• having strength or power greater than average or expected

• having a strong physiological or chemical effect

• not faint or feeble

• having or wielding force or authority

• immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with

• of good quality and condition; solidly built

• of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection

• being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content

• freshly made or left

• strong and sure

• 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

• overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

• charge someone with too many tasks

• cover completely or make imperceptible

• overcome by superior force

• win a victory over

• get on top of; deal with successfully

• overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

• overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome

• overcome by superior force

• catch up with and possibly overtake

• travel past

• overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

• overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

• to neither fail to meet nor exceed expectation