OVERWHELM Synonyms

• low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog

• a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables

• drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged

• fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

• an overwhelming number or amount

• a heavy rain

• the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

• fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

• charge someone with too many tasks

• fill or cover completely, usually with water

• cover completely or make imperceptible

• get rid of as if by submerging

• die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating

• kill by submerging in water

• be covered with or submerged in a liquid

• be in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiation

• 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

• sink below the surface; go under or as if under water

• cover completely or make imperceptible

• put under water

• fill or cover completely, usually with water

• overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

• to neither fail to meet nor exceed expectation

• charge someone with too many tasks

• overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli