OVERWHELMED Synonyms
There are 19 hypernyms of the word overwhelmed. (close relations)
overwhelming
Best Alternative Words for OVERWHELMED
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besieged | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • surrounded by hostile forces | ||||||||
buried | verb, adverb, adjectivev, adv, adj | |||||||
adjective • placed in a grave | ||||||||
flooded | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • covered with water | ||||||||
glutted | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • exceeding demand | ||||||||
inundated | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • covered with water | ||||||||
loaded | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective • (of weapons) charged with ammunition adjective satellite • filled with a great quantity • (of statements or questions) charged with associative significance and often meant to mislead or influence • having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value • very drunk | ||||||||
overloaded | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • loaded past capacity | ||||||||
saturated | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance • used especially of organic compounds; having all available valence bonds filled • (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black | ||||||||
bombarded | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family verb • cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile • throw bombs at or attack with bombs • address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage • direct high energy particles or radiation against | ||||||||
deluged | verbv | |||||||
noun • an overwhelming number or amount • a heavy rain • the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land verb • fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid • charge someone with too many tasks • fill or cover completely, usually with water | ||||||||
drowned | verbv | |||||||
verb • 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 | ||||||||
engulfed | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
verb • devote (oneself) fully to • flow over or cover completely | ||||||||
oversupplied | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall verb • supply with an excess of | ||||||||
snowed | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980) • precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals • a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground • street names for cocaine verb • fall as snow • conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end | ||||||||
suffused | verbv | |||||||
verb • cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across • to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light | ||||||||
swamped | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • 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 verb • drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged • fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid | ||||||||
overpower | verbv | |||||||
verb • overcome by superior force • overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli | ||||||||
swamp | nounn | |||||||
noun • 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 verb • drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged • fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid | ||||||||
deluge | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an overwhelming number or amount • a heavy rain • the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land verb • fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid • charge someone with too many tasks • fill or cover completely, usually with water | ||||||||
drown | verbv | |||||||
verb • 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 | ||||||||