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OVERWHELMED Synonyms

There are 27 synonyms of the word overwhelmed. (exact relations)
There are 19 hypernyms of the word overwhelmed. (close relations)
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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

Best Hypernyms For OVERWHELMED

Here is a list of related hypernyms for overwhelmed, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (17)
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Phrases (2)
beat outspread over

Alternatives for BESIEGED

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