OVERWHELMING Synonyms

• bewildering or striking dumb with wonder

• so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm

• inspiring awe or admiration or wonder

• tending to cause suspension of regular breathing

• beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable; special

• far more than usual or expected

• (of an official) serving an unusual or special function in addition to those of the regular officials

• extremely impressive in strength or excellence

• inspiring fear

• making a strong or vivid impression

• producing a strong effect

• beyond belief or understanding

• intensely affecting the mind especially in producing hallucinations

• intensely affecting the mind or emotions

• intellectually or emotionally overwhelming

• relating or belonging to or serving as a monument

• of outstanding significance

• imposing in size or bulk or solidity

• so strong as to be irresistible

• so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm

• commanding attention

• causing great astonishment and consternation

• causing or capable of causing bewilderment or shock or insensibility

• strikingly beautiful or attractive

• so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe

• overcome by superior force

• overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

• 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