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overcome
verb
1 overcome
Win a victory over:
— You must overcome all difficulties.
synonyms: defeat, get the better of.
Roget 615:
induce,
move;
draw,
draw on;
bring in its train,
give an impulse
etc.
n.;
to;
inspire;
put up to,
prompt,
call up;
attract,
beckon.
stimulate
etc.
(excite)
824;
spirit up,
inspirit;
rouse,
arouse;
animate,
incite,
foment,
provoke,
instigate,
set on,
actuate;
act upon,
work upon,
operate upon;
encourage;
pat on the back,
pat on the shoulder,
clap on the back,
clap on the shoulder.
influence,
weigh with,
bias,
sway,
incline,
dispose,
predispose,
turn the scale,
inoculate;
lead by the nose;
have influence with,
have influence over,
have influence upon,
exercise influence with,
exercise influence over,
exercise influence upon;
go round,
come round one;
turn the head,
magnetize;
lobby.
persuade;
prevail with,
prevail upon;
overcome,
carry;
bring round to one's senses,
bring to one's senses;
draw over,
win over,
gain over,
come over,
talk over;
procure,
enlist,
engage;
invite,
court.
tempt,
seduce,
overpersuade†,
entice,
allure,
captivate,
fascinate,
bewitch,
carry away,
charm,
conciliate,
wheedle,
coax,
lure;
inveigle;
tantalize;
cajole
etc.
(deceive)
545.
tamper with,
bribe,
suborn,
grease the palm,
bait with a silver hook,
gild the pill,
make things pleasant,
put a sop into the pan,
throw a sop to,
bait the hook.
enforce,
force;
impel
etc.
(push)
276;
propel
etc.
284;
whip,
lash,
goad,
spur,
prick,
urge;
egg on,
hound,
hurry on;
drag
etc.
285;
exhort;
advise
etc.
695;
call upon
&c.;
press
etc.
(request)
765;
advocate.
set an example,
set the fashion;
keep in countenance.
be persuaded
&c.;
yield to temptation,
come round;
concede
etc.
(consent)
762;
obey a call;
follow advice,
follow the bent,
follow the dictates of;
act on principle.
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Roget 731:
succeed;
be successful
etc.
adj.;
gain one's end,
gain one's ends;
crown with success.
gain a point,
attain a point,
carry a point,
secure a point,
win a point,
win an object;
get there [U.S.];
manage to,
contrive to;
accomplish
etc.
(effect)
(complete)
729;
do wonders,
work wonders;
make a go of it.
come off well,
come off successful,
come off with flying colors;
make short work of;
take by storm,
carry by storm;
bear away the bell;
win one's wings,
win one's spurs,
win the battle;
win the day,
carry the day,
gain the day,
gain the prize,
gain the palm;
have the best of it,
have it all one's own way,
have the game in one's owns hands,
have the ball at one's feet,
have one on the hop;
walk over the course;
carry all before one,
remain in possession of the field;
score a success.
speed;
make progress
etc.
(advance)
282;
win one's way,
make one's way,
work one's way,
find one's way;
strive to some purpose;
prosper
etc.
734;
drive a roaring trade;
make profit
etc.
(acquire)
775;
reap the fruits,
gather the fruits,
reap the benefit of,
reap the harvest;
strike oil [U.S.],
gain a windfall;
make one's fortune,
get in the harvest,
turn to good account;
turn to account
etc.
(use)
677.
triumph,
be triumphant;
gain a victory,
obtain a victory,
gain an advantage;
chain victory to one's car;
nail a coonskin to the wall.
surmount a difficulty,
overcome a difficulty,
get over a difficulty,
get over an obstacle
etc.
706;
se tirer d'affaire [Fr.];
make head against;
stem the torrent,
stem the tide,
stem the current;
weather the storm,
weather a point;
turn a corner,
keep one's head above water,
tide over;
master;
get the better of,
have the better of,
gain the better of,
gain the best of,
gain the upper hand,
gain the ascendancy,
gain the whip hand,
gain the start of;
distance;
surpass
etc.
(superiority)
33.
defeat,
conquer,
vanquish,
discomfit;
euchre;
overcome,
overthrow,
overpower,
overmaster,
overmatch,
overset†,
override,
overreach;
outwit,
outdo,
outflank,
outmaneuver,
outgeneral,
outvote;
take the wind out of one's adversary's sails;
beat,
beat hollow;
rout,
lick,
drub,
floor,
worst;
put down,
put to flight,
put to the rout,
put hors de combat [Fr.],
put out of court.
silence,
quell,
nonsuit†,
checkmate,
upset,
confound,
nonplus,
stalemate,
trump;
baffle
etc.
(hinder)
706;
circumvent,
elude;
trip up,
trip up the heels of;
drive into a corner,
drive to the wall;
run hard,
put one's nose out of joint.
settle,
do for;
break the neck of,
break the back of;
capsize,
sink,
shipwreck,
drown,
swamp;
subdue;
subjugate
etc.
(subject)
749;
reduce;
make the enemy bite the dust;
victimize,
roll in the dust,
trample under foot,
put an extinguisher upon.
answer,
answer the purpose;
avail,
prevail,
take effect,
do,
turn out well,
work well,
take,
tell,
bear fruit;
hit it,
hit the mark,
hit the right nail on the head;
nick it;
turn up trumps,
make a hit;
find one's account in.
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Dutch: uitdeuken
2 overcome
3 overcome
4 overcome
adjective
Roget 837:
cheerless,
joyless,
spiritless;
uncheerful,
uncheery†;
unlively†;
unhappy
etc.
828;
melancholy,
dismal,
somber,
dark,
gloomy,
triste [Fr.],
clouded,
murky,
lowering,
frowning,
lugubrious,
funereal,
mournful,
lamentable,
dreadful.
dreary,
flat;
dull,
dull as a beetle,
dull as ditchwater†;
depressing
etc.
v..
melancholy as a gib cat;"
oppressed with melancholy,
a prey to melancholy;
downcast,
downhearted;
down in the mouth,
down in one's luck;
heavy-hearted;
in the dumps,
down in the dumps,
in the suds,
in the sulks,
in the doldrums;
in doleful dumps,
in bad humor;
sullen;
mumpish†,
dumpish,
mopish†,
moping;
moody,
glum;
sulky
etc.
(discontented)
832;
out of sorts,
out of humor,
out of heart,
out of spirits;
ill at ease,
low spirited,
in low spirits,
a cup too low;
weary
etc.
841;
discouraged,
disheartened;
desponding;
chapfallen†,
chopfallen†,
jaw fallen,
crest fallen.
sad,
pensive,
penseroso [It],
tristful†;
dolesome†,
doleful;
woebegone;
lacrymose,
lachrymose,
in tears,
melancholic,
hypped†,
hypochondriacal,
bilious,
jaundiced,
atrabilious†,
saturnine,
splenetic;
lackadaisical.
serious,
sedate,
staid,
stayed;
grave as a judge,
grave as an undertaker,
grave as a mustard pot;
sober,
sober as a judge,
solemn,
demure;
grim;
grim-faced,
grim-visaged;
rueful,
wan,
long-faced.
disconsolate;
unconsolable,
inconsolable;
forlorn,
comfortless,
desolate,
desole [Fr.],
sick at heart;
soul sick,
heart sick;
au desespoir [Fr.];
in despair
etc.
859;
lost.
overcome;
broken down,
borne down,
bowed down;
heartstricken
etc.
(mental suffering)
828†;
cut up,
dashed,
sunk;
unnerved,
unmanned;
down fallen,
downtrodden;
broken-hearted;
careworn.
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Roget 874:
disgraced
etc.
v.;
blown upon;
shorn of its beams"
[Milton],
shorn of one's glory;
overcome,
downtrodden;
loaded with shame
etc.
n.;
in bad repute
etc.
n.;
out of repute,
out of favor,
out of fashion,
out of countenance;
at a discount;
under a cloud,
under an eclipse;
unable to show one's face;
in the shade,
in the background;
out at elbows,
down at the elbows,
down in the world.
inglorious;
nameless,
renownless†;
obscure;
unknown to fame;
unnoticed,
unnoted†,
unhonored,
unglorified†.
shameful;
disgraceful,
discreditable,
disreputable;
despicable;
questionable;
unbecoming,
unworthy;
derogatory;
degrading,
humiliating,
infra dignitatem [Lat.],
dedecorous†;
scandalous,
infamous,
too bad,
unmentionable;
ribald,
opprobrious;
errant,
shocking,
outrageous,
notorious.
ignominious,
scrubby,
dirty,
abject,
vile,
beggarly,
pitiful,
low,
mean,
shabby base
etc.
(dishonorable)
940.
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Roget 959:
drunk,
tipsy;
intoxicated;
inebrious†,
inebriate,
inebriated;
in one's cups;
in a state of intoxication
etc.
n.;
temulent†,
temulentive†;
bombed,
smashed;
fuddled,
mellow,
cut,
boozy,
fou†,
fresh,
merry,
elevated;
flustered,
disguised,
groggy,
beery;
top-heavy;
potvaliant†,
glorious;
potulent†;
squiffy [Slang];
overcome,
overtaken;
whittled,
screwed [Slang],
tight,
primed,
corned,
raddled†,
sewed up [Slang],
lushy [Slang],
nappy†,
muddled,
muzzy†,
obfuscated,
maudlin;
crapulous†,
dead drunk.
woozy
[slightly drunk],
buzzed,
flush,
flushed.
inter pocula†;
in liquor,
the worse for liquor;
having had a drop too much,
half seas over,
three sheets in the wind,
three sheets to the wind;
under the table.
drunk as a lord,
drunk as a skunk,
drunk as a piper,
drunk as a fiddler,
drunk as Chloe,
drunk as an owl,
drunk as David's sow,
drunk as a wheelbarrow.
drunken,
bibacious†,
sottish;
given to drink,
addicted to drink,
addicted to the bottle;
toping
etc.
v..
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