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surmount
verb
1 surmount
Get on top of; deal with successfully.
synonyms: get over, master, overcome, subdue.
Roget 206:
be high
etc.
adj.;
tower,
soar,
command;
hover,
hover over,
fly over;
orbit,
be in orbit;
cap,
culminate;
overhang,
hang over,
impend,
beetle,
bestride,
ride,
mount;
perch,
surmount;
cover
etc.
223;
overtop
etc.
(be superior)
33;
stand on tiptoe.
become high
etc.
adj.;
grow higher,
grow taller;
upgrow†;
rise
etc.
(ascend)
305;
send into orbit.
render high
etc.
adj.;
heighten
etc.
(elevate)
307.
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Dutch: overwinnen
2 surmount
3 surmount
Reach the highest point of.
synonym: scale.
Roget 305:
ascend,
rise,
mount,
arise,
uprise;
go up,
get up,
work one's way up,
start up;
shoot up,
go into orbit;
float up;
bubble up;
aspire.
climb,
clamber,
ramp,
scramble,
escalade†,
surmount;
shin,
shinny,
shinney;
scale,
scale the heights.
[cause to go up]
raise,
elevate
etc.
307.
go aloft,
fly aloft;
tower,
soar,
take off;
spring up,
pop up,
jump up,
catapult upwards,
explode upwards;
hover,
spire,
plane,
swim,
float,
surge;
leap
etc.
309.
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4 surmount
Be or do something to a greater degree.
synonyms: exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surpass.
Roget 303:
transgress,
surpass,
pass;
go beyond,
go by;
show in front,
come to the front;
shoot ahead of;
steal a march upon,
steal a gain upon.
overstep,
overpass,
overreach,
overgo†,
override,
overleap,
overjump†,
overskip†,
overlap,
overshoot the mark;
outstrip,
outleap,
outjump,
outgo,
outstep†,
outrun,
outride,
outrival,
outdo;
beat,
beat hollow;
distance;
leave in the lurch,
leave in the rear;
throw into the shade;
exceed,
transcend,
surmount;
soar
etc.
(rise)
305.
encroach,
trespass,
infringe,
trench upon,
entrench on,
intrench on†;
strain;
stretch a point,
strain a point;
cross the Rubicon.
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Dutch: overtreffen, overklassen, overtroeven
Moby thesaurus: beat, best, bestraddle, bestride, better, cap, clamber, clamber up, clear, climax, climb, climb over, climb up, command, conquer, consummate, crest, crown, culminate, deck, defeat, dominate, down, escalade, finish, floor, frost, head, hurdle, ice, leap, lick, look down upon, master, mount, negotiate, outdo, outstrip, outtop, over, overarch, overcome, overleap, overlook, overmaster, overmatch, overpower, overset, overshadow, overthrow, overtop, overturn, peak, prevail over, ramp, rise above, scale, scale the heights, scrabble up, scramble up, send flying, shin, shin up, shinny, silence, struggle up, surpass, terminate, throw, tip, top, top off, tower above, tower over, trip, trip up, triumph over, upclimb, upset, vault ... show more.
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