'overwhelm' definitions:
Definition of 'overwhelm'
(from WordNet)
verb
Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli [syn: overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake]
verb
verb
Cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech" [syn: submerge, drown, overwhelm]
verb
Overcome by superior force [syn: overpower, overmaster, overwhelm]
Synonyms of 'overwhelm'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afflict,
- aggrieve,
- amaze,
- anguish,
- answer,
- answer conclusively,
- argue down,
- astonish,
- astound,
- awe,
- awestrike,
- baptize,
- be prodigal with,
- be strong,
- beat,
- beat down,
- bedaze,
- bedazzle,
- bend,
- bewilder,
- blank,
- board,
- boggle,
- bowl down,
- bowl over,
- break,
- break down,
- bring down,
- bring low,
- bring to tears,
- bring to terms,
- bulldoze,
- bury,
- cascade,
- cataract,
- clobber,
- confound,
- confuse,
- confute,
- conquer,
- contradict,
- controvert,
- cream,
- crush,
- cut up,
- daze,
- dazzle,
- defeat,
- defeat utterly,
- deluge,
- demolish,
- demoralize,
- deny,
- desolate,
- destroy,
- devastate,
- dip,
- discombobulate,
- dismiss,
- dispose of,
- disturb,
- douse,
- downgrade,
- draw tears,
- drown,
- drown out,
- drub,
- duck,
- dumbfound,
- dumbfounder,
- dunk,
- embitter,
- engulf,
- escalade,
- finish,
- flabbergast,
- flood,
- flood the market,
- floor,
- foray,
- grieve,
- humble,
- humiliate,
- immerge,
- immerse,
- inroad,
- inundate,
- invade,
- jam,
- knock over,
- lick,
- lower,
- make a raid,
- make an inroad,
- master,
- merge,
- nonplus,
- oppress,
- outroar,
- outshout,
- overbear,
- overbrim,
- overcome,
- overdose,
- overequip,
- overflow,
- overfurnish,
- overlavish,
- overmaster,
- overpower,
- overprovender,
- overprovide,
- overprovision,
- overrun,
- oversell,
- overstock,
- oversupply,
- overtax,
- overthrow,
- overturn,
- pack a punch,
- paralyze,
- parry,
- paste,
- perplex,
- petrify,
- plunge in water,
- pour out,
- pour over,
- prostrate,
- put to silence,
- quash,
- quell,
- raid,
- rebut,
- reduce,
- reduce to silence,
- refute,
- ruin,
- run over,
- scale,
- scale the walls,
- schmear,
- settle,
- shatter,
- shellac,
- shock,
- shout down,
- shut out,
- shut up,
- silence,
- sink,
- skunk,
- slop,
- slosh,
- smash all opposition,
- smear,
- smother,
- snow under,
- sorrow,
- souse,
- spill,
- spill out,
- spill over,
- squash,
- squelch,
- stagger,
- startle,
- steamroller,
- storm,
- strike dead,
- strike dumb,
- strike with wonder,
- stun,
- stupefy,
- subdue,
- submerge,
- submerse,
- subordinate,
- subvert,
- suppress,
- surprise,
- swamp,
- sweep,
- take aback,
- take by storm,
- thrash,
- torment,
- trample underfoot,
- tread underfoot,
- trim,
- tyrannize,
- undermine,
- unman,
- upset,
- weigh down,
- whelm,
- whitewash,
- whomp,
- whop,
- wreck