overcome

/ˈoʊvɚkˌʌm/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. win a victory over
   “You must overcome all difficulties”
2. get on top of; deal with successfully
   “He overcame his shyness”
3. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
4. overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome
   “Heart disease can get the best of us”

Synonyms for overcome

• get the better of
• defeat
• get over
• subdue
• surmount
• master
• overwhelm
• overpower
• sweep over
• whelm
• overtake
• get the best
• have the best

Words that rhyme with overcome

• come
• gum
• drum
• plumb
• sum
• bum
• hum
• crumb
• thumb
• plum
• some
• become
• dumb
• mum
• numb
• chum
• humdrum
• rum
• scum
• glum
• outcome
• slum
• strum
• succumb
• breadcrumb
• cum
• income
• ancrum
• baucum
• bluhm