Word Meanings - OVERPOWER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to vanquish; to subdue; as, the light overpowers the eyes. "And overpower'd that gallant few." Wordsworth. Syn. -- To overbear; overcome; vanquish; defeat; crush; overwhelm; overthrow; rout; conquer;

Additional info about word: OVERPOWER

To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to vanquish; to subdue; as, the light overpowers the eyes. "And overpower'd that gallant few." Wordsworth. Syn. -- To overbear; overcome; vanquish; defeat; crush; overwhelm; overthrow; rout; conquer; subdue.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of OVERPOWER)

• Conquer
• Subdue
• vanquish
• surmount
• overcome
• overpower
• overthrow
• defeat
• crush
• master
• subjugate
• prevail over
• Master
• subdue
• Quell
• Extinguish
• destroy
• reduce
• allay
• stifle
• quiet
• pacify
• quench
• repress
• suppress
• calm
• put out
• Repress
• Crush
• quell
• check
• restrain
• curb
• mitigate
• damp
• control
• Stun
• Confound
• bewilder
• dumbfounder
• astonish
• stupefy
• overwhelm
• electrify

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of OVERPOWER)

• Loose
• liberate
• instigate
• accelerate
• license
• indulge
• allow
• abet
• Neglect
• abandon
• berate
• free
• mismanage
• misconduct
• Secure
• promote
• insure
• speed
• advance
• establish
• aid
• Rouse
• excite
• disturb
• agitate
• stir
• urge
• goad

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• SPEECHLESS
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