| VERB | emotion | overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake | overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | overwhelm, deluge, flood out | charge someone with too many tasks | |
| contact | overwhelm, submerge, drown | cover completely or make imperceptible | |
| competition | overwhelm, overpower, overmaster | overcome by superior force |
| Sounds | ow.verhhweh'lm; ow.verweh'lm | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Anselm ... realm: 5 rhymes with ehlm... | |
| Meaning | Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake | |
| Narrower | benight | overtake with darkness or night |
| devastate | overwhelm or overpower | |
| kill | overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration | |
| knock out | overwhelm with admiration | |
| lock | hold fast (in a certain state) | |
| seize, clutch, get hold of | affect | |
| stagger | astound or overwhelm, as with shock | |
| Broader | arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke | Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) |
| Spanish | abrumar, agobiar, apabullar, desbordar | |
| Catalan | aclaparar, desbordar, superar | |
| Meaning | Charge someone with too many tasks. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody with something | |
| Synonyms | deluge, flood out | |
| Broader | charge, saddle, burden | impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to |
| Spanish | abrumar, agobiar | |
| Catalan | agobiar | |
| Meaning | Cover completely or make imperceptible. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | submerge, drown | |
| Broader | cover, spread over | form a cover over |
| Spanish | sumergir | |
| Meaning | Overcome by superior force. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The fighter managed to overwhelm his opponent | |
| Synonyms | overpower, overmaster | |
| Narrower | steamroller, steamroll | overwhelm by using great force |
| Broader | beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish | Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict |
| Spanish | abrumar, dominar, vencer | |
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