overwhelming

Speech parts

1. overwhelming - Noun

2. overwhelming - Adjective

3. overwhelming - Verb

5. overwhelming - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Overwhelm

Overpowering; irresistible.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

consuming overpowering strong fantastic amazing astounding powerful massive beautiful intense enormous impressive devastating tremendous surprising

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Antonyms

dolce bijou common small little short

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Phrases with the word

overwhelming majority overwhelming defeat overwhelming the opposition overwhelming fear of phobias overwhelming flow overwhelming number

Examples

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into small, manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one. Mark Twain

The overwhelming majority of theories are rejected because they contain bad explanations, not because they fail experimental tests. David Deutsch

The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new therefore always appears in the guise of a miracle. Hannah Arendt

We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming. Wernher von Braun

A real friend takes the hand of his friend in overwhelming worry and fire. Afghan Proverb

Overwhelming courtesy raises concern that you may be being deceitful. Sicilian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

overwhelmed by overwhelmedness overwhelmer overwhelming bombing overwhelming defeat overwhelming dominion