Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | overcome, triumph over |
| Synonyms: | best, better, cap, clear, conquer, crest, crown, defeat, down, exceed, hurdle, leap, lick*, negotiate, outdo, outstrip, over, overpower, overtop, pass, prevail over, rise above, subdue, surpass, throw*, top*, vanquish, vault |
| Antonyms: | give in, surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pass over, often by jumping |
| Synonyms: | hurdle, leap, miss, negotiate, overleap, surmount, vault |
| Antonyms: | hit, run into |
| Main Entry: | conquer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat, overcome |
| Synonyms: | beat, bring to knees, checkmate, circumvent, clobber, control, cream*, crush, discomfit, drub, foil, frustrate, get the better of, humble, lick, master, outwit, overmaster, overpower, override, overthrow, prevail, quell, reduce, rout, shut down, subdue, subjugate, succeed, surmount, throw, thwart, total*, trample underfoot, trash, triumph, vanquish, whip, wipe off map, worst, zap |
| Antonyms: | capitulate, fail, give up, lose, retreat, succumb, surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crown |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be the culmination of |
| Synonyms: | cap, climax, complete, consummate, crest, finish, fulfill, perfect, put finishing touch on, round off, surmount, terminate, top, top off |
| Main Entry: | defeat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conquer in military manner |
| Synonyms: | ambush, annihilate, bar, bear down, beat, best, block, butcher, crush, decimate, demolish, discomfit, drown, entrap, finish off, halt, hinder, impede, lick, mow down, obliterate, obstruct, outflank, outmaneuver, overpower, overrun, overthrow, overwhelm, parry, prevail over, quell, reduce, repel, repress, repulse, roll back, rout, route, sack, scatter, shipwreck, sink, slaughter, smash, subdue, subjugate, suppress, surmount, swamp, torpedo, trample, trash, upset, vanquish, whip, wipe out |
| Notes: | decimate means to kill or destroy in large numbers; defeat means to win a victory over or to beat |
| Antonyms: | give up, lose, surrender |
| Main Entry: | defeat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | frustrate |
| Synonyms: | baffle, balk, beat down, beat the system, blank, block, bury, cast down, cause setback, checkmate, circumvent, confound, contravene, cook*, counterplot, cross, disappoint, discomfit, disconcert, disprove, edge out, foil, invalidate, neutralize, nonplus, nose out, nullify, outwit, overturn, put end to, puzzle, quell, reduce, refute, ruin, scuttle, shave, shellac, skunk, spoil, squash, stump, subdue, subjugate, surmount, take wind out of sails, throw for loop, thwart, undo, victimize |
| Notes: | decimate means to kill or destroy in large numbers; defeat means to win a victory over or to beat |
| Antonyms: | abet, aid, encourage, help, inspirit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | eclipse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surpass achievement |
| Synonyms: | exceed, excel, outdo, outshine, overrun, surmount, tower above, transcend |
| Antonyms: | fall behind |
| Main Entry: | exceed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be superior to; surpass |
| Synonyms: | beat, best, better, break record, cap, distance, eclipse, excel, get upper hand, go beyond, go by, have a jump on, have advantage, have it all over, out-distance, outdo, outpace, outreach, outrun, outshine, outstrip, overstep, overtake, overtax, pass, rise above, run circles around, surmount, top, transcend |
| Antonyms: | be inferior, fail, fall behind |
| Main Entry: | excel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be superior; surpass |
| Synonyms: | be good, be master of, be proficient, be skillful, be talented, beat, best, better, cap, come through, eclipse, exceed, go beyond, go to town, improve upon, make it, outdo, outrival, outshine, outstrip, pass, predominate, shine, show talent, surmount, take precedence, top, transcend, wax |
| Antonyms: | be inferior, fail |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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