Synonyms for Over-whelm:

• adj.

  •infest (adjective)
  • crowd,
  • flock,
  • harry,
  • plague,
  • teem,
  • overspread,
  • penetrate,
  • throng,
  • annoy,
  • abound,
  • defile,
  • pollute,
  • crawl,
  • pester,
  • harass,
  • infect.

• n.

  •ruination (noun)
  • destroyer,
  • bane,
  • wrecker,
  • downfall,
  • destruction,
  • undoing.

• v.

  •astonish (verb)
  • boggle,
  • astound,
  • throw a curve,
  • overwhelm,
  • flabbergast,
  • startle,
  • stupefy,
  • take aback,
  • daze,
  • amaze,
  • spring on,
  • blow away,
  • blow one's mind,
  • put one away,
  • knock over.
  •astound (verb)
  • knock over with feather,
  • astonish.
  •attack (verb)
  • beset,
  • bash,
  • bust,
  • stab,
  • bombard,
  • blister,
  • take the offensive,
  • strike,
  • molest,
  • aggress,
  • bat,
  • harm,
  • assault,
  • invade,
  • beat,
  • clock,
  • bop,
  • ambush,
  • chop down,
  • blast,
  • mug,
  • boff,
  • HIT,
  • set upon,
  • bean,
  • pounce upon,
  • knock cold,
  • hurt,
  • jump,
  • slog,
  • biff,
  • storm,
  • rush,
  • club,
  • whop,
  • clip,
  • cook,
  • soak,
  • infiltrate,
  • turn on,
  • wallop,
  • kick,
  • advance,
  • boot,
  • larrup,
  • lay siege to,
  • knock block off,
  • brain,
  • combat,
  • knock for a loop,
  • raid,
  • assail,
  • besiege,
  • charge,
  • punch,
  • light into.
  •beat (verb)
  • excel,
  • transcend,
  • shoot ahead of,
  • vanquish,
  • outrival,
  • best,
  • outstrip,
  • outshine,
  • subdue,
  • overtake,
  • triumph,
  • outdo,
  • better,
  • be victorious,
  • outrun,
  • top,
  • outplay,
  • exceed.
  •bedazzle (verb)
  • blind,
  • enchant,
  • dazzle.
  •bemuse (verb)
  • moon,
  • addle,
  • daydream,
  • pipe dream,
  • perplex,
  • paralyze,
  • muddle,
  • gather wool.
  •boggle (verb)
  • fill with wonder.
  •burden (verb)
  • overcharge,
  • bother,
  • oppress,
  • hinder,
  • vex,
  • tax,
  • cumber,
  • strain,
  • dish out,
  • snow under,
  • snow,
  • obligate,
  • overload,
  • make heavy,
  • handicap,
  • press,
  • give it to,
  • afflict,
  • saddle with,
  • trouble,
  • stick it to,
  • hamper,
  • worry,
  • dish it out,
  • dump on,
  • encumber,
  • impede,
  • bear down on,
  • depress,
  • try,
  • lade,
  • weigh down,
  • load,
  • pile.
  •capture (verb)
  • cop,
  • tumble,
  • take into custody,
  • pinch,
  • arrest,
  • get,
  • net,
  • trap,
  • secure,
  • take,
  • nail,
  • prehend,
  • collar,
  • take prisoner,
  • apprehend,
  • catch,
  • snatch,
  • seize,
  • round up,
  • gain control,
  • put the cuffs on,
  • bag,
  • grab,
  • occupy,
  • land,
  • run in,
  • nab,
  • pick up,
  • pull in,
  • take captive,
  • hook,
  • snare.
  •confute (verb)
  • dismay,
  • parry,
  • prove wrong,
  • invalidate,
  • negate,
  • subvert,
  • controvert,
  • break,
  • rebut,
  • blow sky high,
  • set aside,
  • expose,
  • shut up,
  • tap,
  • demolish,
  • silence,
  • oppugn,
  • prove false,
  • put down,
  • disprove,
  • contradict,
  • knocks props out from under,
  • bring to naught,
  • overturn.
  •consume (verb)
  • devastate,
  • extinguish,
  • eat up,
  • suppress,
  • decay,
  • lay waste,
  • expend,
  • annihilate,
  • raze,
  • waste,
  • ruin,
  • ravage,
  • exhaust.
  •crush (verb)
  • chagrin,
  • dispose of,
  • browbeat,
  • strangle,
  • obliterate,
  • bear down,
  • dump,
  • quell,
  • quelch,
  • abash,
  • subjugate,
  • quash,
  • force down,
  • put away,
  • stamp out,
  • blot out,
  • reduce,
  • ice,
  • squelch,
  • mortify,
  • shame.
  •daze (verb)
  • benumb,
  • dizzy,
  • blur,
  • petrify,
  • befuddle,
  • mix up,
  • distract,
  • befog,
  • mystify,
  • rock,
  • numb,
  • fuddle,
  • disorder.
  •dazzle (verb)
  • fascinate,
  • bedazzle,
  • overawe,
  • excite,
  • glitz,
  • razzle-dazzle,
  • impress,
  • awe,
  • strike dumb,
  • hypnotize.
  •defeat (verb)
  • decimate,
  • halt,
  • route,
  • repress,
  • entrap,
  • sack,
  • prevail over,
  • surmount,
  • lick,
  • finish off,
  • trash,
  • wipe out,
  • sink,
  • roll back,
  • trample,
  • block,
  • outmaneuver,
  • repulse,
  • scatter,
  • torpedo,
  • bar,
  • repel,
  • shipwreck,
  • smash,
  • slaughter,
  • mow down,
  • obstruct,
  • butcher,
  • discomfit,
  • outflank.
  •deluge (verb)
  • sluice,
  • sop,
  • stream,
  • gush,
  • whelm,
  • drench,
  • pour,
  • douse,
  • flood,
  • souse,
  • wet,
  • flush.
  •drown (verb)
  • dip,
  • asphyxiate,
  • stifle,
  • plunge,
  • immerse,
  • go under,
  • go down,
  • suffocate.
  •dumbfound (verb)
  • nonplus,
  • throw into a tizzy,
  • throw.
  •engulf (verb)
  • encompass,
  • consume,
  • swallow up,
  • envelop,
  • engross,
  • imbibe.
  •fascinate (verb)
  • bewitch,
  • arouse,
  • pique,
  • entice,
  • charm,
  • transport,
  • invite,
  • animate,
  • compel,
  • titillate,
  • enrapture,
  • kindle,
  • entrance,
  • engage,
  • spellbind,
  • ravish,
  • please,
  • beguile,
  • intoxicate,
  • stimulate,
  • delight,
  • enslave,
  • transfix,
  • tantalize,
  • attract,
  • enamor,
  • provoke,
  • attach,
  • infatuate,
  • seduce,
  • absorb,
  • allure,
  • draw,
  • fire,
  • thrill,
  • rivet,
  • ensnare,
  • tempt,
  • gladden,
  • interest,
  • lure,
  • intrigue,
  • enthrall,
  • mesmerize,
  • stir.
  •flabbergast (verb)
  • disconcert,
  • make speechless,
  • throw for a loop.
  •flood (verb)
  • fill,
  • oversupply,
  • pour over,
  • brim over,
  • choke,
  • swarm,
  • flow,
  • surge,
  • saturate,
  • glut,
  • sweep.
  •gang up on (verb)
  • join forces against.
  •glut (verb)
  • congest,
  • cram,
  • cloy,
  • satiate,
  • hog,
  • clog,
  • devour,
  • overstock,
  • make a pig of,
  • burden,
  • stuff,
  • overfeed,
  • wolf,
  • jade,
  • sate,
  • surfeit,
  • pack,
  • feast,
  • raven,
  • gorge,
  • pall.
  •hit (verb)
  • attain,
  • affect,
  • reach,
  • arrive at,
  • gain,
  • touch,
  • occur,
  • achieve,
  • leave a mark,
  • influence.
  •lade (verb)
  • weight,
  • freight.
  •lick (verb)
  • slap,
  • smear,
  • surpass,
  • lambaste,
  • trounce,
  • down,
  • master,
  • clobber,
  • flog,
  • spank,
  • trim,
  • hurdle.
  •oppress (verb)
  • distress,
  • maltreat,
  • beat down,
  • persecute,
  • pick on,
  • dispirit,
  • force,
  • keep down,
  • torture,
  • dishearten,
  • prey on,
  • Despotize,
  • abuse,
  • put upon,
  • saddle,
  • ride,
  • outrage,
  • sadden,
  • torment,
  • aggrieve,
  • wrong,
  • put screws to,
  • tyrranize,
  • put the squeeze on,
  • weigh heavy upon,
  • hound,
  • rule.
  •overcome (verb)
  • worst,
  • get the better of,
  • triumph over,
  • survive,
  • knock socks off,
  • outlive,
  • weather,
  • get around,
  • prevail,
  • rise above,
  • come out on top,
  • render.
  •overload (verb)
  • overburden.
  •overpower (verb)
  • cream,
  • take out,
  • immobilize,
  • shellack,
  • bulldoze,
  • lay one out,
  • shut off,
  • blank,
  • knock out,
  • take care of,
  • murder,
  • wax,
  • roll over.
  •overrun (verb)
  • overgrow,
  • run over,
  • overshoot,
  • go beyond,
  • inroad,
  • spread like wildfire,
  • permeate,
  • foray,
  • well over,
  • put to flight,
  • run on,
  • spill,
  • overstep.
  •overtake (verb)
  • come upon,
  • leave behind,
  • take by surprise,
  • befall,
  • catch up with,
  • get past,
  • get to,
  • overhaul,
  • outdistance,
  • happen,
  • gain on.
  •overthrow (verb)
  • dethrone,
  • do away with,
  • bring down,
  • topple,
  • purge,
  • put an end to,
  • terminate,
  • upend,
  • eradicate,
  • oust,
  • knock down,
  • liquidate,
  • unseat,
  • depose,
  • exterminate,
  • tip,
  • bring to ruin,
  • abolish,
  • level.
  •overwhelm (verb)
  • drub,
  • steamroller,
  • disturb,
  • overpower,
  • conquer,
  • submerge,
  • bewilder,
  • demoralize,
  • overrun,
  • win,
  • confound,
  • confuse,
  • stagger,
  • run circles around,
  • floor,
  • thrash,
  • dumbfound,
  • upset,
  • smother,
  • surprise,
  • whip,
  • engulf,
  • do in,
  • destroy,
  • crush,
  • bowl over,
  • wreck,
  • stun,
  • deluge,
  • massacre,
  • total,
  • overflow,
  • puzzle,
  • overcome,
  • inundate,
  • overthrow,
  • subordinate,
  • drown,
  • shock,
  • bury,
  • rout,
  • swamp,
  • defeat,
  • render speechless,
  • shatter,
  • kill,
  • prostrate,
  • blow out of the water,
  • downgrade.
  •ravage (verb)
  • dismantle,
  • gut,
  • desecrate,
  • loot,
  • sweep away,
  • despoil,
  • disorganize,
  • forage,
  • rob,
  • desolate,
  • wrest,
  • strip,
  • capture,
  • Spoliate,
  • prey,
  • pillage,
  • impair,
  • plunder,
  • pull down,
  • damage,
  • spoil,
  • break up,
  • wreak havoc,
  • leave in ruins,
  • rape,
  • disrupt,
  • pirate.
  •ruin (verb)
  • deface,
  • impoverish,
  • wreak havoc on,
  • dilapidate,
  • disfigure,
  • mar,
  • botch,
  • bankrupt,
  • injure,
  • make a mess of,
  • Depredate,
  • deplore,
  • maim,
  • mutilate,
  • clean out,
  • mangle,
  • drain,
  • wrack,
  • pauperize,
  • deplete,
  • beggar,
  • spoilate,
  • use up,
  • fleece.
  •seize (verb)
  • claw,
  • impound,
  • take by storm,
  • confiscate,
  • exact,
  • pounce,
  • arrogate,
  • annex,
  • incorporate,
  • wrench,
  • usurp,
  • commandeer,
  • kidnap,
  • snag,
  • carry off,
  • lift,
  • grasp,
  • throttle,
  • spirit away,
  • clutch,
  • appropriate,
  • take possession of,
  • take over,
  • hijack.
  •shock (verb)
  • disgust,
  • electrify,
  • offend,
  • horrify,
  • agitate,
  • insult,
  • hit like ton of bricks,
  • traumatize,
  • disquiet,
  • revolt,
  • displease,
  • jolt,
  • shake up,
  • appall,
  • shake,
  • anger,
  • scandalize,
  • jar,
  • unsettle,
  • give a turn,
  • sicken,
  • antagonize,
  • nauseate.
  •sink (verb)
  • descend,
  • drill,
  • couch,
  • lower,
  • capsize,
  • drop,
  • set,
  • go to the bottom,
  • disappear,
  • slope,
  • plummet,
  • decline,
  • sag,
  • drive,
  • slump,
  • stoop,
  • ebb,
  • lay,
  • run,
  • cast down,
  • droop,
  • let down,
  • founder,
  • thrust,
  • dig,
  • settle,
  • scuttle,
  • subside,
  • tip over,
  • Demit,
  • excavate,
  • fall,
  • bore,
  • regress,
  • flounder,
  • cave in,
  • stick,
  • ram,
  • touch bottom.
  •slaughter (verb)
  • do in exterminate,
  • finish,
  • total trounce,
  • slay.
  •smother (verb)
  • control,
  • shower,
  • surround,
  • simmer down,
  • heap,
  • collect,
  • muffle,
  • keep back,
  • rein,
  • quench,
  • shroud,
  • cool,
  • compose,
  • snuff,
  • hush up,
  • restrain,
  • cork,
  • conceal.
  •stagger (verb)
  • give a shock,
  • consternate,
  • take breath away,
  • throw off balance,
  • stump.
  •stun/stupefy (verb)
  • bemuse,
  • knock unconscious,
  • fog.
  •stupefy (verb)
  • blunt,
  • besot,
  • Hebetate,
  • dull,
  • daunt,
  • faze.
  •submerge (verb)
  • sound,
  • duck,
  • submerse,
  • impregnate.
  •surprise (verb)
  • strike with awe,
  • cause wonder,
  • leave open-mouthed,
  • rattle,
  • leave aghast,
  • spring something on,
  • take one's breath away.
  •take (verb)
  • wile,
  • entertain,
  • win favor,
  • become popular,
  • magnetize.
  •thrash (verb)
  • cane,
  • jerk,
  • belt,
  • paste,
  • thresh,
  • buffet,
  • chasten,
  • flagellate,
  • scourge,
  • birch,
  • toss,
  • tan,
  • batter,
  • writhe,
  • pummel,
  • pelt,
  • maul,
  • pound,
  • punish,
  • belabor,
  • seesaw,
  • work over,
  • beat up,
  • tan one's hide,
  • toss and turn,
  • chastise,
  • pitch.
  •thresh (verb)
  • flail.
  •throw (verb)
  • project,
  • hurl,
  • put,
  • fling,
  • cant,
  • send,
  • fling off,
  • impel,
  • catapult,
  • let fly,
  • fell,
  • pepper,
  • flick,
  • launch,
  • butt,
  • unhorse,
  • buck,
  • dash,
  • sprinkle,
  • spray,
  • stone,
  • heave,
  • dislodge,
  • start,
  • strew,
  • splatter,
  • bunt,
  • pellet,
  • sling,
  • bandy,
  • chuck,
  • lapidate,
  • flip,
  • deliver,
  • barrage,
  • waft,
  • shy,
  • lob,
  • cast,
  • shove,
  • peg,
  • volley,
  • precipitate,
  • push,
  • let go,
  • discharge.
  •trample (verb)
  • flatten,
  • encroach,
  • tramp,
  • squash,
  • infringe,
  • stamp,
  • step on,
  • stomp,
  • grind,
  • bruise,
  • violate,
  • tread,
  • Tromp,
  • ride roughshod over,
  • override.
  •triumph (verb)
  • prosper,
  • beat the game,
  • take the cake,
  • strike it big,
  • flourish,
  • win hands down,
  • win out,
  • dominate,
  • carry the day,
  • take it all,
  • get last laugh,
  • beat the system,
  • thrive.
  •trounce (verb)
  • lather,
  • dust,
  • fix one's wagon,
  • hammer,
  • pommel,
  • make mincemeat of,
  • cook one's goose,
  • cap,
  • wipe off the mat,
  • walk over.
  •vanquish (verb)
  • humble.
  •whip (verb)
  • mop up,
  • whomp,
  • take apart.
  •win (verb)
  • shut out,
  • come in first,
  • be first,
  • walk away with,
  • walk off with,
  • edge,
  • take the prize,
  • gain victory,
  • finish in front.

Antonyms for Over-whelm:

• n.

  • ruination
    building, success, creation.

• v.

  • astonish
    bore, expect, calm.
  • astound
    dull.
  • attack
    guard, defend, slough off, retreat, protect, shelter, shield, submit, leave alone, decrease, sustain, support, withstand, be lazy, resist.
  • beat
    give up, cede, be inferior, relinquish, fall behind.
  • bemuse
    tell, illuminate.
  • burden
    please, promote, relieve, make happy, unburden, cheer, permit, allow, delight, release, soothe, further.
  • capture
    give, free, receive, offer, misunderstand, liberate, let go, be immune.
  • confute
    agree, validate, verify, hide, confirm, fix, obey, endorse, attest, give in, prove, concede, affirm, approve.
  • consume
    neglect, repair, starve, fast, not use, build, gather, accumulate, collect, save, store, construct.
  • crush
    compliment, build up, uncompress, start, praise, Unwrinkle.
  • daze
    explicate.
  • defeat
    attract, forward, clear, push, advance, win, float, abet, increase, strengthen, open, grow, facilitate.
  • deluge
    dry, dehydrate.
  • drown
    rescue, ascend.
  • dumbfound
    lay out.
  • fascinate
    discourage, disenchant, deter, repulse, dissuade, depress, disgust, offend, Disenthrall, deaden, stop, incite, turn off, forget, repel, tire, prevent, disinterest, reject, displease, refuse.
  • glut
    deplete, moderate, dissatisfy, diet, deprive, abstain, suppress, repress, reduce.
  • hit
    miss.
  • oppress
    benefit, gladden, boost.
  • overpower
    preserve.
  • overrun
    evacuate.
  • overthrow
    hold, establish, uphold, keep, institute, straighten.
  • overwhelm
    clear up, comfort, clarify, surrender, explain, assist, create, help, not impress, aid, uncover, forfeit, underwhelm, fail, organize, yield, inspirit, encourage, order, enlighten, lose.
  • pauperize
    expand, invigorate, fill.
  • ravage
    bear, mend, improve.
  • ruin
    beautify, heal, develop, decorate, cure, adorn, sanctify, ornament, honor.
  • seize
    pass, drop, unfasten, loosen.
  • shock
    placate, appease, quiet, compose.
  • sink
    excite, lift, halt, go up, fight, brave, succeed, rise, raise.
  • slaughter
    give birth.
  • smother
    loose, disperse, scatter, light.
  • submerge
    surface.
  • submerse
    remove, displace.
  • take
    avoid, add, misconceive, maintain, dodge, discontinue, disallow, be honest.
  • thrash
    be still, tap.
  • throw
    catch, slow, pull.
  • trample
    observe.
  • triumph
    be sad, languish.
  • unhorse
    place.