Definition for Overbear:

• To overpower; repress; crush down.

Synonyms for Overbear:

• v.

  •browbeat (verb)
  • bluster,
  • bulldoze,
  • bludgeon,
  • threaten,
  • coerce,
  • oppress,
  • frighten,
  • intimidate,
  • harass,
  • hector,
  • cow,
  • badger,
  • tyrannize.
  •bully (verb)
  • menace,
  • torment,
  • swagger,
  • persecute,
  • terrorize,
  • torture,
  • enforce.
  •command (verb)
  • exact,
  • repress,
  • hold office,
  • sway,
  • run,
  • supervise,
  • prescribe,
  • guide,
  • coach,
  • superintend,
  • constrain,
  • administer,
  • determine,
  • compel,
  • preside over,
  • reign over,
  • reign,
  • predominate,
  • stop,
  • prevail,
  • charge,
  • check,
  • head,
  • push,
  • restrain,
  • subdue,
  • direct,
  • conduct,
  • have authority,
  • regulate,
  • hinder,
  • override,
  • curb,
  • manage,
  • wield,
  • dictate,
  • influence,
  • force,
  • boss,
  • officiate,
  • lead,
  • govern,
  • conquer,
  • take over,
  • exercise power,
  • control.
  •creation (verb)
  • overbear.
  •dominate (verb)
  • hold sway over,
  • play first fiddle,
  • overrule,
  • keep under thumb,
  • Superabound,
  • run the show,
  • call the shots,
  • eclipse,
  • handle,
  • sit on top of,
  • have upper hand,
  • rule the roost,
  • lead by the nose,
  • prevail over,
  • lay down the law,
  • subjugate,
  • detract from,
  • subject,
  • outshine,
  • monopolize,
  • have one's way,
  • preponderate,
  • overshadow.
  •domineer (verb)
  • boss around,
  • Henpeck,
  • throw weight around,
  • bend,
  • in the driver's seat,
  • be in the saddle,
  • kick around,
  • rule,
  • run things,
  • push the buttons.
  •preponderate (verb)
  • reign supreme.
  •pride (verb)
  • crow,
  • exult,
  • boast,
  • gasconade,
  • be proud,
  • prance,
  • glory in,
  • brag,
  • presume,
  • hold head high,
  • vaunt,
  • preen,
  • swell,
  • revel in,
  • strut,
  • congratulate,
  • puff up,
  • pique,
  • plume,
  • flatter oneself,
  • felicitate.

• Other synonyms:

  •command
  • Wielding,
  • over-ride,
  • governs,
  • prevails,
  • predominates,
  • presided over,
  • taking over.
  •dominate
  • Subjected,
  • Subjecting,
  • led by the nose,
  • call shots.
  •domineer
  • running things,
  • kicked around,
  • be in saddle,
  • kicking around,
  • in driver's seat,
  • throwing weight around,
  • henpecked.
  •pride
  • puffing up,
  • Preened.

Antonyms for Overbear:

• v.

  • browbeat
    aid, assist, boost, compliment, praise, help, coax, leave alone.
  • bully
    relieve, please, make happy, delight, alleviate, allow.
  • command
    countermand, oppose, comply, obey, contradict, give up, free, yield, abandon, let go, retreat, permit, recall, leave, lose, neglect, follow, consent, submit, revoke, release, surrender, liberate, encourage, reverse, start, mismanage, advance, serve.
  • dominate
    be below, go along.
  • preponderate
    fall behind.
  • pride
    deprecate, be modest, humble.
  • Other antonyms:
    fail, flunk, wash out, fall, collapse, go down, flop, fold, go under.

Overbear Sentence Examples:

• And something there was about the moonlight on that fair Virginian night, and the heaviness of the honey - scents, and the pressure of love and life on every side, in bush and vine and tree and nest, which seemed to overbear me and sweep me along as on the crest of some green tide of spring.

• This is he, the wanderer from a foreign home, foreshewn of fate for his son, and called to a realm of equal dominion, whose race should be excellent in valour and their might overbear all the world.

Hyponym for Overbear:

• v.

  • creation
    turn out, bear.
  • stative
    dominate.