Synonyms for overtake
Definitions
- v. 1
To pass a slower moving object or entity (on the side closest to oncoming traffic).
The car was so slow we were overtaken by a bus.
- v. 2
To become greater than something else in quantity, worth, etc.
Grocery sales in the north have overtaken those in the south.
Forms
- Past participle
- overtaken
e.g. overtaken → overwhelmed, overpowered, crushed, whelmed…
Example sentences
- overcome We helped each other to overcome the difficulties.
- crush I didn't know that you used to have a crush on me.
- overwhelm Do you find first dates enjoyable or do they overwhelm you?
- overpower Layla knew that she couldn't physically overpower Sami.
- forge Algeria needs to forge a path for others to follow.
- attain To attain his goal, Tom moved the heaven and earth.
By length
- 4 letters
- make1, pass1
- 5 letters
- catch1, crush1, forge1, excel2, whelm
- 6 letters
- exceed2, attain2, befall2
- 8 letters
- overcome3, overhaul3, outstrip2
- 9 letters
- overwhelm3, overpower4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (excel2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- doubler
- Italiano
- raddoppiare
- Deutsch
- duplizieren