overbear

verb

ˌō-vər-ˈber How to pronounce overbear (audio)
Definition of overbearnext
as in to overcome
to achieve a victory over that year the football team simply overbore opponent after opponent with steamroller ruthlessness

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Recent Examples of overbear The relationships run the spectrum of tremendous partnerships to overbearing fathers. — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 1 June 2023 Beyond the regular challenges of everyday existence—chaotic households, traffic jams, overbearing bosses—the looming presence of a deadly virus over the past three years has made even mundane decisions feel fraught. — Erik Olsen, Popular Science, 4 May 2023 In the absence of hard numbers, RTO demands can look like overbearing and infantilizing attempts to micromanage employees who are already performing well. — Simon Willis, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2023 This is a subtly engaging automobile—enjoyable and refined but never overbearing. — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 4 Apr. 2023 See All Example Sentences for overbear
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overbear
  1. overcome
  2. defeat
  3. master
  4. take
  5. best
  6. beat
  7. conquer
  8. subdue
Verb
  • Republicans will need Democratic support to overcome a 60-vote threshold to be able to pass the bill in the Senate.
    — John Parkinson, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2025
  • After Republicans in the House and Senate had forged ahead on their own budget blueprints earlier this year, the Senate on Saturday adopted the compromise resolution, giving the House just days to overcome opposition and get it over the finish line before the recess.
    — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
Definition of overcome
Verb
  • Both competitors defeated four female opponents each to get to the championship bout.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • In Brazil’s 2023 Presidential election, Lula da Silva defeated Jair Bolsonaro by less than two percentage points.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2025
Definition of defeat
Verb
  • Now, a new study adds basic geometry to the list of subjects these brainy birds seem to be able to master.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Any club would naturally be eager to sign a player who has mastered the most fundamental skill required to excel as a striker.
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Definition of master
Verb
  • Many guests spend their entire vacation inside the Disney bubble – playing in the parks, staying at Disney hotels, dining at Disney restaurants, taking resort transportation and more.
    — Eve Chen, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Every late November and early December, the Anegada Lobster Festival takes the island's year-round lobster love and turns it into an obsession, with local restaurants featuring special dishes and plenty of events making the spiny Anegada lobster the star of the show.
    — Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2025
Definition of take
Verb
  • In the February primary, House bested Henyard, garnering 88% of the vote.
    — Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The Gators, who won their first NCAA men’s championship title since 2007 and third overall, bested the Cougars by a razor-thin margin: 65-63.
    — Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
Definition of best
Verb
  • Her decision to turn down the Apple beat at the Journal in 2007, the year the iPhone was released, in order to pursue an M.F.A. in fiction propels an exploration of how much human creativity depends on the ideas and labor of others.
    — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Her defense has raised the possibility that someone else beat him to death and left him in the cold.
    — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Definition of beat
Verb
  • The memory unit sits close to a CPU or GPU, to conquer latency and provide high bandwidth with low power consumption.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Strawberry Lemonade Any cook can conquer these fresh, celebratory recipes.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2025
Definition of conquer
Verb
  • Subdued volatility Unlike traditional assets, bitcoin’s pops and drops were relatively subdued this week, which some investors took as a mark of its maturity.
    — Tanaya Macheel, CNBC, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Up until last week, the president had been more subdued in his criticism of the central bank than in his first term.
    — Colby Smith, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Definition of subdue

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“Overbear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overbear. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.

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