overwhelm
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
Types & categories
Sense 2 verb
charge someone with too many tasks
Types & categories
- burden hypernym
Related & opposite
- deluge derivation
Sense 3 verb
cover completely or make imperceptible
I was drowned in work
Types & categories
- spread over hypernym
Related & opposite
- drown out also see
Sense 4 verb
overcome by superior force
Types & categories
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | arouse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | devastate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | clutch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | kill |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | benight |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | knock out |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stagger |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lock |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deluge |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | burden |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | drown out |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | spread over |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | beat |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | steamroll |