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Definition: Overmaster |
OvermasterVerb1. Overcome by superior force. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "overmaster" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1678. (references) |
Synonyms: OvermasterSynonyms: overpower (v), overwhelm (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Success | Defeat, conquer, vanquish, discomfit; euchre; overcome, overthrow, overpower, overmaster, overmatch, overset, override, overreach; outwit, outdo, outflank, outmaneuver, outgeneral, outvote; take the wind out of one's adversary's sails; beat, beat hollow; rout, lick, drub, floor, worst; put down, put to flight, put to the rout, put hors de combat, put out of court. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "overmaster"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mposht (conquer, depress, lick, manage, outdo, overbear, overcome, overpower, quench, restrain, subdue, take care of, vanquish), kapërcej (bypass, climb over, cross, exceed, fight off, get over, go one better than, hop, lap, leap, leave out, miss out, outdo, overbalance, overcome, overpower, span, surmount, transcend, turn, vault). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قهر (beat, compulsion, conquer, crush, defeat, defeating, force, get the better of, overbear, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, subdual, subdue, subjugate, subjugation, tame, vanquish), غلب (defeat, overpower, overwhelm, predominate, prevail, prostrate, subdue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | овладявам (dominate, govern, invade, master, obsess, overcome, overpower, permeate, possess, pull together), преодолявам (bear down, break through, fight, get over, hurdle, live down, master, negotiate, overcome, overpass, overpower, override, overrule, pass over, prevail, ride out, surmount, vanquish, win through), побеждавам (beat, conquer, defeat, down, fight down, foil, have, lace, lick, master, mop up, overcome, overpower, overthrow, overturn, pip, polish off, prevail, scupper, thrash, triumph, trounce, vanquish, whip, whop, win, worst, zap), подчинявам (bend, overpower, prostrate, subdue, subject, subordinate, tame, tie down, vanquish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | ovládat (command, control, dominate, govern, handle, manage, possess, sway, tutor, wield), přemoci (conquer, defeat, fight down, master, overbear, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, prostrate, reduce, stifle, surmount, swallow, vanquish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | bezwingen (beat, capture, conquer, defeat, down, fight down, master, outfight, overcome, quell, subdue, subjugate, submit, to conquer, to overmaster, to subjugate, vanquish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κυριαρχώ (dominate, domineer, predominate, prevalent, rule over), κατανικώ (bowl over, checkmate, overcome, vanquish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hatalmába kerít (to possess, to seize, to seize on, to transport). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | dominare (be on top of things, command, control, control oneself, curb, dominate, govern, Lord, master, order, overbear, overlook, overrule, predominate, restrain, rule, subdue, sway, walk over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | smaghtaghey (afflict, castigation, chasten, chastening, chastisement, check, control, correct, correct as child, discipline, govern, master, mortify, restrain, subject, taming). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | overmasteray super-homem (superman), subjugar (crush, overbear, overcome, overpower, quell, rule, subdue, subject, subjugate, suppress, tame, vanquish, yoke), dominar (come over, command, conquer, control, cover, dominate, domineer, enthral, enthrall, govern, have command of, lick, live through, lord's day, manage, master, outmatch, overbear, overcome, overpass, overpower, quell, rein, rein in, repress, restrain, rule, subdue, subject, subjugate, surmount, vanquish, wield). (various references) subjuga (bend, captivate, conquer, enslave, master, subdue, subject, subjugate, yoke), învinge (beat, best, break through, circumvent, conquer, defeat, discomfit, dispose, drub, flog, floor, get the better of, knock, master, overcome, overpower, pull through, reason down, surmount, thrash, vanquish, whip, win, win over, worst). (various references) покорить (war down). (various references) ovladati (control), zagospodariti, savladati (cope, defeat, fight down, master, overcome, overmatch, overpower, scale, surmount, vanquish). (various references) subyugar (control, govern, head up, hold down, overpower, restrain, rule, subjugate). (various references) övermanna (hunt down, overcome, overpower, overwhelm). (various references) hakkından gelmek (carry off, get the better of, let smb. have it, overcome, overpower, put away, vanquish). (various references) оволодіти цілком, підкорити собі, підпорядкувати собі. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "overmaster": overmastered, overmastering, overmasters. (additional references) | |
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"Overmaster" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: obermeister, overmatter. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "overmaster" (pronounced 'O`ver*mas"ter'): Abutter, Acater, Acquitter, Adelaster, Admitter, Adulter, Aflutter, Aglitter, Alabaster, Allotter, Amylobacter, Antitrochanter, Apporter, Atter, Auntter, Auster, Balter, Baxter, Beflatter, Begetter, Bemaster, Beplaster, Bescatter, Besetter, Bespatter, Bewinter, Blatter, Blotter, Boroughmaster, Boulter, Bunter, Buster, Canaster, Cauter, Cheirepter, Chitter, Chowter, Cinter, Circumcenter, Climacter, Clotter, Clyster, Coleopter, Colter, Committer, Complotter, Concertmeister, Coniroster, Coster, Crater. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-m-o-r-r-s-t-v" | |
-1 letter: overrates. | |
-2 letters: evertors, overeats, overrate, overtame, rearmost, remaster, removers, restrove, streamer, traverse. | |
-3 letters: armrest, emoters, evertor, maestro, meteors, mortars, overarm, overate, overeat, oversea, overset, reamers, reavers, remates, remoras, remorse, remoter, remotes, remover, removes, restore, reteams, retears, reverso, reverts, revotes, roamers, roaster, roseate, savorer, serrate, smarter, smearer, starver, steamer, tearers, termers, termors, tremors, trovers. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-m-o-r-r-s-t-v" | |
+1 letter: earthmovers, overmasters, variometers. | |
+2 letters: overgarments, overmastered. | |
+3 letters: overmastering, overornaments, performatives, remonstrative. | |
+4 letters: overdramatizes, overmaturities, overtreatments. | |
+5 letters: intervalometers, remonstratively. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 76 65 72 6D 61 73 74 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--- ...- . .-. -- .- ... - . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01110110 01100101 01110010 01101101 01100001 01110011 01110100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O v e r m a s t e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0076 0065 0072 006D 0061 0073 0074 0065 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)49887184796785867184 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabský, arabština, arabisch, αραβικόσ, arab, arabo, Arabish, arabic, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, Sheckagh, Sheckish, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manština, manský, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, rumunský, rumunština, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisht, ukrainas, أوكراني أحد أبناء أوكرانيا, الأوكراني, украинец, украински език, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraino, Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, ucraniano, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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